A
religion can not be
destroyed by
taxation though more than a few have been
created because of the special
tax status.
A
religion is a more often than not set of
faith driven
behaviors focused on either a
god or
gods (
gender tbd) or
way of living.
A
church is the
organization that
guides the followers of a
religion in keeping to their
focus or
faith.
Churches are in the
business of
faith/
focus.
Now how special
tax status has anything to do with a persons
faith is
questionable at best and
corruptible at worst. How it
impacts the
business of
faith I can clearly see. It turns personal systems of
faith and
focus into
businessof
profit which,
IMNSFHO,
diminishes the
foundations of
faith.
There are already special
tax laws for
Not For Profit entities which should be more than enough to cover
churches if indeed they are not in the
business of
money making and are truly just in it for the
guidance of the
faithful .