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Old 08-24-2007, 05:47 PM   #15
Clodfobble
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
 
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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
Providing service is common, and the provider is almost always taxed. For instance, a doctor provides a service, and pays taxes. Why should a church be different?
Because the doctor takes home your required money and buys a new Rolex for himself. The church legally can only take your voluntarily given money and do more church-y things with it. You don't want churches to be encouraged to run as for-profit businesses; it would make things so much worse.
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