*Loan,banking and credit>>>tax exempt

Should Churches Remain Tax Exempt?

The recent LA counta abuse case settlement is very telling indeed. A $600+ million settlement, the lions share will be paid through the sale of 51 unused properties in the county alone. And I'm willing to bet there are quite a other properties availiable.

Churches rake in billions of dollars a year through the "business" of faith. Yes, your church is a business since your relationship with God will be just fine if you conduct it at the foot of your bed and Jesus expressed no interest in a $300 million glass cathedral anywhere in the Bible as far as I know.

Add to this the fact that many clergy ACTIVELY insinuate themselves in the secular realm by telling parishoners who to vote for or threatening to withhold Communion from those who vote for a particular candidate.

If you're essentially building a real estate and rare art empire, raking in $ AND insinuating yourself into the secular world, why SHOULDN'T you pony up your share, like any corporation?

They should never have been tax exempt in the first place.

It simply leads to abuse and coruption. Source(s): Fluffy wisdom

no, they should pay up.
Churches should not be tax exempt.

Charitable organizations should not be exempt.

Only public services such as volunteer fire departments.
There is no logical reason for making churches exempt.
Religious privileges are becoming a pain in the rear end.
I have to agree that with the ability to purchase real estate, etc, they should have to pay taxes. And another point regarding the discrimination involved: there is no sales tax applied to the purchase of the bible but taxes are applied to all other religions texts. So much for nondiscrimination on religious terms.