I always love it when I see someone stick it to smug, arrogant assholes, be they Christian, Atheists, or politicians that fit that description, they're all the same to me.

Yes! Also, thanks for the new vocabulary, I'm going to use that soon !

@O_ophelia I had to look that one up too!

I agree! And I love that every time there is some push to have a Christian statue or placement in a public building, the ST retaliates with a statue or placement of their own. This just means there will be even more of that coming in the future, which is just great

No, I think you missquoted Marx there.It's "property is theft"

@Moravian

The defenition of tax and theft are the same.

I only quote Marx when discussing ideas that don't work.

@BryanLV Spoken like a true son of the land of the free.

@BryanLV Money is not yours,it is created by and for governance. Without tax you would look pretty stupid trying to get to work with no roads. Without tax we would all be stupid without education; without defence; without representation; without sewers; street lighting; public health; need i go on? Ask what have the Romans ever done for us and how did they achieve it ?......dumarse.

@Moravian

If you think this land is free, I have a bridge to sell you.

@chazwin

There was no income tax before 1913, and im pretty sure there were roads, public health, street lights and education.

Everything the Romans had was stolen from other cultures, so the Romans got theirs the same way, theft.

Educated by a dumarse? That makes you dummer than a dumarse, dumb ass.

@chazwin

Money is not created by governance you know-nothing. Money and currency are not the same.

Strike two. Would you like to keep swinging and missing, genius? Id suggest you go back to bootlicking.

@Moravian Not Karl. Proudhon.

@BryanLV I said land of the free you know "home of the brave and land of the free". Is this London bridge you are trying to sell. The one sold by some London spivs to gullible Americans who thought they were buying Tower bridge ?

Satanic Temple doesn't worship evil. They are an atheist group that uses satan as a symbol of rebellion against christianity.

@bootaski Fine. I still enjoy the irony.

@bootaski Christian Bible says Money is the root of all evil.

Almost.

Instead, it says the want of money is the root of all evil. It suggests once you got enough, you won't want any more money. It's the goal to be a future lay about that makes us pursue money.

Drop a million dollars in my bank account and you won't see me at the salt mine.

To me one of the great jokes is a person who wins the lottery and says "I'm gonna keep working."

@WonderWartHog99 Most people who win the lottery end up where they started or even worse off after a few years because they make lifestyle changes they can't keep up with once they have depleted all their cash reserves.

@WonderWartHog99 I stand corrected, thank you.

Thus the flying spaghetti monster, Join the pastafarianism

Satan is not prominently featured in the babble, it is a construct of preachers to instill fear.

You must look more closely. He is in the details ...

The actual justification is the money given to the church has already been taxed as income once.

@sewchick57 Is that how the IRS views it? That doesn't hold up as a rational justification at all. Money from pretty much everywhere to everyone has passed through many hands over the course of years before it landed in yours or mine. Taxes were already paid on it by everyone who's ever made it. It arrives in the church coffers as new and untaxed income the same as it does for us. The only difference is the chuech doesn't have to pay the taxes an it but we do.

The IRS considers churches charities.

@sewchick57 So are all my other expenses. When I go to a bar and get a martini I pay with monies from my taxed income.

@MichaelBaribeau UGH! How can they see it that way? Charities are typically non-profit organizations. Many religious endeavors, especially the catholics and Xian televangelists, are profit making. Hell, the Vatican has its own bank with many billions of dollars in it at all times.

@zesty Tax laws and the reasons for them can go back several decades.

@Sgt_Spanky "...the Catholic Church has immense wealth…but also has immense liabilities and obligations. It doesn’t sit on its money." On a church by church level oversight is provided by the congregation. There are also many Catholic charity organizations as well as hospitals, soup kitchens, homeless shelters, disaster relief, etc. The Vatican has a relatively small budget most going to employees, museum, etc. The Vatican Bank (IOC) handles billions but I don't know what if any profit they make although most of their wealth is in real estate dating back millenia. Although a lot of the money from the big televangelists churches go to charities they don't have the same congregational oversite so there are calls for reform.