This is supposed to be a persuasive post on why you all should read a short article about why Churches shouldn't have tax exemptions. However, while reading this article it infuriated me. Hopefully my argument will be enough persuasion to get ya'll to check this article out. The author of this article Miranda Fleischer not only degraded the church but compared it to a night club. It doesn't get any more disrespectful than that.
By law we must pay taxes. However, there are a few organizations that are exempt from taxes, churches being one of them. Churches are a place of worship and not only that, they reach out to communities, providing aid to the poor. In a sense this takes a load off the governments back. Why tax them for doing good?
It is not in denial that all Churches are pure. However, the good outweighs the bad by far. We cannot be that desperate to place shame on a religious temple. There are far more issues in our society that you can tax the hell out of. Let churches remain what they are, holy. If they are not following the guides of whichever "Higher Power" they worship, in time their consequences will be revealed.
The majority of Churches in this day are already impoverished, but still do their best to preach the word of God to our communities and lend help where needed. We cannot allow our government to interfere with Gods work and posses anymore powers than they already have.
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