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View Poll Results: Should synagogues, mosques and temples be taxed?
Yes 33 55.93%
No 26 44.07%
Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 12-16-2014, 11:44 AM
 
Location: Calgary, AB
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Waste? They give protection, love, faith and hope to most people!
Really? Explain how.

 
Old 12-16-2014, 01:21 PM
 
Location: St. Louis, Missouri
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Yes, the sooner we can reduce the amount of money that the soup kitchens, women's shelters, homeless shelters and neighborhood pantries run by these groups, the better. I'm so sick of them helping those in need.
once the admitted few start trying to dictate or even just influence legislation and lawmakers, in my mind, it makes that tax exemption pretty precarious.....

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Interesting that the question pertains to mosques, synagogues and temples, but not churches.
Tax them all.

Yup..... and I noticed that, too....
 
Old 12-16-2014, 01:29 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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This will obviously bring tons of revenue to the government....
Oh yeah, just tax them so instead of the religious places of worship helping the needy, that old reliable "efficient" and "effective" federal government can do it...not.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 03:46 PM
 
Location: Eastern UP of Michigan
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Oh J... You act as if there are no officially Christian countries in the world. We would be similar to the UK, Germany, Austria, etc.
A previous post you also mentioned the Nordic countries so................

here is a deal.

I'll support your Christian state as long as you also support the institution of universal healthcare, state paid involvement in education including job/university training, expanded maternity/paternity leave, greater environmental awareness, more time off for employees etc. All these things are an important part of theses countries.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Montréal & New York area
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Really? Explain how.
If you were Christian you would have known... It's hard to explain to nonbelievers
 
Old 12-16-2014, 06:27 PM
 
Location: Montréal & New York area
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A previous post you also mentioned the Nordic countries so................

here is a deal.

I'll support your Christian state as long as you also support the institution of universal healthcare, state paid involvement in education including job/university training, expanded maternity/paternity leave, greater environmental awareness, more time off for employees etc. All these things are an important part of theses countries.
Of course. You may have missed my previously thread advocating for all of that, including shorter working hours and only essentials open on weekends with shops being closed on Sundays.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 06:31 PM
 
Location: Calgary, AB
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If you were Christian you would have known... It's hard to explain to nonbelievers
Well, is there anything these symbols can do that a piece of paper with "Jesus" on it can't? Why not carry one of those around? Like a rabbit's foot.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 06:48 PM
 
Location: San Diego California
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All business should be taxed, and all churches regardless of denomination are for profit businesses.
 
Old 12-16-2014, 07:00 PM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
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Are you saying that some people are not superior because of their beliefs? At some point in time one who had the belief that the world was round wasn't superior over one who thought it was flat?

One correct and one incorrect, certainly.

Does being correct make someone superior to another? I would certainly never agree with that...
 
Old 12-16-2014, 07:06 PM
 
Location: East Lansing, MI
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Again, why? Why do you need to waste money on religion symbols on public land? What do they do?

Validate Christians and make them feel superior to other's beliefs?
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