Time to tax religious institutions?

[Delta4Embassy]

Wanna involve themselves in business and commerce and influence politics and law, shouldn't they pay the price of admission like everyone else?

 

[aris2chat]

Wanna involve themselves in business and commerce and influence politics and law, shouldn't they pay the price of admission like everyone else?

They make more money than god.

What does not god really need with money? He could feed the poor with a snap of his fingers, so why so much suffering on earth?

 

[IsaacNewton]

Why were they tax exempt to begin with?

Yes, modern 'ministries' are overtly political and the tax exempt status needs to go. Are mosques and synagoges tax exempt?

 

[aris2chat]

Why were they tax exempt to begin with?

Yes, modern 'ministries' are overtly political and the tax exempt status needs to go. Are mosques and synagoges tax exempt?

All religious places of worship and the property they own are exempt, including business they operate, investments and retirements

 

[Dragonlady]

Churches have been tax exempt because of their community work. But many of these mega-churches are spending their money on crystal cathedrals and lavish salaries for their leaders and not on the poor, and other good works.

So yes, if a certain percentage of their revenues doesn't go back into the community, they should be taxed like any other business.