Quote Originally Posted by Goofball
You're missing the point. Since it appears that the majority of the $3,000,000 per year this "church" brings in is being used for the benefit of its "owners" and not for charitable purposes, then this really isn't a church anymore it's a for-profit business. On $3,000,000 of net income, the tax bill would be +/- $600,000, but that is not being paid in this case. So these shysters aren't just parting their foolish congregation (who I really don't care two shiny turds about) from their money, they're parting the rest of the country from the money they owe it.
Redefine charitable organization then and don't automatically include churches