Like renting buildings, apartments, cell equipment in steeples etc.
2007-03-12 01:39:10 · 11 answers · asked by CrazyFarmer 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The why, is because at this point it(a church) is acting as a business, to make a profit. It seems unfair competition to those that have to pay tax on revenue.
2007-03-12 01:45:49 · update #1
Liberals are very loud when it comes to the taxation of churches......but yet....they also cry "Establishment clause" in other instances....
Please...........
It's either one or the other.
2007-03-12 01:43:17 · answer #1 · answered by primoa1970 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Sure, as long as you want the church to have way too much power.
Here's the problem. If you tax churches, then the Church can manipulate politics by threatening to move itself to another district, state, what have you if they don't get what they want.
Sure, a church rents out apartments. Then the town it's in decides to legalize gambling. The Catholic League calls up the town of Nowheresville and says, "I understand you are trying to legalize gambling. That troubles us so much, we are thinking of turning the residences we rent out into free clergy housing rather thanrevenue building housing because of it." The town needs that income, so they back off.
Or want to get more sinsister, ho abou this threat, "We are leaving, and evicting the people and tearing down our buildings. Explain to the voters the homeless problem and lack of emergancy cell phone coverage."
Then you get the chances of a religious person being elevted and using these taxes to manipulate other religions. They see Catholic church's own more income property, and protestant church's own more steeple cell phone equipment; so they pass a law taxing church property income. Heavily. Catholics are affected, protestants aren't.
2007-03-12 01:54:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
On a level I agree with you, but even as an Atheist, I see the great value of some of these groups in the community. So I don't think a small church should bear the cost of tax when their value is given back to the community. However, these smarmy televangelists really abuse the system. If they can afford TV air time, then they can afford to pay taxes.
This means you: Jim Bakker, Jimmy Swaggart, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Joel Osteen, Billy Graham, Gene Scott, Robert Tilton, Don Stewart . All of these guys (some desceased) are smarmy and untrustworthy. (And Don Stewart is just scary looking)
2007-03-12 01:44:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes they should be taxed like they are in France. They are after all a business, and the Catholic church are one of the richest organisations in the world. Why should they be exempt. They should pay up like everybody else.
2007-03-12 01:55:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
.Very good question.
Those rented buildings, apartments etc. help the community to house people with hardships such as drug addictions, homelessness, and alcoholism. I would say no because it all nonprofit.
2007-03-12 01:57:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes thay get away without paying it because thay run the goverment by the back door
2007-03-12 01:50:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Life's not fair - get used to it and find your own loop holes
2007-03-12 01:51:32 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Linder 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be taxed to exactly the same extent as any other organisation.
2007-03-12 01:48:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
sure, the church is a business too
2007-03-12 01:44:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
They should be taxed on it all.
2007-03-12 01:43:12 · answer #10 · answered by Alex 6 · 2⤊ 4⤋