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Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor
Where does that money go? And isn't that more common in the USA?
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Probably more common in the US yeah, but there's still Canadian groups that are similar.
As to where the money goes, some good organizations funnel the money back into the community, others use it to fund mission work to convert the lost, and a few corrupt ones (such as Benny Hinn) use it to rent $12,000/night hotel rooms and pay their baby sitters $4000 for an afternoon. The Fifth Estate did a thing on him recently and it was pretty eye opening; they had accounting records from inside his organization.
There's a reason this was setup:
http://www.ecfa.org/?Page=Main
And that's the thing, I don't disagree that there are religious organizations out there doing good work in the community. I've got no problem giving that kind of activity a tax break.. but I don't know if I want taxes going towards all kinds of churches so they can try and convert each other.
Probably a nightmare to try and administrate though.