On 1/30/2018 11:29 AM, graham wrote:
> On 2018-01-30 10:29 AM, CaÃ*da de la casa wrote:
>> On 1/30/2018 10:07 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> On 1/30/2018 11:56 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>
>>>> It is indeed a major difference between Catholics and Protestants
>>>> now. A few hundred years ago when the Protestant Reformation came
>>>> along there were a lot of issues that Luther and his followers had
>>>> problems with. Mass and Bibles were in Latin, so people didn't
>>>> realize that a lot of stuff that they were being told was fabricated
>>>> by the church and had nothing to do with the Bible. They objected to
>>>> the concept of Purgatory and rich people being able to buy their way
>>>> to heaven by paying indulgences.
>>>>
>>>
>>> The Catholic Church was consistent in some of their teachings though.
>>> Use your church envelope with your donation.Â* Every week there was a
>>> money message of some sort.
>>
>>
>> So yo figure the Church should be a freebie with no donations?
> The churches are, in effect, big businesses and should be taxed.

The churches are major non-profits and charitable organizations.

Will you also tax the Gates foundation or MDA?