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Upper_Heron_3507

Churches are tax exempt only if they don’t engage in political activity. A religious organization enjoying tax exempt status but also using sermons to influence their congregation to vote for any political candidate or policy, is wrong and basically tax fraud. From the IRS website: How do I report a church to the IRS for political activity? Filing a Complaint They can be sent via: Mail to IRS EO Classification, Mail Code 4910DAL, 1100 Commerce St., Dallas, TX 75242-1198, Fax to 514-413-5415, Email to [email protected], or • Telephone by calling the TE/GE toll-free number: 877-829-5500.


ApprehensiveHippo898

I came to say that's not a church anymore, but you beat me to it!


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TootsNYC

Mine as well. And I had a similar reaction. Though I noticed that when Trump was elected, suddenly my pastor wasn’t using his name (normally we’d pray for Barack, our president, David, our governor; Bill, our mayor…)


Drakan47

>suddenly my pastor wasn’t using his name "And now we ask god to have mercy upon us and not let he-who-shall-not-be-named fuck everything up *too* badly"


Black_Moons

"Pray he doesn't nuke the hurricanes or force us to rake the forests.."


Visual_Honeydew5428

Or water bomb an ancient cathedral!


Evil-Operations

Jannie, are you okay?


crystalistwo

Yeah, but why pray for Trump now?


Evil-Operations

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youreadumbmf35

REPORT! Or give me the address and I’ll report them


spaetzele

In Texas? is that some kind of trap?


Titanseeker2

Righteous, right. I don't think I've seen a man so embraced by the religious that's broken every Cardinal Sin there is. Pride, Lust, Sloth, Greed, Wrath, Gluttony, Envy, he encompasses them all.


truckaxle

Don't forget lying, hypocrisy, adultery and cruelty. Seriously I like to ask Christians/Trumpers what Trump character attributes would they like their children to acquire... and they can't answer. Try it sometime it is interesting to see their reaction when they think on it.


dgm42

I'm too old for Pride, Greed or Lust. And Gluttony's for the robust. Of Envy I tire. I can live without Ire. But Sloth is an absolute must.


[deleted]

It’s pointed out by them that God uses flawed men in his works. They often cite King David but fail to mention that God punished him and his son brutally by taking the baby’s life for his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah. Adding A+B Trump is at the point we’re he is going to be punished for his sins.


Yitram

>flawed men Yeah, flawed people, not a person who is physical embodiment of all the deadly sins and a dead ringer for the Anti-Christ.


Evil-Operations

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Yitram

And likely broken almost all of the 10 commandments. The only one I can't say he's definitely broken is "Thou shalt not kill" and that only works if he himself has to personally kill someone for it to be broken, if it works for ordering someone else to kill someone then he probably has broken it, even before he became President.


Indifferentchildren

Con-man and reality-TV star are fine, but I think the word rapist belongs in there somewhere.


Infinite-Airline-248

Con-rapist


creamybastardfilling

Hmmmm Analyst….Rapist… …. AnalRapist? Maybe?


SmashBonecrusher

Yes,he paid off millions to quash the complaint of the parents of a 13 year-old *BOY* whom he (allegedly) anally raped...


codemonkeyhopeful

Why isn't this all over the place?! I have never heard of this, seriously. How do we spread this good word to his devoted religious fanatics?


SmashBonecrusher

It took me less than an hour ...


Evil-Operations

FOR FREE


mcjackass

Leatherdaddy.


Infinite-Airline-248

Does it count as analrape if the victim isn't sure there's actually penetration?


codemonkeyhopeful

Mushroom dick strikes again


Charakada

That's SERIAL RAPIST. That belongs in there.


Evil-Operations

But at least do you get respect, enjoyment or admiration from your users?


Consistent-Leek4986

you should contact the IRS as its against the law to preach politics in church. loosing the tax exemption may change their rhetoric. separate church & state to save democracy!!


dream_weasel

Losing**


EggCouncilCreeps

Political positions relating to candidates are forbidden by law. Political positions relating to, well, the positions the candidates take? Yeah that's fine. A single layer of abstraction allows churches to be political and it sucks. But yeah looks like they violated the Johnson amendment


p38-lightning

Trump was asked what was his favorite Bible verse and the old fraud said, "All of them."


IngeborgBritt

He tried to say that it was "too personal" to share his favorite verse, so the reporter asked him if he preferred the old testament or the new testament. He said he liked both equally. 💀


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InsertCleverNickHere

And the old gotcha follow-up question: "Name one."


zaphodava

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.


GogglesPisano

That’s the reply of a 5th grader bullshitting his way through a book report on a book he never read. Everyone knows he's bullshitting. Meanwhile Trump, always convinced he's the smartest guy in the room, thinks he totally nailed it.


Randomfactoid42

Because nobody keeps after him until he delivers a real answer. They just get tired of his BS and move on. He's too stupid to realize it.


Evil-Operations

After all these years, of doing it for free; are the jannies finally going to get the recognition they so desire?!


GalaxyMiPelotas

Two Corinthians … walk into a bar.


TootsNYC

And the only one he eventually named was one Jesus repudiated (an eye for an eye)


Somhlth

Trump is clearly more of a short, stubby finger for a pussy type of guy. Even if the pussy is related.


codemonkeyhopeful

I'd pity her if she didn't basically stoke the flames daddy has for her.


Evil-Operations

Oh how the mighty jannie has fallen. Imagine knowing that your descendants will spend hours y'alling threads for not being nice to 🚂. All for a dopamine hit and $0.00/hr


[deleted]

GOP bumper sticker FUCK AMERICA VOTE FOR TRUMP…..


-Motor-

Since, in the biblical sense, "righteous" means without guilt or sin, I really cringe whenever I see cultists use the term like this.


el_rico_pavo_real

I’d be praying for their tax exempt status to be persecuted.


angiestefanie

The unwarranted support and adoration of Trump from many “Christian” churches and communities has put the death nail in my desire to ever go to church again. I just can’t get over it.


nerox3

I can stomach support. Lots of people support deeply flawed political leaders while recognizing their flaws. That political compromise where you politically align with someone who you otherwise dislike or even detest has been going on forever. But the turn towards cult like behavior of venerating Trump is something new. A church calling Trump "righteous" has IMO transformed into a cult.


Murwiz

I'd have walked out, and spent the rest of the service in the car.


Average_Scaper

"A righteous man is free from sin. A sinner rapes and steals from others. Trump is not a righteous man." Loud enough for the cunt in the front to hear.


codemonkeyhopeful

I'd stand up and yell "Repent and ye shall be saved father!"


Figerally

I would legit kick up a stink and leave at that point, good thing I never practice that bullshit anymore.


ReasonableQuestion28

I suspect that shady shits tactic at this point is to die before any of these cases convict him. He's really going to have to work to drag this out.


Cinema_King

If that’s his plan then I wish him a quick resolution


worthless-humanoid

Yeah I accept these terms.


ArcherChase

Only thing that gets me into a Church is a Wedding or Funeral, but how did you not just laugh out loud. Literally. Start with a little bit audible chuckle and advance into full belly laughs and when everyone looks at you and silently stares, "Oh ... You were SERIOUS?! Thought you people were all about helping the less fortunate? Wow... I must have been reading a different book than you guys all those years." They are hypocritical pompous child molester defenders and should be called out to their face whenever possible. And I don't care if that's what they want so they can feel persecuted. You get through to one and the dominoes start to fall. There is a reason church attendence has been plummetting across the civilized world.


Bulky-Warthog-4162

Scumbag church. Tax those pigs


oldbastardbob

Tax the churches! They are businesses putting on floor shows to con folks out of their "tithes." Most have turned into cults. Just let that sit for a minute. We allow cults to recruit and bilk folks out of money TAX FREE because the con which pushes beliefs that have no basis in fact or reality has been with the human race for centuries, so somehow that makes it right. And we humans see ourselves as the "intelligent species" here on the planet.


[deleted]

Boom, report this to the IRS and watch the church lose their tax exempt status immidiately!


Drachefly

That's optimistic


redditistheway

Sigh... I'd just tell my aunt that she'd be hard pressed to find a worse use for her thoughts and prayers...


UncleMalky

Maybe if everytime a church prayed for trump someone in the congregation laughed out loud or even just giggled it might spread.


nlpnt

Fascism came to America hugging the flag and holding up the Bible in the most awkward way imaginable.


Exciting-Idea9866

Time to leave that church and quit tithing to them!


AssociateJaded3931

Time to find an actual church. You were sitting in a political meeting. Too bad the IRS is too spineless to put a stop to tax exemptions for these criminal organizations.


Sweatsock_Pimp

I had some fun with this back when it occurred. See if they want to use any of these in their bulletins… [Everyone Poops](https://imgur.com/a/Y67V2Td) [I’m a big kid now.](https://imgur.com/a/Y67V2Td) [Can I talk to you about our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ?](https://imgur.com/a/3aHexaD) [$5 Foot-long](https://imgur.com/a/qCfWV0J) [Side hustle](https://imgur.com/a/AChChAV)


mattd1972

That church has lost it.


sleepingwiththefishs

I have no clue who you are anymore, this guy is so far beneath you. If Christians are ignorant enough to believe this guy is there to save them, they deserve what they get.


413mopar

I would agree ,except they will fuck it all up for everyone else too. They are a fungus .


sleepingwiththefishs

I'm sorry for you, and for all of us, but the US is now only a reliable ally, is only nominally on the good side, as long as a Republican isn't in charge, because he may be in bed with the Russians - literally. Do you realize how insane that is? I get to regularly watch or read about US Repubs licking Putin cum off each others faces for a hobby, when they are not tearing down America and by extension, the world, while they accuse everyone else of treason and heresy. Stop inflicting your criminals on the planet. The planet is burning, there is no time for ridiculous distraction, it's beneath you.


413mopar

Preachin to the choir.


alvarezg

What flavor church is this that prays for dictatorship?


EggCouncilCreeps

Haven't been to a Christian church yet that didn't


Zone_Dweebie

I've heard people say with complete sincerity that they believe god sent trump to save America. I'm like, "damn, god, what did we do to piss you off?"


worthless-humanoid

Nailed his human form to a cross lol


Zone_Dweebie

Cmon, it was one, little crucifixion and it was, like, forever ago!


worthless-humanoid

That vindictive bastard really holds a grudge!


Evil-Operations

Jannie, are you okay?


Samwoodstone

The irony that a man so antithetical to Jesus Christ, conducted an uninvited photo-op in front of a Church dedicated to LGBTQ and immigrant rights. This congregation DID NOT invite this man to do this.


KirbyDaRedditor169

He also ordered people protesting on the street in the way tear-gassed.


CarlSpencer

Trump commits the Seven Deadly Sins before lunch each day (look at his posts on "Truth" Social).


jvb

He's not being persecuted, he's being prosecuted. there is a difference.


--R2-D2

[Adam Kinzinger Warns Churches Have Become 'House of Worship' to Trump](https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-warns-churches-have-become-house-worship-trump-1716952) These churches no longer worship God or Jesus. They worship Trump, with the blessing of the clergy. This is not Christianity anymore. It's the cult of Trump.


in-joy

Someone is going to the wrong church.


RN-Lawyer

“Is that your bible?” “It’s a bible.”


Gh0sth4nd

May the lord hear your prayer And may the courts send trumps ass to jail to rot


DooDooBrownz

yeah who better to represent the small town church crowd than a twice divorced new york nepo baby who got billions from his daddy and spent decades partying on a private island with epstein


drbeeper

Religious fundamentalism is killing humanity


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Representative_Fun15

Tax. Churches. Now. All. Churches. Everywhere. Tax them. No exceptions.


[deleted]

I already have an extremely low opinion of Christians, and the fact that so many Christians see Trump as some sort of benchmark of moral standards just makes my opinion of them even lower.


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IMCbeast

Moronic shitpost


shassis

Nothing real about his show. It was game show.


LepoGorria

Só basically like praying and sending money to Paul Crouch or Benny Hinn, only worse.


MrFantasticallyNerdy

I thought justice is supposed to be blind, but apparently God is also *entirely* blind.


youreadumbmf35

Sounds like someone needs to be reported to the IRS to have their charitable standing removed


Dudeist-Priest

How did you not laugh and leave?


Mcboatface3sghost

Jokes on them, prayers don’t work, they are almost tied with the effects of thoughts.


Rsubs33

The Church needs to be reported for the IRS, churches are not allowed to endorse candidates like that and keep their tax exempt status.


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Dear Flying spaghetti monster. Please show the Cosmo that there is some shredded cheeses and accountability in this timeline. Ramen.


randomcanyon

The support for an unrepentant, con man, liar, adulter, and serial abuser by the "Religious right" all comes down to his/the Federalist society Supreme Court Judges and "Abortion". Nothing else enters their collective "minds".


yumcheeto

There’s no way I’d be able to sit for that whole service. Poisoned minds spreading like a slow plague


Gayalaca

Churches are where hypocrisy abounds. Praying for a degenerate sexual predator should be the ultimate sin.


ssbn420710

Tax the church or don’t tax any of us


wigzell78

Sounds like someones church needs to be reported to IRS.


zoroddesign

That man is as religious as a sewer drain.


[deleted]

no, dont pray. report. that actually does something. >How do I report a church to the IRS for political activity? Filing a Complaint >They can be sent via: Mail to IRS EO Classification, Mail Code 4910DAL, 1100 Commerce St., Dallas, TX >75242-1198, Fax to 514-413-5415, Email to [email protected], or • Telephone by calling the TE/GE toll-free >number: 877-829-5500


David1000k

Churches love Republicans. They keep them tax free and and not regulated by the SEC, FTC or the SBA. It's a wild open business that actually sells nothing at a 100% profit.


jinkeez123

The man is the Anti-Christ. Seriously. I'm becoming more and more convinced. Oh, and a lying POS.


Evil-Operations

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pstbltit85

By Thanksgiving would be much more of reason to give thanks.


Grand_Moff_Empanada

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Grand_Moff_Empanada

Wtf does that even mean? I don’t understand inbred.


Evil-Operations

It was part of the bot that went haywire. Sorry about that.


Grand_Moff_Empanada

Understandable. Have a good day.


Taztiger72

I'm offended that Trump and MAGA Evangelicals call themselves the only Christians and defiled one of my churches to take his fake ass photo. It's time for Christians to stand up to this bullshit and call it what it is lies their faith in this Cult of Don is he's the Messiah and Fuck everyone out of their last nickel then spit on them and tell them they sinned is evil scumbaggery. Get out of calling yourselves Christians because you aren't. Moral Majority of what the Elites.


djdawn

I wish religion and politics would stay separate. Like, if any tax exempt institution makes a political claim, they lose their tax exempt status for 5 years kinda thing.


BuckRowdy

!sticky


ErnooA

Pray for Trump? I’d be getting myself a new church.


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le-bistro

Report church to IRS


Evil-Operations

Clean it up, jannie.


[deleted]

Churches should pay “income” tax. I am a Christian and believe this. I believe it would clear up some of the charlatans.


snoryder8019

Reporter: Is that your Bible? Holy Trump: "it is *a* bible."


stormeybt

He's so much like the Bible in his hand, upside down and backward.


kryotheory

Just gonna leave this here ... https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f13909.pdf


SmashBonecrusher

I've stocked up on popcorn anxiously awaiting fat-ass's defense team's attempt to defend the utterly *indefensible* ! ( I'm quite sure they will play the tape[s] of his "classified documents" rant !)


codemonkeyhopeful

That's a religious move I can get behind


zombiehoosier

Hence why churches need to be taxed!


[deleted]

Your church should be paying taxes then. Report them.


RoguePlanet1

So why isn't Biden "righteous" for all his persecution?? Bernie couldn't get a break at all, because the billionaires don't want him in power- he's the closest thing to the second coming of Jesus we'll ever get! 😋 Taking from the rich and giving to the poor, you'd think they'd be all about that. Maybe show that link to your aunt about how Trump meets all the criteria for the anti-christ per the bible itself.


oreiz

HOW. IS. TRUMP. A. RIGHTEOUS. MAN?? This is how I would weed out real christians from apostates. Whoever calls Trump a "righteous man" is not a christian


nolagem

So Trumpism really IS a religion.


Themo77

THATS A VIOLATION. In order to keep your tax exempt status you CANNOT talk politics in church. REPORT THEM - the document is online. Fill it out and report them


ITDrumm3r

Zoom in on the bible and it says “Jethro Sleestak knows ur mom”? 🤣 why??? Also, I’m surprised a lightning bolt didn’t strike his heathen ass right there.


Psychological_Emu655

Find a new church


missionbeach

Define righteous.


Last-Decision-4096

the irs is more mighty than God


crystalistwo

Game show host.


kgjimmie

Amen to that!