Yes. Well. Certainly, if you're going to give churches a seperate status, such as tax-exemption, you have to decide who does, and who does not, merit that status. Otherwise, you have three people who get together to play cards on thursday nights claiming that they're worshipping Fortuna, and where will that get you?
Yet, I wonder. Why are we treating churches as seperate from other businesses? In my opinion, they should be treated as any other 501 non-profit organization, so long as they can meet those criteria, and if they can't, well, treat 'em as the profit-making enterprises some of 'em are.
After all, as "Uncle Bob" Heinlein said, if you want to make a million dollars, start a church!
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Date: 2004-05-20 16:39 (UTC)Yet, I wonder. Why are we treating churches as seperate from other businesses? In my opinion, they should be treated as any other 501 non-profit organization, so long as they can meet those criteria, and if they can't, well, treat 'em as the profit-making enterprises some of 'em are.
After all, as "Uncle Bob" Heinlein said, if you want to make a million dollars, start a church!