[Vision2020] Banned From Church

[Andreas Schou]

On Jan 19, 2008 7:31 PM, Donovan Arnold <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Oh yes, the great and mighty wisdom of the great James A Garfield, president
> for a few days, who was shot for selling off his cabinet positions.

Uh. Garfield was actually shot for *not* selling an ambassadorship, by
a schizophrenic who believed that he had willed Garfield's presidency
into existence.

> I am sure that if in 1881, as in 2008, if churches were taxed, Black
> churches, Catholic Churches, Mormon Church's, Synagogues and minority
> religions, would have all been taxed and given the same level of service as
> Protestant Churches, because we as a nation, have always been fair in how we
> collect and divide our resources, right?
>
> Brilliant idea to tax the churches. We can also give rebates to churches
> that preach what the government and the majority of voters thinks is best,
> like birth control, or being against abortion, depending on the district,
> right?
>
> One thing I want, is my church being under the control financially of people
> that disagree with my religion like the local, state, and federal
> governments. Why not, they do everything else great don't they?
>
> Injecting government power and control over churches has always gone so well
> in world history, so lets try it again, right?

It seems to work fine in Europe, these days. Not that I would recommend it here.

-- ACS