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Yes, they should not pay takes for money they can justify they used for charity.

Building mega-churches, having expensive cars and jets is not charity.

I dunno about other churches but I'm pretty sure the one I grew up in gave away donated food. Paying taxes wouldn't impact that at all.

We wouldn't need that much charity if they paid their fucking taxes

If they operated full time as a food bank and didn't proselytize to the people they are helping, then they shouldn't pay taxes. If they preach and try to convert people to their religion during their service, then I'm going to bet they try to do that to the people they feed. Preying upon people in their weakest moments is not a good thing to do, but it's all I've ever seen Christians do

Edit: "Marianists emphasized the power of small communities to “renew Christianity” following the French Revolution." If this is their emphasis, then they should definitely be paying taxes.

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make. Churches should pay taxes that's all. Don't complicate it. Why would paying taxes force them to engage in less charity? Are you saying they're incapable of doing both?

These taxes can be used to support food banks. So the church would receive subsidies.

Tax and transfers. Income inequality is 0,26 in my country and 0,41 in yours. Even china is down to 0,35.

Charity doesn't seem to work. Taxes do work.

I don't need to feel good about doing something nice for someone else. I just pay taxes and the person doing something nice gets paid to do it.

Then they can file like every other nonprotand prove it through their finances, instead of the idiotic rubber stamp they get - including those megachurch abominations that drive lambos onto the stage of their sermons and own multiple private jets.