Frank, I completely agree, but playing devil's advocate here, doesn't the same happen with Black churches (mainly in the South)? Didn't Biden just speak at a church?
I believe that *any* church which takes a public political position should forfeit its nonprofit status. (I'm an atheist and say they all should anyway, but my daughter atten…
Frank, I completely agree, but playing devil's advocate here, doesn't the same happen with Black churches (mainly in the South)? Didn't Biden just speak at a church?
I believe that *any* church which takes a public political position should forfeit its nonprofit status. (I'm an atheist and say they all should anyway, but my daughter attends a Uni-Uni church with her kids and tells me that, if forced to pay taxes, the congregation would need to disband due to funding issues.)
That's a widely shared view among more aggressive atheists. If and when churches enter terminal decline, tax relief policies may undergo an "adjustment"... despite the separation of church and state in the constitution, this has little bearing that Christianity was a moral bulwark at many levels, not just a doctrinal story... though buttressing doctrine was widely seen as a first order of defence against the "owl of atheism", a dreaded condition which got going in the late 18th century but really took off in the 19th , England that is. (having an aside chat here :) )
Frank, I completely agree, but playing devil's advocate here, doesn't the same happen with Black churches (mainly in the South)? Didn't Biden just speak at a church?
I believe that *any* church which takes a public political position should forfeit its nonprofit status. (I'm an atheist and say they all should anyway, but my daughter attends a Uni-Uni church with her kids and tells me that, if forced to pay taxes, the congregation would need to disband due to funding issues.)
IMO all churches should be taxed
That's a widely shared view among more aggressive atheists. If and when churches enter terminal decline, tax relief policies may undergo an "adjustment"... despite the separation of church and state in the constitution, this has little bearing that Christianity was a moral bulwark at many levels, not just a doctrinal story... though buttressing doctrine was widely seen as a first order of defence against the "owl of atheism", a dreaded condition which got going in the late 18th century but really took off in the 19th , England that is. (having an aside chat here :) )
Frank, Trump just spoke at a black church, but not to its congregation.
saw one of those some weeks ago, unless that's what you're referring to.
Frank, yes, it was a few weeks ago —black church filled with white people.
Yes, I'm sure Black churches do, and they did i'm sure during the civil rights struggles.