Ukraine the bad guy?
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lol, In Texas Abbott,Cruz,Paxton,Patrick ect. see themselves as far right MAGA supporters/members and their not ashamed of it. In the Governors debate between Abbott and O'rourke they ask Abbott if he was concerned that some of his supporters saw him as "too far right" but he didn't deny it(it's on YouTube). So is there a secret definition of the term far right that you are trying to separate your self from? Just asking because in Texas they mostly see it as a good thing and not something that they would hide.
Well then don't be ignorant about what you are up against. All churches in the US with a tax exempt status are 501 (c)(3) churches. This means that if they renounce that status all their assets (meeting hall, etc) must go to another 501 (c)(3) organization. Therefore, you can say the assets belong to the government.
Now a 501 (c)(3) must submit to the laws of the state. If a state says you cannot discriminate against women then you must allow women pastors. If the state says you cannot discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community then you must accept LGBTQ+ pastors. If the state says that bathrooms must allow people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with then you must abide by that.
You are not allowed to push partisan political issues. Pro life is clearly a "partisan issue" and a church that openly supports that can lose their tax exempt status and be required to pay the missing taxes. However, everyone supports diversity, equity and inclusion. No one claims to be a bigot. Everyone agrees that slavery was bad and institutional racism is bad, so everyone supports "CRT" to some extent. This is why Obama's pastor could be so political while all other pastors are muzzled.
Not only so but a 501 (c)(3) must be governed by a board of directors. This is how Jesuits and Freemason are able to get control of churches, pump money into them and turn them into "mega churches". The board is focused on being "fiscally responsible" which translates to "don't condemn sin" and "don't talk about hell" and "preach OSAS" etc. They don't prohibit the teaching of the word of God, rather they discourage or even prohibit certain topics. So churches do not talk about eschatology, they don't talk about the Antichrist, they don't talk about judgement on the world.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
This ruler did not repent for calling Jesus God, so this was not a rebuke, it clarified that this guy was saying Jesus is God in a discreet way. So this is not about the Pharisees, they would never have said this.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
So this guy has been raised from his youth with the ten commandments. Clearly not a Roman. He has been raised to live according to the Bible from his youth and he recognizes that Jesus is God. This man sounds like a Christian ruler.
22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
Do you have any idea how rich some of these denominations are? When I was a NYC stockbroker I learned that the biggest trust fund in the city was held by the Episcopalian church. This rich young ruler that Jesus is talking to could very easily be the pastor of a Mega church or any 501 (c)(3) church.
What is the solution to a church that feels handcuffed by the IRS? Simple, sell all that you have, give the money to the poor (soup kitchen, etc) and come follow the Lord Jesus.
Now a 501 (c)(3) must submit to the laws of the state. If a state says you cannot discriminate against women then you must allow women pastors. If the state says you cannot discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community then you must accept LGBTQ+ pastors. If the state says that bathrooms must allow people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with then you must abide by that.
You are not allowed to push partisan political issues. Pro life is clearly a "partisan issue" and a church that openly supports that can lose their tax exempt status and be required to pay the missing taxes. However, everyone supports diversity, equity and inclusion. No one claims to be a bigot. Everyone agrees that slavery was bad and institutional racism is bad, so everyone supports "CRT" to some extent. This is why Obama's pastor could be so political while all other pastors are muzzled.
Not only so but a 501 (c)(3) must be governed by a board of directors. This is how Jesuits and Freemason are able to get control of churches, pump money into them and turn them into "mega churches". The board is focused on being "fiscally responsible" which translates to "don't condemn sin" and "don't talk about hell" and "preach OSAS" etc. They don't prohibit the teaching of the word of God, rather they discourage or even prohibit certain topics. So churches do not talk about eschatology, they don't talk about the Antichrist, they don't talk about judgement on the world.
18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God.
This ruler did not repent for calling Jesus God, so this was not a rebuke, it clarified that this guy was saying Jesus is God in a discreet way. So this is not about the Pharisees, they would never have said this.
20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. 21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up.
So this guy has been raised from his youth with the ten commandments. Clearly not a Roman. He has been raised to live according to the Bible from his youth and he recognizes that Jesus is God. This man sounds like a Christian ruler.
22 Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. 23 And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich.
Do you have any idea how rich some of these denominations are? When I was a NYC stockbroker I learned that the biggest trust fund in the city was held by the Episcopalian church. This rich young ruler that Jesus is talking to could very easily be the pastor of a Mega church or any 501 (c)(3) church.
What is the solution to a church that feels handcuffed by the IRS? Simple, sell all that you have, give the money to the poor (soup kitchen, etc) and come follow the Lord Jesus.
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As for me I don't have a private interpretation of Left/Right wing politics because to me far right or far left is a common term used to define extremes in both parties of politics. Why I'm saying this is that the term Right/Left wing politics is like 235 years old and the whole world uses the same definition for both positions. Anyway it seems as if in the US the cancel culture may be trying to change the meaning of it but I'm not in agreement with changing things like Rainbow to mean something else and so it means to me the same as the rest of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left–right_political_spectrum
lol, Yep I think it hit them really hard in 2020 when flipping from Red to Blue was only decided by 631,221 votes an they got scared about those 38 electoral votes... I'm not a fan of Democrats though but if this is the Republicans idea of what Texas is when you make it great again it's gotten worse instead of better over the last 30 years since back when Democrats were in charge. Which means we no longer need to wonder what they would actually do if given the opportunity,,, we're living it every day in Texas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election_in_Texas
Yep, look at this "tax package" they are ramming through without a hearing,
The patronage package — 120k richest families get the biggest benefit, bottom 88 million get the least. Giving META subsidies (tax rate drops from 25% to -2%). Cost for 1 year of schooling for an immigrant is 50k a year, firms get cheap labor but taxpayers pay the bill.
A Democrat bill to expand the welfare state.
Yet it was so upside down and awful that the Senate couldn't even gag it down.
The patronage package — 120k richest families get the biggest benefit, bottom 88 million get the least. Giving META subsidies (tax rate drops from 25% to -2%). Cost for 1 year of schooling for an immigrant is 50k a year, firms get cheap labor but taxpayers pay the bill.
A Democrat bill to expand the welfare state.
Yet it was so upside down and awful that the Senate couldn't even gag it down.
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Isn't Jason Smith a Republican? https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7024/actions
