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Two thoughts:1) Argus ... I am quite surprised that you would have that much faith in a simple survey. Do you believe that Social Science research is sophisticated enough to guarantee reliable results on simple surveys of opinions and attitudes? 2) Fundamental freedoms 2. Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b ) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; © freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association. Hmmm ... And I suppose my third thought would be ... whose version of "Canadian values"? Kellie Lietch's? Argus'? ? .

I know C51 described the police state we live in. .

It's taxable as income to that organization. Tax exemption is for charities. Not for (eg) private social, recreational clubs of choice. Demonstrable charitable work for the community (by churches and others) is a (subsidized) tax exempt benefit to society. But religious activities and operations for members should not be subsidized, imo. Their benefits to society are questionable at best. I would and did even say: "They raise children to be obedient to authority and punitive to those who think for themselves." .

I don't agree about those activities.The people who want to participate can pay, or raise money to pay for religious activities. Some decline, some grow. .

The "advancement of religion" is not a charitable purpose that benefits society, imo. Precisely why the operations of churches for their members should not be tax exempt. Then we agree."Advancement of religion" should not be tax exempt. .

No. Simply, they should have to justify their tax exemption the same way other charities do. There's a process and rules for that. Money spent on church business, services - minister's salaries, etc. should not be tax exempt. . .

The money churches are not paying in taxes is money we have to pay in taxes. Yes, we are subsidizing them. That's governance. It is our responsibility to support it. It is not my responsibility to support someone's religion. I'm suggesting that churches get tax exemption for their legitimate charitable work, but not for their church properties and operations otherwise..

Then let them claim tax exemption only where they can demonstrate charitable programs available to all.They shouldn't be tax exempt for churches and religious programs for members. We shouldn't have to subsidize that. .

We all pay for it, because of the tax exempt status of churches. .

It's just a suggestion.Legitimate charity work should be evaluated on the same criteria as non-profits for tax deduction purposes. But not the whole organization. People who want churches and religion can pay for it. Morally, I am opposed to and I do not want to pay for churches, religion and trappings. .

You can refute this study, and the ones finding different results. Correlation is not causation. It's likely that people who feel morally superior are drawn to organized religion. My point is to question the presumed moral superiority of religious people.

They can't be bothered dealing with moronic males who think they have a right to tell women what to wear..

Study finds that children raised without religion show more empathy and kindness In our study, kids from atheist and non-religious families were, in fact, more generous, said Prof. Jean Decety who led the study. Consistent with previous studies, in general the children were more likely to share as they got older. But children from households identifying as Christian and Muslim were significantly less likely than children from non-religious households to share their stickers. The negative relation between religiosity and altruism grew stronger with age; children with a longer experience of religion in the household were the least likely to share. The study also showed that punishment in religious households was much more severe as religious parents favored stronger punishments for anti-social behavior and judged such behavior more harshly than non-religious children. These results support previous studies of adults, which have found religiousness is linked with punitive attitudes toward interpersonal offenses. Together, these results reveal the similarity across countries in how religion negatively influences childrens altruism. They challenge the view that religiosity facilitates prosocial behavior, and call into question whether religion is vital for moral developmentsuggesting the secularization of moral discourse does not reduce human kindness. In fact, it does just the opposite, Decety said. The study comes as little surprise to those of us who raise kids outside of religion as I outlined in my own book Parenting Without God. Children raised without dictatorship type rules and threats of eternal punishment just seem to turn out nicer. - See more at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/danthropology/2015/11/study-finds-that-children-raised-without-religion-show-more-empathy-and-kindness/#sthash.pXWNFssT.sQoqwRNR.dpuf So ... STOP GIVING TAX BREAKS TO RELIGIONS!!! They raise children to be obedient to authority and punitive to those who think for themselves ... little Nazis in training. Religious people have delusions of superiority and are less humane to each other and to those they see as inferior. Not just IMO.

This forum ... a bunch of stuffed shirt men trying to tell women what clothes they will 'allow' them to wear ... ?? .

Why would anyone care if you "approve" what they wear?http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/05/08/article-2321472-19AEF94F000005DC-126_308x448.jpg .

Wow. " forgotten how to be "low income" with pride." Now there's a line predator bosses can use to oppress workers demanding living wages. Yes, just demand that they accept low wages that won't support their families "with pride". :/

Rich conservatives (bosses) in Canada and the US have been inciting hatred among precarious private sector working class white people for a couple of decades now. Wind 'em up and point 'em ... .

So sorry for your loss topaz.

http://huff.to/2bjs2TA Windsor Sandwich Shop owner Lawrence Lavenders Trump sandwich" ... two pieces of white bread, full of bologna ... a ramekin of Russian dressing. ... a little pickle not big little... a tortilla chip wall around it. ? Apparently it's very popular! .

The content of a religion is totally irrelevant to respecting freedom of religion.You are free to believe in virgin birth, talking to animals, genies in lamps, 'chosen people' ... whatever you wish. What is it about that that you can't grasp? .

If you don't like Islam, don't join. All organized religion is stupid, imo. So I don't join one. I am free not to. Others are free to join what they wish. It's called defending freedom of thought, speech and association... freedom of religion. It's really pretty clear and simple. What is it that you don't grasp about that? .

We can scale them up and scale fossil fuels down. Albertans get that: /albertas-solar-power-sector-cant-keep-up-with-demand-for-training-courses .

Solar paint, solar roads/driveways, solar shingles ... it's getting much simpler and cheaper all the time. new-paint-additive-turns-any-surface-into-a-solar-panel/ .

Freedom of the press is all about being free to criticize, expose corruption, etc.The media are not supposed to be a lackey of the state. .

Obviously it's some of both, increasing renewables and decreasing fossil fuels. .