07-10-2022, 02:19 PM
(07-10-2022, 02:55 AM)Forever Spinning Vinyl Wrote: Start threatening them with taxing the churches. That'll keep them quiet and in the shadows.
Once they start endorsing candidates or talking policy from the pulpit - as many churches are openly doing now - they should automatically lose their 501c3 status. Unfortunately, the IRS has been very lackadaisical when it comes to monitoring and enforcing the non-profit tax law when it comes to churches.
(07-10-2022, 03:23 AM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Are you saying that anyone that has Religious based beliefs shouldn't have a voice in the world of politics in a Nation where they live in? That sounds unconstitutional.
A person or group can possess whatever religious beliefs they choose, and adhere to those beliefs in their own lives. What they can't do is impose said beliefs on others by invoking the supernatural to influence / dictate laws or policies in the natural world.
If an argument for a law / policy is derived from an interpretation of what a God or Holy Book has instructed, it must first be proven that the God actually exist and then, that the Holy Book was in fact the expressed thoughts of that God. Until that both things occur, it's simply irrelevant to any real-world discussion about how to govern people.
