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Originally Posted by DigitalShadow
Good point. Let's start by removing all SPECIAL rights that religious groups have, including their tax exempt status. After all, I am an atheist and pay thousands of dollars in taxes and don't want my money going to religious brain washing.
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Remove tax exemptstatus....
no way
The system here goes like this: we pay 10% and get back a few %. Before we got nothing back, but so did not those giving money to carity either, now we all get something back. BUT then again we have to pay taxes that are delt also to the states Church=Lutheran. So everybody paying taxes pay for Lutheran Church. Norwegean LDs has also denied to take the aid state gives to assemblies and such in ordet not to be in a situation where the state is able to blackmail us with the aidmoney.
In Finland LDS church members get nothig back and do not need to pay the "churchtaxes" that go to Lutheran church, no one gets anything back, even if they donate to charity. I dont think they get any aid either from state there.
Much of the donations go to the needy. So to screw down that pipe might stop people donating to the needy and church help systems. However 10% would be payed anyway....