If you can’t see the difference between “Hey, we know the world is shit, and we are sorry for the situation you are in, but here’s what we’re trying to do about and here’s our philosophy on how to keep people from ending up in your situation” and “Hey, we know you’re in s really shitty situation, but it could be a lot worse if you die and haven’t converted to our religion,” then I don’t really see s point in continuing this conversation. That moral failing is beyond my ability to reason.
Yes, as I have said you agree with one of those and not the other so in your mind one is acceptable and therefore entitled to tax breaks and the one you do not agree with should not get those tax breaks. The difference is your agreement with their views.
Given the overt bigotry you have displayed I don’t think you should highlight your reasoning skills.
I think Mosques and Temples and all religious institutions should pay taxes, I’m not bigoted. I’m an equal opportunity tax enthusiast.
Hell, some aheist “religious” organizations voluntarily pay taxes, despite all the charity work they do. And the churches have dunces online begging them to be left alone.
…the entire premise of my argument is that religious institutions should be taxed. Why the fuck would I care about non-religious charities being taxed? You’re literally crying the sky is blue.
I made a comparison between two food charities one a church and the other an anarchist one. You want the church to pay and not the anarchist org because you agree with the anarchist org and disagree with the religion. That means the only difference is that one charity is religious.
If you have a problem with religions to the point where you want them to engage in less charity because they are religious then you are bigoted against religions.
This isn’t hard to follow rather it is hard for you to accept your bigotry.
I don’t need to accept anything besides you trying to equate two inequal concepts. A system of government/political philosophy doesn’t equal a religion. I was very open in my initial comments on taxing religions. You’re the one trying to manipulate things into a gotcha to say things I’m not.
I made it abundantly clear that I feel religious institutions should be taxed. You are the one trying to say that it makes me bigoted somehow. You are also assuming I agree with an anarchist group, when I have said no such thing. I just think they should be able to spread their views as they help people, because they aren’t a religion. I think anarchism in practice is usually a stupid concept. Don’t worry though, I’m not going to use your assumptions about me to presume bigotry.
If a religious group has a charity branch that doesn’t proselytize or encourage people to attend services, that specific branch shouldn’t be taxed.
If there is a group that feeds hungry people or builds homes, while also pushing for people to vote and participate in our electoral processes, then I don’t think they should be taxed. It doesn’t make me bigoted to say that trying to convince someone of something practical they can use in their life or to change their society is different than preying on people with your unverifiable beliefs. There are thousands of religions. A lot of them do a ton of charity work, but that isn’t their main goal. Just as we tax businesses and allow them tax breaks for charitable work, we should do the same for religions.
If you can’t see the difference between “Hey, we know the world is shit, and we are sorry for the situation you are in, but here’s what we’re trying to do about and here’s our philosophy on how to keep people from ending up in your situation” and “Hey, we know you’re in s really shitty situation, but it could be a lot worse if you die and haven’t converted to our religion,” then I don’t really see s point in continuing this conversation. That moral failing is beyond my ability to reason.
Yes, as I have said you agree with one of those and not the other so in your mind one is acceptable and therefore entitled to tax breaks and the one you do not agree with should not get those tax breaks. The difference is your agreement with their views.
Given the overt bigotry you have displayed I don’t think you should highlight your reasoning skills.
I think Mosques and Temples and all religious institutions should pay taxes, I’m not bigoted. I’m an equal opportunity tax enthusiast.
Hell, some aheist “religious” organizations voluntarily pay taxes, despite all the charity work they do. And the churches have dunces online begging them to be left alone.
Your exception was for the non-religious charity so you seem to have an anti-religion bias.
Again given the bigotry you have displayed here I don’t think you should attempt to debase any one else’s thinking.
…the entire premise of my argument is that religious institutions should be taxed. Why the fuck would I care about non-religious charities being taxed? You’re literally crying the sky is blue.
I made a comparison between two food charities one a church and the other an anarchist one. You want the church to pay and not the anarchist org because you agree with the anarchist org and disagree with the religion. That means the only difference is that one charity is religious.
If you have a problem with religions to the point where you want them to engage in less charity because they are religious then you are bigoted against religions.
This isn’t hard to follow rather it is hard for you to accept your bigotry.
I don’t need to accept anything besides you trying to equate two inequal concepts. A system of government/political philosophy doesn’t equal a religion. I was very open in my initial comments on taxing religions. You’re the one trying to manipulate things into a gotcha to say things I’m not.
Im not trying to manipulate anything. You want the religious charity that does the same work as the non-religious charity because they are religious.
There’s no false equivalence being made here despite your desire for that to be the case.
I made it abundantly clear that I feel religious institutions should be taxed. You are the one trying to say that it makes me bigoted somehow. You are also assuming I agree with an anarchist group, when I have said no such thing. I just think they should be able to spread their views as they help people, because they aren’t a religion. I think anarchism in practice is usually a stupid concept. Don’t worry though, I’m not going to use your assumptions about me to presume bigotry.
If a religious group has a charity branch that doesn’t proselytize or encourage people to attend services, that specific branch shouldn’t be taxed.
If there is a group that feeds hungry people or builds homes, while also pushing for people to vote and participate in our electoral processes, then I don’t think they should be taxed. It doesn’t make me bigoted to say that trying to convince someone of something practical they can use in their life or to change their society is different than preying on people with your unverifiable beliefs. There are thousands of religions. A lot of them do a ton of charity work, but that isn’t their main goal. Just as we tax businesses and allow them tax breaks for charitable work, we should do the same for religions.