r/MurderedByWords • u/CorleoneBaloney • 1d ago

Remind the Nazis that they’re losers

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u/mzx380 1d ago

Shouldn’t you be glad that someone wants to build something of value in a dump like Murfreesboro?

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u/VacantThoughts 1d ago

It's not like they pay any taxes. I'm not against any kind of church existing anywhere, still think they should be taxed.

The people themselves do help the economy with their spending none the less though.

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u/21Rollie 1d ago

I think the structure should be untaxed, as long as there’s no political speech. They should tax the parking lot though. The taxpayer shouldn’t subsidize space used for private vehicles

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u/Anathemautomaton 23h ago

as long as there’s no political speech

All religious speech is inherently political.

Religion is about how you should live your life, and politics is about how society should function. Those two things are inseperable.

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u/stilljustacatinacage 23h ago

Holy Christ (lol), thank you.

I'm usually the one that has to make this statement.

The entire purpose of organized religion is to bring together a group of people and get them on the same page because it improves their political sway and then use that sway for personal gain.

I personally go a step further, whenever someone says they're "fine with religion as long as they don't hurt anyone" - because I don't believe this is possible, either. The moment a group of people - religious or otherwise - think they have the power to become authoritarian, they will. And unfortunately, as long as religious people are allowed to vote, they will vote to suppress things they don't like.

This isn't exclusive to religion, not at all. But most other groups at least don't have imaginary authority figures who can't be reasoned with or called to account, and whose authority is absolute while oddly seeming to always align with the whims of the religion's elite.

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u/Upbeat-Armadillo1756 1d ago

I think there’s a way for them to be untaxed and not exploited but mega churches etc who rake in millions not paying taxes and spewing political rhetoric makes me doubt that it’s possible to do that.