Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Denver Mods 7/26/84) 6/24/83; site drutx.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!slb From: slb@drutx.UUCP (Sue Brezden) Newsgroups: net.politics,net.religion Subject: Re: Churches and Taxation Message-ID: <176@drutx.UUCP> Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 15:15:07 EDT Article-I.D.: drutx.176 Posted: Mon Oct 7 15:15:07 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 8-Oct-85 04:08:34 EDT Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 36 Xref: watmath net.politics:11355 net.religion:7908 >tdn@spice.cs.cmu.edu.ARPA (Thomas Newton) writes: > >If the police mistreat a suspect, should they then mistreat all suspects in >order to be consistent? You seem to be saying a similar thing with respect >to religions: if the government mistreats (taxes) one religion, it should ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >mistreat (tax) all religions in order to be consistent. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Funny, I never viewed taxes as mistreatment. I always thought they were the price we paid for living in a civilized society. I suppose if you view taxes as mistreatment, you have a reason for your stand. I, on the other hand, see that churches reap the same benefits of civilization that I do, and should therefore pay the same price, as do corporations. Charitable organizations, on the other hand, do nothing BUT pay for civilization, and should therefore be exempt. Tell me, please--since taxes are mistreatment, do you pay yours? Or do you use the same arguement for yourself as you do for churches? Of course, you may not want to answer that question :-). -- Sue Brezden Real World: Room 1B17 Net World: ihnp4!drutx!slb AT&T Information Systems 11900 North Pecos Westminster, Co. 80234 (303)538-3829 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I march to the beat of a different drummer, whose identity, location, and musical ability are as yet unknown. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~