With the present state of our economy, Medicare, social security, and the search for additional tax revenue has anyone every asked why we don’t tax “churches”. I’ll be blunt I hate all religion but believe in God. My decision to believe in a higher being is not logical but faith based and my personal decision. My hatred of religion I believe is based on my opinion that man made religions do nothing but cause prejudice, hypocrisy, hate, war and greed using the threat of hell for those who don’t practice the religions teachings and tithe 10% (of your gross income) to the church. Seriously, this is a country supposedly founded on the separation of church and state yet we continue to have “In God We Trust” printed on our money. Think of the dollars that could be generated to offset our national debt if all churches, religions and their holdings were subject to the taxes the rest of us have to pay. St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City is now in the process of undergoing a 170 million dollar renovation. How much potential tax income is being used on this basically government funded religious project? I would be interested in hearing your opinions in my poll. I would also appreciate it if only US Citizens voted since I’m looking for responses concerning our Government but others please feel free to comment.
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