Meme of the Week – February 2nd

[NeoGreen]

Meme of the Week
Selected from postings at Atheist Meme Base for the Week of January 27, 2015 to February 2, 2015.
http://www.atheistmemebase.com/

(the winner of this poll will be included in the January run-off)

1) Exemptions R’ Us



2) Show Me The Leprechauns!



3) A Form of Bullying (the worst form?)



4) Hitch(ens)!



5) None of the Above/Other (please post example)



(the winner of this poll will be included in the January run-off)

6 votes, 0 passes | Time left: Time expired
	Exemptions
	2 (33%)
	Leprechauns?
	1 (17%)
	Bullying
	0 (0%)
	Hitch(ens)!
	3 (50%)
	None of the Above / Other
	0 (0%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[onager]

1. H!tChenZ!1!

Because he pissed people off. And because he was right, in that case.

[bvf]

2. Leprechauns

because I'm so fucking tired of the "prove my imaginary friend doesn't exist" argument.

All excellent candidates, though!

[Curmudgeoness]

3. Well, hell, I loved them all.

I went with Exemptions after much thought, because that is probably the one thing that sticks in my craw the most these days.

[Warren Stupidity]

4. Hitch.

[mr blur]

5. Tough one, can I have two?

Three?

[NeoGreen]

7. The cool thing (IMHO)...

...is the first 4 votes were evenly split among the first four posted options...

Tells me I picked a good lot for discussion.

[AlbertCat]

6. Love 'em all

but the tax exempt thing always gets my goat!

[2banon]

8. Went with Hitchens.. it's the only damn thing I ever agreed with him ...

if memory serves, that is.

[LiberalAndProud]

10. Really, the only thing?

“MT [Mother Teresa] was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the only known cure for poverty, which is the empowerment of women and the emancipation of them from a livestock version of compulsory reproduction.”
― Christopher Hitchens


When it comes to Hitchens, I find that I agree with him more often than not.

[2banon]

12. Oh yes, you've reminded me of that. It was his outrageous alignment with the Neo Cons on Iraq

invasion that was contemptible and poisoned all good will I may have had for him.

[PeaceNikki]

15. Same here. There were a few things I disagreed with him on, but generally

He could be a bit misogynistic at times. There was the Iraq war thing. But, on his area of expertise - religion: 99% agreement.

[Rob H.]

9. Those blasted exemptions nt

[Cartoonist]

11. Can we Tax the churches

but not the non-profits?
Can we remove the tax exemptions from churches that push politics? Don't we already have a law for that?

[2banon]

13. yes there is a law, but it's rarely enforced

[JDDavis]

14. I'm not aware that it was ever enforced.

But I could be wrong, or just ignorant of when it was enforced.

[2banon]

16. I recall a story ONCE when an attempt was made however, I believe the matter was dropped.

But I'm not absolutely certain of it, hence my use of the term "rarely". just in case I missed the facts on that report in terms of the end results.

There was "uproar" that sort of hit the media for a second and that was the last I heard of it.

[onager]

17. Here's the law, straight from the horse's...

Er...mouth. The IRS. Note that once a church gets the magical 501 exemption, it doesn't even have to report its income.

That was so surprising to me, I once called the IRS just to verify it. The person I talked to said, yes, that was the case. And also asked me: "Would you bother filing a tax return if you didn't have to? Well, churches don't have to."

This link goes to the list of organizations that don't have to file with the IRS. And that link leads to other info on how you and Jesus can avoid paying taxes:

http://www.irs.gov/Charities-&-Non-Profits/Annual-Exempt-Organization-Return:-Who-Must-File

Here's an interesting 2012 article from those raving atheist-socialist loons at FORBES magazine:

If 47% Don't Pay Taxes, Let's Tax Churches

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertwood/2012/09/19/if-47-dont-pay-taxes-lets-tax-churches/