I actually agree that religious institutions should be taxed. It's the principle of the thing. Of course, Democrats don't have any such principles, so they just see taxing churches as yet another way to steal money to pay other Democrats to do do-nothing government jobs, but on principle I believe churches should pay the same taxes as the rest of us.
So if I get my income taxed already it has to be taxed AGAIN if I donate it to a church?
So instead of a meal for someone living in their car I have to let the stupid government waste it?
It's the principle of the thing, dear, like my position on the medical procedure of abortion. On principle, there is no reason that religious institutions are not taxed as any other corporate entity. The reason they are not is steeped in ancient tradition and age-old power politics.
People like Admin just want to shit on churches and steal their money. There is no principle involved in his advocacy of taxing churches beyond petty political point gathering.
So, let not you heart be troubled.
It's not a corporate entity. How do you figure it's a corporate entity?
My church isnt even close to a corporate entity. And if my old church gets taxed well that's just fucking over women and children.
Technically, yes your church is a corporate entity. They take in revenues, they own property, they employ staff. Your church may not be the Roman Catholic Church with billions of dollars in revenues and further billions of the dollars of property, but the the principle of the thing is the same.
Of course, if the churches were taxed, your personal donations would no longer be tax deductible ... again, it's the principle of the thing, but the State would realize so much revenue that they might be able to tax the rest of us a bit lighter.
(That last bit was a joke. That would never happen even if they start taxing the churches.)