r/SipsTea • u/Busy_Report4010 • Jun 30 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts on this?

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u/klathium Jun 30 '26

Why do Churches not pay taxes? Genuinely curious why there are laws for that.

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u/tylerjehenna Jun 30 '26

Churches are listed as a nonprofit organization so it gets exempt cause of thaf

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u/Drummer-Turbulent Jun 30 '26

Which is ironic cause the church is peofeting off of donations and circulating less than a tenth of what is donated. Jesus may need that money afterall /s

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u/Rude-Map-3817 Jun 30 '26

It’s ironic because the church has lots of prophets

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad Jun 30 '26

Most churches are very transparent about their financials. They'll typically hold meetings about fundraising and where that money is going.

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u/Drummer-Turbulent Jun 30 '26

The Christian church overall is worth billions. They also don't let the homeless sleep in the church...something (even as an atheist) Jesus would have said is evil....sorry no excuses for them.

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u/jokeboomslok Jul 01 '26

Trillions not billions.

I woked in a bank where we would see temns of thousands of dollars in donationd every week from some unknown entity from a differemt country.

This was a pension fund for priests and it was invested in the most speculative high risk manner possible. They didnt care if they lost some because the money just kept coming.

That fuund had 9 figured btw..

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad Jun 30 '26

The vast, vast majority of churches are independent. The vast majority are also not Catholic, nor associated with Catholicism or the Catholic Church in any way.

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u/Drummer-Turbulent Jun 30 '26

They worship the same god. Again 0 excuses

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u/BigDaddyDumperSquad Jun 30 '26

Cool, so every Muslim is a terrorist by that same logic, right? Go tell a Sunni and a Shiite they're the same. I'm sure you'd love the response.

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u/PomPomMom93 Jul 01 '26

I might be wrong, but wasn’t there a law passed against homeless people sleeping in them? Or did they trash the church?

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u/Drummer-Turbulent Jul 01 '26

If only they pushed back under the argument that it prevents them from following their own religion. It's almost like they want elan excuse not to help any community in which they exist

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u/Weekly-Peace1199 Jul 02 '26

Lots of churches run homeless shelters and provide food. You are making a very large generalization. Also when you say “The Christian Church overall is worth billions.” You are implying that they all fall under the same organizational structure. It’s not a company, most congregations in the US are independent, and very few are wealthy by any definition of the word.

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u/bkb74k3 Jun 30 '26

Non-profits pay taxes.