Oh the irony What again..?89Hen wrote:Again
89Hen wrote:Your love of churches being tax free organizations.
Is "this point" any different than other points?kalm wrote:Why should churches be tax exempt at this point?
There are businesses more philanthropic than some churches.
Nice short thread. Not much to argue with.
Yes...but they probably never should have been exempt to begin with .CAA Flagship wrote:Is "this point" any different than other points?kalm wrote:Why should churches be tax exempt at this point?
There are businesses more philanthropic than some churches.
Nice short thread. Not much to argue with.
When atheists start filling the offering plates at these churches then it will be.... nah, it'll still be yawnChizzang wrote:89Hen wrote:Your love of churches being tax free organizations.
The Church of Atheism is about to be built my good man
Please just keep calling Atheism a religion - they need your support
The "practices" thing is a bit of a fly in the ointment but one could certainly construe atheism as fitting that particular definition. Especially since so many atheists are so devoted to trying to argue that the idea of intrinsic morality is consistent with atheist belief.the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices:
Or with the accumulated wisdom of mankind's experience.JohnStOnge wrote:Well, it's possible to construe atheism as a religion. "Religion," as is the case with many words, has a number of definitions. But one of them stated at http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/religion" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; is this:
The "practices" thing is a bit of a fly in the ointment but one could certainly construe atheism as fitting that particular definition. Especially since so many atheists are so devoted to trying to argue that the idea of intrinsic morality is consistent with atheist belief.the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/okla ... iterature/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Proving that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Oklahoma’s attorney general may have inadvertently opened public school doors to Satanists wishing to distribute literature to students when he defended a teacher’s right to hand out Bibles to her third-grade students.
In a letter sent to Oklahoma school superintendents, Attorney General Scott Pruitt promised to defend religious freedom against “veiled legal threats” over the distribution of Bibles on campus, according to Tulsa World.
AG Pruitt rode to the school’s rescue on Tuesday, writing, “Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion. It is a challenging time in our country for those who believe in religious liberty. Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.”
Pruitt’s stirring defense of religious freedom likely puts him on a collision course with the Church of Ahriman, a Satanist church in Oklahoma City, which has asked for permission to distribute Satanist literature at the same elementary school.
kalm wrote:Oklahoma AG endorses distribution of satanic literature to elementary school kids.
Silly Chrisitians….
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/04/okla ... iterature/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Proving that “the road to hell is paved with good intentions,” Oklahoma’s attorney general may have inadvertently opened public school doors to Satanists wishing to distribute literature to students when he defended a teacher’s right to hand out Bibles to her third-grade students.
In a letter sent to Oklahoma school superintendents, Attorney General Scott Pruitt promised to defend religious freedom against “veiled legal threats” over the distribution of Bibles on campus, according to Tulsa World.
AG Pruitt rode to the school’s rescue on Tuesday, writing, “Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion. It is a challenging time in our country for those who believe in religious liberty. Our religious freedoms are under constant attack from a variety of groups who seek to undermine our constitutional rights and threaten our founding principles.”
Pruitt’s stirring defense of religious freedom likely puts him on a collision course with the Church of Ahriman, a Satanist church in Oklahoma City, which has asked for permission to distribute Satanist literature at the same elementary school.
