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217 upvotes, 17 comments. Yik Yak image post by slutty_anakin in US Politics.
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Anonymous 10w

I think just mega churches bc most churches really are like one bad Sunday collection away from shutting their doors. But if you can afford a zip line for your pastor to zoom around on start filing some 940s and 941s

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Anonymous 10w

This is a good point. Fuck megachurches. Most of the people running them are rich af and we know what God thinks about rich greedy people.

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Anonymous 10w

tax the jedi temples fr

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Anonymous 10w

Or how about we get universal healthcare instead of funding shit in other counties instead of taking shit from churches.

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Anonymous 9w

Reason I’m against taxing churches: they aren’t getting paid, it’s all donations. You don’t tax donations. It’s also a religious group which grants it certain right and protections which I believe we should keep in place and use to our advantage with other religious groups like the satanic temple does.

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Anonymous 9w

A lot of healthcare charities are already supported by churches.

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Anonymous 10w

fr no more exemptions

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Anonymous 9w

After meeting small towns pastors, I can’t in good conscious support this anymore but if we’re facing mega churches let’s go

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Anonymous 9w

Actually we shouldn’t churches help those who need homes like homeless shelters and etc they don’t have to pay for universities

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Anonymous replying to -> trophy 10w

"we're peacekeepers, not soldiers" there is NO peace

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 10w

It can be both. A mega church pastor shouldn’t be able to afford a lambo. There shouldn’t even be such thing as a mega church

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 9w

lol right? It took my church 9 months to raise enough money to be able to afford a new HVAC system. My childhood church can’t even afford to pay the salary of a pastor so they rely on a synod-paid interim for 6 years. Yet there’s another church in the area that just built a 4th extension the size of a stadium, another that bought an entire strip mall to operate out of, and they all have multimillionaire pastors with lake house mansions

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 9w

That’s very valid. Once it starts to make excessive profit, i think it would be valid for them to have to donate extras or pay taxes on them. The church I grew up in would use extra money to help pay for house repairs in struggling neighborhoods locally and help families with sick parents get by or pay for medical bills. I fully believe that that’s how all churches or religious organizations should operate too

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Anonymous replying to -> mother_russia 9w

the question is, what would constitute “excessive profit”?

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 9w

I mean we already have those guidelines with all public nonprofits/charities. Religious centers fall under this category, the IRS just fails to actually enforce the “further the organizations purpose” clause of the 501(c) tax exemption status. Furthering the purpose of the church is pretty clearly defined in doctrine, and I don’t think billionaire pastors is included in there. Simple audits would solve a lot of the mega church issues, but they’re terrified of the image that creates. Publicity

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Anonymous replying to -> og_beer 9w

Only about half a percent of churches are even megachurches and an even smaller percentage of those are actually corrupt. There are plenty of large churches that aren’t shady but the amount of money in one place opens the door.

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Anonymous replying to -> canesfan 9w

Which is also why taxes shouldn’t be one size fits all in the first place anyways. Should me as minimal as possible while still getting shit done.

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