He made the statement "they bear none of the costs" which is an inaccurate on it's face.
Actually, he was 100% accurate. They do not. The church spends money they receive from the community, so actually it is given to them for these causes. Can you tell how the church earns revenue? What do they “produce” and “sell?” Maybe television rights, but that is a small percentage of all churches across the nation.
“taxes are related to employees not the organization" Again a factually inaccurate statement on it's face. The organization pays the taxes for it's employees. Just try to be honest and avoid making inaccurate blanket statements.
Yes, they “pay” them but it is a reduction of the employee’s net pay. The taxes themselves are for the employee’s earnings. It is not from the “goods” or “services” the church “produces.” They do pay that employer portion of FICA, but FIT, Medicare and half the FICA are directly from the employee. Would they would pay their employees less if they did not have to pay even the 6.2% of the FICA taxes? The IRS mandates that employers with a certain number of employees and above to do this or face fines. If they are below that number, they do not “pay” them, as the employee is responsible for both segments as the “true” percentage of FICA is 15.3% for a self-employed individual which includes the 2.9% for Medicare. The 6.2% they do pay is a rather small amount of total taxes, since they employ few, not like a manufacturer or “jobs producing” entity does. Most have payroll in the thousands each month, thus saying that $7,500 dollars of taxes per year means they “pay” their fare share, especially when those taxes go directly to social security for the employee and not the community at large. That is not appropriate. Sorry for the realization that facts are what this is.
If you hate other people because of their religious beliefs and your own bigotry, that's fine. Knock yourself out.
I do not hate anyone. I have many in my sphere that are very committed to their religion. Muslim, Jewish, Christian, Buddhist, etc. I have no issues with those who want to espouse to these acts for their faith. I have an issue with hypocrisy. Your prejudice seems rich here, as just because someone is not “religious” that they are a hater. You really do not need a church to be spiritual. You realize spirituality, faith and religion are all different concepts. You can one, two or all three. Just because you do or do not have one does not mean anything relating to the other.
I do not espouse to the concept of religion. It was originally designed to control the masses. Clearly it works. It treats a book written by men, many, many years ago as fact. This is not my concept of faith. It has some great examples of how one should live their lives and treat others. I do like reading it, as much as I like to read any book or article, which I do all the time as an avid reader.
Why are so many “evangelicals” so clearly against the actual teachings in the book? Many cherry-pick the events that suit them.
Check again. Your posts are clearly only part of the story and do not reflect the reality of the situation.