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Old January 31st, 2011 #119
Steve B
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Originally Posted by Mike Parker View Post
I've been thinking of some sound principles of "dhimmitude" for how Christians can be dealt with in a WN state. Here's what I have so far:

Existing Christians may worship as they please.

Christians may not proselytize for new adherents.

Clergy must stay out of politics.

Christians must pay a special tax, to cover monitoring of the above and to compensate for the general nuisance they are.

Anyone have anything to add?
How about getting rid of all the tax exemptions churches receive. Specifically the property tax exemptions. Heck I'll bet it amounts to over 100 billion sheckels easy. This tax exemption amounts to a gift of money to the churches at the expense of tax payers. For every dollar which the government cannot collect on church property, it must make up for by collecting it from citizens, thus all citizens are forced to indirectly support churches, even those they do not belong to and may even oppose.

Then there is the fraud issue. People tired of high property taxes send away for mail order "divinty degrees" and then claim that because they are now "ministers" their personal property is now exempt from taxes.

What a fucked up system.

Praise Christ.