Churches don't pay property taxes on their land or buildings. When they buy stuff, they don't pay sales taxes. When they sell stuff at a profit, they don't pay capital gains tax. If they spend less than they take in, they don't pay corporate income taxes.

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[–]whereswhat 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, it's almost like they are being rewarded for brainwashing people to believe stuff without evidence.

[–]iraelmossadreddit[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

just found out they recognize the satanic temple as a church lol... https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/irs-recognizes-satanic-temple-as-church

some people(eddie lepp) tired to start a cannabis church in a legal area and they raided them and stole the propert shot someone and put someone else in prison. oh yeah and waco...

or this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_Farm

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/23/style/weed-church-california.html

[–]whereswhat 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Oh man, that's just the tip of the iceberg. You should look up Richard Dawkins and The God Delusion. Both the documentary and the book are fantastic.