It has been proven that Trump is a violent rapist. I'd rather have an alleged gang member, who has obviously reformed, on the streets than an insane felon ruling the country like a tyrant.

My husband and I like to kiss when we get dirty looks. It gives us more reasons to feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

The monster under your bed will always be there. <3

I start yelling oww and acting hurt. If the cat is grown, but not super violent, I'll scream oww in an annoying tone and shove the spot they bit or scratched into their face for a few seconds. Then I'll do it again a few seconds later. It probably sounds crazy, but I've raised multiple cats, and one of my friends said the one we adopted from her is a lot less violent and mean now.

One of the cats likes to be on our shoulders, but she knows she's not supposed to jump up there unless we have a shirt on.

Spiderman and Batman are literally famous for not killing their enemies, so I think your first sentence is way more than a maybe.

Yeah, this seems like a case of survivorship bias and the fact that there are way more games coming out in the modern age.

If they operated full time as a food bank and didn't proselytize to the people they are helping, then they shouldn't pay taxes. If they preach and try to convert people to their religion during their service, then I'm going to bet they try to do that to the people they feed. Preying upon people in their weakest moments is not a good thing to do, but it's all I've ever seen Christians do

Edit: "Marianists emphasized the power of small communities to “renew Christianity” following the French Revolution." If this is their emphasis, then they should definitely be paying taxes.

The brain drain from the carcass of America, is what I think the commenter means. IE, smarter people leaving the country due to current policies.

No, their minds are more warped than that. They claim they are loving others by acting the way they do. From their point of view, the fate of our eternal souls is far more valuable than the feelings of a fleshy body. To them, it's love to keep gays from marrying, to deny trans peoples' identities, to force kids and women to give birth to their rapist's babies... Etc... That's all Christian Love.

Except there are still wolves around...

Yes. I'm not sure why you seem confused. The premise is churches should pay taxes. I'm not sure what you don't understand about that. They should pay taxes. They are influencing people's opinions on our politics and policies. They should pay taxes. They are influencing people in their weakest moments. They should pay taxes. Do you understand that I believe any religious institution should pay taxes? I hope you aren't confused still.

The beans being the perfect size for the holes 😭

There needs to be processing, manufacturing, and other infrastructure built for the practical large scale implementation of any new technology. That takes time. Bureaucracy can make steps take even longer.

I think Mosques and Temples and all religious institutions should pay taxes, I'm not bigoted. I'm an equal opportunity tax enthusiast.

Hell, some aheist "religious" organizations voluntarily pay taxes, despite all the charity work they do. And the churches have dunces online begging them to be left alone.

That one can be a dangerous misunderstanding.

Is bottom surgery not gender affirming care?

Anarchist groups and leftist charities don't make promises on the afterlife to people in need, do you not see how that is a problem?

...the entire premise of my argument is that religious institutions should be taxed. Why the fuck would I care about non-religious charities being taxed? You're literally crying the sky is blue.

If you can't see the difference between "Hey, we know the world is shit, and we are sorry for the situation you are in, but here's what we're trying to do about and here's our philosophy on how to keep people from ending up in your situation" and "Hey, we know you're in s really shitty situation, but it could be a lot worse if you die and haven't converted to our religion," then I don't really see s point in continuing this conversation. That moral failing is beyond my ability to reason.

I don't need to accept anything besides you trying to equate two inequal concepts. A system of government/political philosophy doesn't equal a religion. I was very open in my initial comments on taxing religions. You're the one trying to manipulate things into a gotcha to say things I'm not.