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  4. From: drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake)
  5. Subject: Re: An Abortion Argument that has nothing to do with OT and NT
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  9. Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
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  11. Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:28:01 GMT
  12. Lines: 25
  13.  
  14. iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
  15.  
  16. >From the post I got the impression that 'donations' to the church are
  17. >completely voluntary in the US. Is this true? 
  18.  
  19. Yes.
  20.  
  21. >Here in Finland, when you join
  22. >the church (as most people do when they are born), you have a set tax you
  23. >have to pay to the church of 2% of income. This comes into play only after
  24. >you are 18, of course.
  25.  
  26. Wow, I didn't know that.  What if you don't join any church - if you're an
  27. atheist or something?  Or if you belong to a non-Christian religion,
  28. such as Buddhism or the Temple of Set or such?
  29.  
  30. Hmm...if you're exempt when you aren't a Christian, you might get some
  31. people who just pretend they aren't for a tax break! <g>
  32.  
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