Mary OContrary
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If a church can pay $20M for a Super Bowl ad, they can pay taxes.
#TaxTheChurches
08:29 PM - Feb 24, 2023 (Edited)
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Rev HokieBruin
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In response to Mary OContrary.
Here's the problem: "tax the churches" pictures the megachurches, but taxing churches would force many of the smaller congregations to close. They would become the collateral damage of targeting the megachurches.
04:57 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Mary OContrary
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Valid point. I think it’s the mega churches that everyone wants to see taxed, with smaller churches exempted.

There is something terribly wrong when Joel Olsteen can gift his wife a $200k Lamborghini, and when the Mormon church can hide $32 Billion, with a capital B, in investment funds.
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08:33 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Rev HokieBruin
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In response to Mary OContrary.
I have major problems with Joel Osteen and others who proclaim the "Prosperity Gospel" (meaning "God wants you to be rich"). All too often, such leaders call for offerings as demonstrations of faith, promising that the Lord will return a financial blessing that almost never comes.
08:41 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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Mary OContrary
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In response to Rev HokieBruin.
Yes, and the unfortunate truth is their actions reflect on the churches and Christianity as a whole, and it turns many people off.
08:46 PM - Feb 26, 2023
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