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μιχαηλ, I certainly hadn't meant to imply that persecution would be dramatic, only that it could get to that point. You're right, though, that it probably won't--subtle means are always more effective in the long run. Your insight that The effort of the broadcast media to discredit this "faith once delivered to the saints" can be viewed as prepratory to oppression because they endeavor to cause said faith to be percieved as fanciful and unreasonable in the public eye. is also spot on.
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Maybe Unitarians, if they aren't too rigorous. *choke* My father tells a tale from early in his days of teaching when the class introduced themselves. One said that she was Jewish, and that they didn't believe in Jesus. Then, "I'm Unitarian. We don't believe in anything." . . . hawk
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Unitarians believe in one God, at most.
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Removing a Church's privledged tax-exempt status would also anull their legal Corporation status and thus without legal standing the churches would be effectively denied power to use the Courts. No it wouldn't! Either can be had without the other. hawk, esq.
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Unitarians believe in one God, at most. It's the "a most" that is the "gotcha." They can't even agree that they need to believe in a Supreme Being . . . hawk
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Hawk is correct. Taxable corporations and unincorporated associations have legal standing. I would caution politically conservative taxpayers to beware of state and local campaigns to restrict local property tax exemption for properties held by traditionally tax exempt property owners (not only churches, but museums, charities, hospitals, schools, governmental entities etc...) on the basis of 'fairness' or the undue burden on tax paying property owners. There is no doubt that in many municipalities upwards of 50 percent or more of real property may be exempt from property taxes. You may inadvertently be aligning yourselves with true anti-religion zealots without realizing it. I think it is a better use of resources to work with your community leaders to cut wasteful spending and work for use-based fees for things such as trash, water, sewer etc. Every state is different. Just a word of caution - if a bit off topic!
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In Maine we used to say back in the 1980s that Unitarians believed in the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man and the neighborhoods of Boston. I think their theology has devolved since then, and that may be a misrepresentation.
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In Maine we used to say back in the 1980s that Unitarians believed in the fatherhood of God, the brotherhood of man and the neighborhoods of Boston. I think their theology has devolved since then, and that may be a misrepresentation. If'n it be a misrepresentation, its one they be puttin' out their themselves. Their adverts on Alaskan TV use similar phrasing. Not boston, per se, but still.
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