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- From: iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen)
- Subject: Re: An Abortion Argument that has nothing to do with OT and NT
- Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:25:27 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.132527.10831@prime.mdata.fi>
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- In article <C001Iq.2ED.1@cs.cmu.edu> drake+@cs.cmu.edu (Drake) writes:
- >iikkap@mits.mdata.fi (Iikka Paavolainen) writes:
- >
- >>From the post I got the impression that 'donations' to the church are
- >>completely voluntary in the US. Is this true?
- >
- >Yes.
- >
- >>Here in Finland, when you join
- >>the church (as most people do when they are born), you have a set tax you
- >>have to pay to the church of 2% of income. This comes into play only after
- >>you are 18, of course.
- >
- >Wow, I didn't know that. What if you don't join any church - if you're an
- >atheist or something? Or if you belong to a non-Christian religion,
- >such as Buddhism or the Temple of Set or such?
-
- If you don't belong to the church, you don't pay the church tax, no matter
- what your religion is.
-
- >
- >Hmm...if you're exempt when you aren't a Christian, you might get some
- >people who just pretend they aren't for a tax break! <g>
-
- Well, it's not much of a break, but I wouldn't be paying it myself 8)
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- >
- >
- >
- >--
- >Love and Laughter, | NOTE: Private mail must go explicitly
- >Xeper and Remanifest, | to drake@seismo.soar.cs.cmu.edu
- > DRAKE | or it'll bounce back to you...
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