• pneumatron@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Secular charities aren’t telling people that they are doomed to hell unless they follow their rules and worship their god. Hence the need to pay. Change their tax status.

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      10 months ago

      Philosophical position about the rules of a hypothetical afterlife doesn’t have any impact on whether a charity is a charity either

      Can you not see your hypocrisy for wanting to cripple a public service because you don’t like its ideology?

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        10 months ago

        The charity provided is oftentimes contingent on worship, therefore not it’s truly public. Even if that’s not always the case, if it’s done once to one person, then it’s not public. Have whatever ideology you like. That’s not my issue. It’s a free country. Where’s the hypocrisy in wanting religious organizations that generally creep into business and politics to pay taxes? That’s nonsense.

        Furthermore, how the hell does paying taxes cripple you? People of low economic means pay more taxes than churches.