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The politics of religion : Comments
By Max Wallace, published 4/6/2010The politics of Senator Xenophon’s tax laws amendment (public benefit test) bill 2010 and the Church of Scientology.
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Posted by think than move, Sunday, 6 June 2010 9:51:38 PM
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I totally agree with Wallace.
Otokonoko, so true, that "larger religions own businesses whose profits are then redirected into the outreach sections of the institution." As far as I know they are tax exempt as long as the profits are entirely used for the charity and to advance religion. I believe that these businesses harm other businesses by being unfair competition. I vaguely remember that over a year ago, there was a discussion about a particular church's Holiday Resort business, which wouldn't allow a gay couple to share a room there. Well, why would tax payers have to support an organisation that discriminates against a certain group of people? If they behave like a private club, then they should be treated as such, and pay taxes. Posted by Celivia, Sunday, 6 June 2010 10:55:34 PM
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"If they behave like a private club, then they should be treated as such, and pay taxes."
Posted by Celivia, Sunday, 6 June 2010 10:55:34 PM. Here, here and a world of balance for all,( if I read you correctly ) is just a joke when it comes to club members only. Looks like when you sell hope, your a winner.( bad luck for the rest I guess ) Religion in a whole. Play my game or your not allowed to play. I wonder if non-player's can have a slice of the god pie? ( with other terms and conditions ) You religious people are full of crap! TTm. Posted by think than move, Sunday, 6 June 2010 11:19:56 PM
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TTM.. "you religious people are full of crap" is getting very close to illegal in Victoria. RRT2001 so.. watch your back :) there is one person living in fear over my mention of this (things said here).. who I now know how to find.
Feel free to disagree with our ideas..and discuss them.. but what you said there was outright abuse and vilification. On a more positive note....you also said: Look people! The world as one must happen! Do you support Global Governance? The Lima Declaration ? http://www.gwb.com.au/gwb/news/lima/ do you vote 'Green' ? :) Would you like a Marxist state? -No religion -Redistribute wealth -No private property -Abandon the idea of nuclear family. Let's have your colors nailed to the mast ok Posted by ALGOREisRICH, Monday, 7 June 2010 8:24:11 AM
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http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10518#172651, Gday ALGOREisRICH, we are sort of wasting our time "Preaching" to any of these CARS, Communist, Anarchist, Radical, Socialists because they are more "Dogmatic" about their "False Prophets" than any of us "Christians" will ever be.
But we are also not wasting our time at all, because we have been awakening some of the more moderate political conservatives to the stone, cold, evil, that has been going on around them. Your comments & mine have really hurt them, when you can see the hatred & anguish in some of their angry, emotional responses, but the way to tell when they are truly without an answer is when you don't get one, at all, when they totally ignore your comments, are replying to others & ignoring yours. That's when you know that they have no answer because there just isn't one. BTW, which church are you with? I am looking to network with some like minded Christians to do some of "Gods" work, like we are doing here, exposing the evil doers & false prophets. Maybe open some local branches of "The Promise Keepers", etc. Like yourself, i started working some of this stuff out for myself just by recognising the patterns, but then i came across this gem & it all clicked into place. http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/archivos_pdf/nonedarecallit_conspiracy.pdf I had heard about "The Frankfurt School" from a German friend who was a Communist himself when he was "Young & Stupid" as the old proverb goes. He had told me a little about how criminally, insane the whole evil scheme was, but i did not know the completeness of it until seeing your video, thanks for that. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8630135369495797236# Travelling the countryside with this information, together with the Complete "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister" series, would do a lot more, enlightening than any Hymn singing. Stopping ethical people like you & i, is the real reason behind "Comrade Conroy's" Internet filter. I wish to gather a library of all this stuff to spread knowledge of the "False Prophets" among all Christian churches, "Its Time" to wake up Australia. Posted by Formersnag, Monday, 7 June 2010 8:59:19 AM
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TTM and AiR,
Although I hate the idea that there are religions that exclude people with a different sexual orientation, in general I am not against private clubs. It's their business what kind of behaviour they allow/not allow. As long as they don't interfere with the freedom of those who have chosen NOT to join their religion/club, or the ones that they are excluding. But then religions must accept that they pay taxes, like any other business or club or organisation. I respect other people's private properties and would, for example, therefore also leave it up to private pub owners to decide whether they allow smoking on their property, as long as the owners of the pub run that pub themselves so that they don't force employees to passively smoke. But if a religion excludes people, don't expect these excluded taxpayers to contribute to your exempt tax status! Posted by Celivia, Monday, 7 June 2010 9:29:04 AM
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The current state of development where humans are concerned (and I am one by the way) is that your general forecasts for prosperity hold nothing but delusions and with that reality, it escapes you all. I watch this blue green planet disintegrate right before my eyes, but i guess all things must become extinct sooner or later. It's such a shame to see a world that you young will inherit and that the old and greedy time frame from birth to 80 don't give a sh@t about you.
My words and thoughts are for the care of all humans and nature. If you see this as no value and of no advantage to you and your children, I will not post another word.
TTM