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Originally Posted by PsYcNeT

It's been pointed out before, but the cited article from Russia Today cites a study done on publicly available tax return data from 2006-2012 in the US.

This data categorizes church donations as charitable donations, and I think many persons would disagree with this categorization, and therefore the data is disingenuous, especially since there is much data showing that churches have a much narrower return to charitable investment compared to many of the more well-run charities.

Exactly.