5much: wont b a bad idea if churches start paying tax.

k2039: I agree with Falana on this,he said the maximum truth.

PAGAN 9JA:
^dont lie. every muslim has to pay zakat. your muslims even imposed jaziya on many of my Maguzawa people, especailly in Kano. you have no idea how much protection tax we have paid to you slave-baboons. i piss on your mosques.

you respect us only because we pay you our hard-earned money. or else by the Gods,we would be dead by now.

m.k.o2005:

Pls no hate words here! Just ask around,muslims pay tithe at the end of the year according to their abilities ! Pls just ask arround. Though that shouldn't be the issues here !
God bless us

Discordia:

You must be mad or something! Who told you zakat is paid to a mosque? And who told you zakat is paid by every muslim? Do you even know what zakat is or how it works?

godswill4m: I really wonder if its possible. No matter what some pastors do this days and abuse the Doctrines of God, i don't think it should warrant for a religious institution to be taxed

Cogent:

You are an ɪdiot!!!
What if Imams can afford jets?
Are they buying it form the money their congregation gives them? NO!!!
If you see any Imam buying a jet, then they bought it with their own money that they worked for, not money that was scammed form brain dead congregations of foolish church-going sheep.
Imams work, they have jobs outside of preaching unlike your thieving pastors that sit back and quote bible verses while you morons throw your tithes at them to feed fat on.



The money realized from Friday offerings are
1. Not compulsorily taken from the congregation, it is voluntary.
2. Given to charity.
3. Not given to the Imam for his personal use.
And how dare you compare Friday offerings to the payments churches get?
You people collect tithes, first fruits and whatever foolish dues your church associations charges the members coupled with offering from your Monday to Friday church programs. If it is not youth meeting offering then it is Bible study offering.

Cogent:

You are an ɪdiot!!!
What if Imams can afford jets?
Are they buying it form the money their congregation gives them? NO!!!
If you see any Imam buying a jet, then they bought it with their own money that they worked for, not money that was scammed form brain dead congregations of foolish church-going sheep.
Imams work, they have jobs outside of preaching unlike your thieving pastors that sit back and quote bible verses while you morons throw your tithes at them to feed fat on.



The money realized from Friday offerings are
1. Not compulsorily taken from the congregation, it is voluntary.
2. Given to charity.
3. Not given to the Imam for his personal use.
And how dare you compare Friday offerings to the payments churches get?
You people collect tithes, first fruits and whatever foolish dues your church associations charges the members coupled with offering from your Monday to Friday church programs. If it is not youth meeting offering then it is Bible study offering.

emmanwandud: Well this issue of tithe and and tongue lashing people hovering about and looking for a way to distract or confuse tithe payers in the church i have a message for u all especially some religious head and other opposing xtain organisations ITS A FEARFUL THING TO FALL OR INCURE GODS WRATH LEAVE JUDGEMENT TO GOD . [s]i don't know why issues like this should be making headlines when the prime responsibility of spiritual heads should be on how to win souls to Christ and extend the message of Christ in these end time rather than making issues out of nothing[/s].Tithe is recommended in the bible [s]whatsoever the pastor decides to do with the tithe its his business[/s] but by paying ur tithe u have done your sole responsibility and kept ur promise to God.pls don't let anybody discourage u not even the religious bigots but always remember that the end will justify the means .

m.k.o2005:

Pls no hate words here! Just ask around,muslims pay tithe at the end of the year according to their abilities ! Pls just ask arround. Though that shouldn't be the issues here !
God bless us

carefulme: Paying tax!!! .....................to what end?


The percentage tithe will only go up proportionately to make compensation for taxes paid......

i.e MORE TITHES will be paid

In fact, a member of the congregation may volunteer to "take care" of the taxes for the next one year........this is also a form of tithe for him....
.......The situation then returns to the original.....and everything appears like there is no tax.......and most members of congregation stilll remain "just as wretched".....

.......Given the ideology and situation of Nigerians, this isn't too much to predict....

yertyr:

then wat wud u have them do...fold hands and don't try curb d problem?

m.k.o2005:

All church goers who earn must pay tax cos it's biblical ! But a church that lives on charity,offerings and tithes that isn't compulsory in most churches if not all shouldn't be taxed at all.
See below where even our master Jesus paid both the IMPERIAL TAX and the TEMPLE TAX:
The temple tax was a tax imposed by Moses for the tabernacle upkeep.

''After Jesus and his disciples arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma temple tax came to Peter and asked, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?”

25 “Yes, he does,” he replied.

When Peter came into the house, Jesus was the first to speak. “What do you think, Simon?” he asked. “From whom do the kings of the earth collect duty and taxes—from their own children or from others?”

26 “From others,” Peter answered.

“Then the children are exempt,” Jesus said to him. 27 “But so that we may not cause offense, go to the lake and throw out your line. Take the first fish you catch; open its mouth and you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for my tax and yours.

See below the instruction regarding payment of the IMPERIAL TAX which is the kind of tax FALANA seek from the church instead of the members of the church:
''They came to him and said, “Teacher, we know that you are a man of integrity. You aren’t swayed by others, because you pay no attention to who they are; but you teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay the imperial tax[b] to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn’t we?”

But Jesus knew their hypocrisy. “Why are you trying to trap me?” he asked. “Bring me a denarius and let me look at it.” They brought the coin, and he asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?”

“Caesar’s,” they replied.

Then Jesus said to them, “Give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.”
From what we have above,it is not wrong to pay either the terbanacle tax if we are told to do so in our churches by any church leader who does not understand that sons do not pay such tax but subject do OR neither are we not expected to pay the IMPERIAL TAX (FASHOLA TAX,the state or country tax)Which i pay as a christian since i started working. But christ never instructed the terbanacle or chruch to pay any any of the two taxes. BUT JUST NOT TO OFFEND THEM,IF THEY FALANA/FASHOLA NEEDS IT,LET'S GIVE IT TO THEM becos the bible said we should obey all authorities so long as it does not contradict or will be in dissonance with our salvation !
God bless us.

Cogent:

You lying Christians will tell any lie to implicate Muslims.

Who told you Muslims pay tithes? Muslims DO NOT pay tithes, there is nothing like tithe paying in Islam, please look for another excuse to justify the thieving ways of your pastors.

shyna501: Is he nt a pastor? He shud start payin' tax, oda wld folow suit... Abi dem ₪☺ dey collect offering Ä♌ð tithe 4 hin church?

Standing5: Did Jesus and his disciples pay for themselves or did they pay on behalf of the Church?

Elebiju: when jesus came to spread d gospel do u wanna tell me he can't afford a horse,donkey or a cart if he chooses to milk his followers like pastors do today?but instead he wore loins and girdle and was never recorded to keep any wealth whatsoever everything these pastors are gathering is worldly in its entirety,how many imam or pope in history has ever amassed such wealth,well dem kukuma know them mugu sha

ogogoromaster: And all the Custom duty waivers given to some churches should be cancelled and those duties recalled,you cannot be asking for duty waiver for Jeeps and other luxury Goods.I think it is time for the senate to assume the power to grant waivers to themselves and not the president.this would make it more difficult and would most likely be in the open with the senators.Custom waivers is one of the methods perfected by some unscrupulous "pastropreneurs" to bled our system.How can a pastor be given a custom waiver for a Jeep and other luxury goods

shyna501: Is he nt a pastor? He shud start payin' tax, oda wld folow suit... Abi dem ₪☺ dey collect offering Ä♌ð tithe 4 hin church?