Thank God this doesn't apply to the Catholic Church!

[Big Papa Goat]

Originally Posted by kahljorn

People in a religious atmosphere are more likely to adopt opinions they don't understand or believe in it. It's sort of like a, "if you vote for bush you'll go to hell" or, "If you don't vote for bush you'll go to hell" type of thing. Church and state should remain as far seperate as possible for this reason. Political psuedo-apathy is what makes a "Church" different from a "Cult".

People always have a limited understanding of political issues. And are you saying that cults are political and churches aren't? I don't get it. Heavens Gate wasn't really political, and the catholic church is. I can't really think of a politically active group thats really been called a cult actually.

I guess that it's reasonable that if churches should be treated like interest groups in terms of their right to participate in politics, that they should be treated the same as interest groups in terms of taxation.