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From: bill@persci.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion
Subject: Re: "Tax Supported" Churches.
Message-ID: <421@persci.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 29-Sep-85 13:58:07 EDT
Article-I.D.: persci.421
Posted: Sun Sep 29 13:58:07 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 30-Sep-85 03:20:21 EDT
References: <5945@cbscc.UUCP> <569@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA>
Reply-To: bill@persci.UUCP (William Swan)
Organization: Summation Inc, Woodinville WA
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Summary: 

In article <569@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA> tim@k.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Tim Maroney) writes:
>Look, the issue here is very simple.
>
>Does it cost the government money to fight fires, maintain the streets,
>patrol neighborhoods to discourage blatant criminality, and pick up the
>garbage?  Obviously it does.
>
>Do churches benefit from these services to the same extent secular
>organizations do?  Obviously they do.
>
>Do churches pay for them?  Obviously they don't.
>

Tim, the issues are *ALWAYS* simple when you don't use real facts,
but invent them up out of your own prejudice. You really should go
sit on the board (the "vestry" in Anglican churches) of a church,
participate in the community outreach programs of that church, and
sit in on their budget committee meetings, before you go spouting
off again about how the churches get a free ride from the state!


Does Tim *really* know what goes on in a church? Obviously he doesn't.

-- 
William Swan  {ihnp4,decvax,allegra,...}!uw-beaver!tikal!persci!bill


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