Comments on: IOKIYAR for Churches

By: picture of zoroastrianism

picture of zoroastrianism — Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:59:33 +0000

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By: Omron proximity sensors

Omron proximity sensors — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 17:59:12 +0000

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By: PersonOfInterest

PersonOfInterest — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:32:08 +0000

Under IRS rules it’s ok to talk about and take stands on ballot propostions from the pulpit. The problem arises when a church advocates voting for a candidate or a political party from the pulpit. That was not done at All Saints. Over the last year the IRS has looked at more than 100 tax exempt organizations – right wing to left wing. None has lost non-profit status. The IRS offered a deal to All Saints: If it would say it violated IRS regulations and promise to comply in the future, the IRS would drop the investigation. This smacks of blackmail and coercion. According to Daniel Burke of Religion News Service, concerning the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign asking for and getting a congregations membership list, that’s o.k. if directories are available to all candidates. It is somehow strange that the IRS goes after All Saints, but not after red state churches who obviously violated IRS regs re: membership lists.

By: The Mahablog » Grow Up With God

The Mahablog » Grow Up With God — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 13:58:53 +0000

[...] Following up the last post — Jason Felch and Patricia Ward Biederman write in today’s Los Angeles Times that the conservative National Association of Evangelicals has reached across the doctrinal aisle to support All Saints Church of Pasedena. The church is being hassled by the IRS for preaching that Jesus didn’t like war. [...]

By: erinyes

erinyes — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 10:41:01 +0000

That reminds me of the joke about the dyslexic who belonged to the church of dog.

By: trvis t monk

trvis t monk — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 07:01:13 +0000

What is good?–Whatever augments the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself, in man.
What is evil?–Whatever springs from weakness.
What is happiness?–The feeling that power increases–that resistance is overcome.
Not contentment, but more power; not peace at any price, but war; not virtue, but efficiency (virtue in the Renaissance sense, virtu, virtue free of moral acid).
The weak and the botched shall perish: first principle of our charity. And one should help them to it.
What is more harmful than any vice?–Practical sympathy for the botched and the weak…wheres my gun…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:41:02 +0000

Just remember this is part tof the republican machine- reward supporters and persecute dissent

By: Swami

Swami — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 04:06:22 +0000

If it was good enough for grampa..then it’s good enough for me.

By: erinyes

erinyes — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 03:26:39 +0000

Nothin’ gets folks fired up like that old time religion!

By: Swami

Swami — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 02:42:15 +0000

At least I’m getting a chance to see how the comment ban function works here in WordPress.

Do I detect some sort of flypaper theory here?