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No need, you've already covered the issue completely.
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I'd allow tax free status on charity works (receipts please) and tax the rest.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
I'd allow tax free status on charity works (receipts please) and tax the rest.
The question is, if a pastor visits people who are sick/depressed/etc in their homes, is this a charity work or not?
THere are a lot of similar questions.
JM
Jon Miller- I AM.CANADIAN
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The question is, if a pastor visits people who are sick/depressed/etc in their homes, is this a charity work or not?
THere are a lot of similar questions.
JM
No, that is a sales call.
Religions are businesses fighting for a dwindling market share.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Quite frankly Jon, if you want to argue gray areas I'd be just as inclined to remove tax free status completely to remove the confusion. I'm trying to be generous.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
See, you fundamentally don't think they are offering a service. As such, how could you consider them as doing charity work?
You are biased, that is why you don't see it.
If we had an organization sending counselors to peoples homes you wouldn't argue that it wasn't a charity.
If there was a church that requirement payment for such services, it wouldn't be a charity. No major Christian church is this way, hence all are charities (and most of their efforts are charity).
Just because I don't want the meat soup that some homeless shelter is giving away, doesn't stop them from being a charity and taking part in charity. The desirability to me of a given good or service does not effect whether offering it for free is charitable or not.
JM
Jon Miller- I AM.CANADIAN
GENERATION 35: The first time you see this, copy it into your sig on any forum and add 1 to the generation. Social experiment.
Outreach to sick and dying parishioners is done for more than just altruistic reasons Jon. There are wills involved.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
Remove tax free status altogether and avoid the confusion/debate.
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." - Mark Twain
See, you fundamentally don't think they are offering a service. As such, how could you consider them as doing charity work?
If there was a church that requirement payment for such services, it wouldn't be a charity. No major Christian church is this way, hence all are charities (and most of their efforts are charity).
Of course churches offer a service, and their attendees pay for it. The fact that churches let attendees choose their own price doesn't make them a charity.
well using that logic then there is no such thing as charity. as all 'charities' provide a service and are paid for by their donors and the donors select their own price.
"The Christian way has not been tried and found wanting, it has been found to be hard and left untried" - GK Chesterton.
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