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Re: Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 8 Sep 1999 01:51:18 GMT
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johnneal@=antispam=uswest.net
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John DiRienzo wrote:
> Whats wrong with you? You seem to understand that the church does steal
> from those who belong to it (by choice, even), and you object about that.
How can you call a gift stealing?
> But you don't understand that governments do the exact same thing (some
> times in conjunction with one church or another) and have no objection to
> that whatsoever? In fact you support that theft, but get upset about it
> when a church does it. Any church or government uses the same ethic (give
> us your money which we can use to help those who (supposedly) need it better
> than you can) to steal your money. Why do you object to one and not the
> other?
They are different. Churches collect money *voluntarily* to assist those in
need. The gov collects money whether you like it or not. If I don't
contribute to the offering plate, so what? If I don't contribute to the IRS,
they (gov) use force to take it from me. So how are these two scenarios "the
exact same thing"?
-John
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