Religions Embrace the Freedom not to Pay Taxes
Being yoked to "Caesar" and his way of life.
Given the belief in equality of rights, freedom of rights, why is it that religious institutions, whether they be Catholic, Protestant, SDA, Jehovah, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., embrace the opportunity not to pay taxes on their non religious properties, religious properties, commercial revenues, or on their revenue from offerings / titihing etc.?
….The Roman General Church presently owns about 20% of all property in Italy!
… Italy's Catholic Church has 110,000 properties, worth about 9bn euros (about $11.8bn)!
… which includes shopping centers and a range of residential property!
How much commercial income does the General Church and all other religions receive for which they do not pay taxes?
How much property taxes are they not paying?
…..well the Roman General Church, alone in Italy, was exempt from paying some $945 million per year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17072211
How much religious income (offerings, etc.) taxes are they not paying?
…and yet the “religions” can easily purchase and get financing for large properties, huge buildings, vehicles. Etc….because the banks know that their “incomes” are large and secure.
...they also use their massive non-taxable incomes and property wealth to advance, promote, defend, lobby their belief in freedom of religion and self-rights.
All these “faiths” claim to be “religions” ( incorporated one’s at that) and that they believe in separation of church (religion) and state….yet, however, it seems right to them that they should have preferential taxation treatment vs any other person or corporation? Did not Christ say to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s…i.e.the taxes?
Man's belief in democracy & freedoms of religions clearly implies that the state is not to discriminate against any “religion” nor is it to show “preferential treatment” for any religious institution.
According to man’s higher belief in freedom of rights and equality, this belief also implies that there should not be any discrimination of or preference for who (person or corporation) should be taxed and who should not be taxed….all should be taxed equally….is this not what President Obama and the majority of people are saying with regards to the rich and the average person?
They only explanation is that the "religions" want to be yoked or be in obligation to Caesar, as the Roman General Church has been from the time of its conception by Caesar Constantine and throughout history under the rulership of the other empires. This means to live according to and to be in service to man's way of life. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why they advance and promote the belief in freedom of rights and religions,interfaith relations, and universal values... denying Christ as the One Only Way to the Father and not confessing that the Creator God is the One and Only God.
Christ said to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to give to God what is God’s…
Given the belief in equality of rights, freedom of rights, why is it that religious institutions, whether they be Catholic, Protestant, SDA, Jehovah, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., embrace the opportunity not to pay taxes on their non religious properties, religious properties, commercial revenues, or on their revenue from offerings / titihing etc.?
….The Roman General Church presently owns about 20% of all property in Italy!
… Italy's Catholic Church has 110,000 properties, worth about 9bn euros (about $11.8bn)!
… which includes shopping centers and a range of residential property!
How much commercial income does the General Church and all other religions receive for which they do not pay taxes?
How much property taxes are they not paying?
…..well the Roman General Church, alone in Italy, was exempt from paying some $945 million per year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17072211
How much religious income (offerings, etc.) taxes are they not paying?
…and yet the “religions” can easily purchase and get financing for large properties, huge buildings, vehicles. Etc….because the banks know that their “incomes” are large and secure.
...they also use their massive non-taxable incomes and property wealth to advance, promote, defend, lobby their belief in freedom of religion and self-rights.
All these “faiths” claim to be “religions” ( incorporated one’s at that) and that they believe in separation of church (religion) and state….yet, however, it seems right to them that they should have preferential taxation treatment vs any other person or corporation? Did not Christ say to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s…i.e.the taxes?
Man's belief in democracy & freedoms of religions clearly implies that the state is not to discriminate against any “religion” nor is it to show “preferential treatment” for any religious institution.
According to man’s higher belief in freedom of rights and equality, this belief also implies that there should not be any discrimination of or preference for who (person or corporation) should be taxed and who should not be taxed….all should be taxed equally….is this not what President Obama and the majority of people are saying with regards to the rich and the average person?
They only explanation is that the "religions" want to be yoked or be in obligation to Caesar, as the Roman General Church has been from the time of its conception by Caesar Constantine and throughout history under the rulership of the other empires. This means to live according to and to be in service to man's way of life. Perhaps that is one of the reasons why they advance and promote the belief in freedom of rights and religions,interfaith relations, and universal values... denying Christ as the One Only Way to the Father and not confessing that the Creator God is the One and Only God.
Christ said to give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to give to God what is God’s…
posted by John Stefanyszyn @ 09:32
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