What does this mean? nostr:note1pp05am6lmg09u6tx9s7jdzcjyhwj078lxu6hcth7ezmy6g650fnqwhs7rp
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I think this depends a lot on your religious practice and what government you live under? Like Iβm not a fan of prosperity gospel by any means but those people tie btc and all other currencies and stores of value into their religious thought regularly and my relatives in Germany have to pay βchurch taxβ in order to be in good standing w their various church institutions in the country (if you donβt go to church you donβt have to pay the tax)
Also pagans that worship the goddess that money is named after and the goddess fortuna etc get interested in btc *because* of their religious inclinations too
it means that religion is an instrument to gain control. he gives it as an option for bitcoin progress.
I love that I worded this carefully enough that both views of that debate can interpret it in whatever way theyβd like.
Hence βwhat does this meanβ I still donβt get it tbh
he doesn't want to offend the bitcoin ecosystem, he's a kind person
Thatβs me trying to figure out what you are even talking about Evan lol I still donβt get it bc it doesnβt make sense
Tell me your version, very couriers to hear about it
I think he meant that there should be no tie.
Correct. π―
Then can you explain how your original post could possibly mean that because still doesnβt make any sense to me at all
I donβt understand how it can possibly mean that though? Because religion and gov are commonly tied together thatβs why religious orgs are tax exempt where I live for example (USA) and in Europe religious taxes posed by governments are p normal like βchurch taxβ in Germany I mentioned earlier. So I do not get it. Especially when you factor in the plethora of religions that donβt have churches at all and religions that venerate political figures like Freemasons tend to go nuts for Benjamin Franklin
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
Thatβs not accurate. The law still applies to them thatβs why 13909 IRS complaint forms existβ¦.. have you never reported a church to the IRS before? I do it all the time lol
My use of the word βshouldβ was very intentional. Religion and government *should* never be tied together, especially in America.
Your post doesnβt say that religion and government shouldnβt be tied together though, regardless of that, governments and religions are tied together both in the US and allover the world
My post doesnβt 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 donβt know how governments operate or what the word βreligionβ means maybe know what youβre talking about like the person who was under the impression that laws donβt apply to churches at all in the USA (also funny to me because most religions donβt 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.