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Curmudgeoness

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4. I think that you hit the nail on the head.

Sat Jul 18, 2015, 01:39 PM

Jul 2015

I am not sure that all of these people who "unregistered" have really "left" the church. I suppose that there are no church tax police who check everyone's registration as they enter a church, so the ones who drop the registration could still go to church. At least I think so. But either way, they could still believe....although with the RCC, I am not sure that they will be able to confess and take communion, and these are biggies.

Interesting that they have a "church tax" that is collected from the members instead of the church though. I'm not sure that I believe that is the way to go. I wonder how that got into the tax code.

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Mass exodus continues from German Catholic Church [View all] deucemagnet Jul 2015 OP

looks like you are officially enrolled at some stage uriel1972 Jul 2015 #1

Yes, you must have been posting as I was editing. deucemagnet Jul 2015 #3

Apparently one tells the church to cancel registration Warpy Jul 2015 #2

I think that you hit the nail on the head. Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #4

so the ones who drop the registration could still go to church. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #6

I don't know...would it be a sin? Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #8

I wouldn't have thought there were that many Catholic Germans RussBLib Jul 2015 #5

Ben Franklin... onager Jul 2015 #7

Don't make it sound like so much fun Curmudgeoness Jul 2015 #9

Sort of like sneaking into a strip club without paying the cover charge. AlbertCat Jul 2015 #10

Since the church tax is fully deductible it seems to me that government is subsidizing the churches LiberalAndProud Jul 2015 #11

And of course the catholic church will lie cheat and steal to get that money too. AtheistCrusader Jul 2015 #12