This is where your thinking is skewed....A Church is not a business!


On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:40 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hmmm ...
>
> http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/category/celeb/televangelists/
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>
> I still think if I have to pay taxes, everybody and every business (yes,
> religion is a business in my mind) should have to pay taxes!!!
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Well, your experience with Pastors and Ministers making big bucks is much
>> different than my experiences!
>>
>> With the exception of the Catholic Church, I am not aware of many
>> Churches owning "Prime Real Estate", and if they do, for instance in
>> downtown areas, it is because they have occupied those properties for
>> hundreds of years.
>>
>> On the one hand, you clamor for the separation of Church and State, which
>> keeping Churches tax exempt does in fact benefit that separation, because
>> it keeps the government out of Church finances.
>>
>> Moreover, most denominations provide crucial social service to their
>> respective communities, which is invaluable and far outweighs any taxes
>> collected upon their properties.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Churches own prime real estate and based on the cars and clothes I see
>>> on many Pastors, there is a lot of profit in the church business!!! Why
>>> should a religious institution NOT pay taxes???
>>>
>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Keith In Tampa <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Why is it that you think Churches should be taxed Brine?
>>>>
>>>> With regard to the NFL, it is true that the organization in and of
>>>> itself is not taxed...Believe it or not, the NFL is a "non-profit"
>>>> entity....Having said that, all of the 32 teams are in fact taxed, and
>>>> generate a huge amount of revenue for their respective cities.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 1:33 PM, Hot4azintop via PoliticalForum <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>  Are all sports teams tax exempt or just their so called governing
>>>>> bodies?
>>>>>
>>>>>  In a message dated 11/16/2014 10:24:45 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
>>>>> [email protected] writes:
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah what happened to separation of Church and State:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://blogs.christianpost.com/pastor/help-in-applying-for-church-grants-2196/
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.sba.gov/community/discussion-boards/grants-and-funding-churches
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.grantsecrets.com/church-grants/
>>>>>
>>>>> Personally, I don't think religions should be tax exempt!!! The NFL as
>>>>> well!!!
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Hot4azintop via PoliticalForum <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happened to the concept of "separation of church and state" that
>>>>>> libs all hot for......or is Islam not a religion? I don't think it is and
>>>>>> you all know that I believe it is a massive terrorist cult that some 
>>>>>> times
>>>>>> is quiet and other times brutal......but back to my original
>>>>>> point...."seperation" is only for Christian churches and the State but
>>>>>> other religions are exempt from that rule of law........other wise how
>>>>>> could tax payer funds be given to the Moslems for Mosque
>>>>>> security.......seems like a violation of church and state.......which is 
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> precious to the libs......
>>>>>>
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