I donโt understand how it can possibly mean that though? Because religion and gov are commonly tied together thatโs why religious orgs are tax exempt where I live for example (USA) and in Europe religious taxes posed by governments are p normal like โchurch taxโ in Germany I mentioned earlier. So I do not get it. Especially when you factor in the plethora of religions that donโt have churches at all and religions that venerate political figures like Freemasons tend to go nuts for Benjamin Franklin
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I'm the US church are tax exempt because the law doesn't apply to them, not because it does. the law applied to everything except the exempt things. the establishments clause is the reason, in the case of the church
remember also, this hasn't always been true. there didn't used to be these taxes
read the 501c
in* the US
Thatโs not accurate. The law still applies to them thatโs why 13909 IRS complaint forms existโฆ.. have you never reported a church to the IRS before? I do it all the time lol
My use of the word โshouldโ was very intentional. Religion and government *should* never be tied together, especially in America.
Your post doesnโt say that religion and government shouldnโt be tied together though, regardless of that, governments and religions are tied together both in the US and allover the world
My post doesnโt say that because I intentionally worded it that way, knowing most people would see it and know what I meant, whereas religious folks would either interpret it to their own view or get triggered by my intended meaning. Seems to have worked well.
People that donโt know how governments operate or what the word โreligionโ means maybe know what youโre talking about like the person who was under the impression that laws donโt apply to churches at all in the USA (also funny to me because most religions donโt even have churches lol)
I have a degree in the history of religion in the ancient near east, but go on.
Also, yeah, that guy was just straight-up wrong about how tax exemptions work.