Very thought provoking. Many people then and now confuse religion with church and we still suffer religious persecution as a consequence. Secularism is a religion with no church and until that is realized government will show favoritism to secularism in the name of separation of church and state. Also, the arguments you presented here would lead me to side with those who see tax-exempt status of churches as favoritism to "church" religion not given equally to secular religion. This would support the move to disallow tax exempt status of churches and tax deductions for religious donations. I hope we don't go down that road.
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Wayne GoodsellMarch 20, 2015
Very thought provoking. Many people then and now confuse religion with church and we still suffer religious persecution as a consequence. Secularism is a religion with no church and until that is realized government will show favoritism to secularism in the name of separation of church and state. Also, the arguments you presented here would lead me to side with those who see tax-exempt status of churches as favoritism to "church" religion not given equally to secular religion. This would support the move to disallow tax exempt status of churches and tax deductions for religious donations. I hope we don't go down that road.
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