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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a Jew, I find this thread very interesting, because we have the pay to pray model.  Weird, since our culture is so associated with guilt; you'd think the rabbis could just guilt us into giving into a weekly basket or a tithe situation.  I'm particularly fascinated by the Mormon approach, going for a check up in December ensuring that you have tithed.  I have learned so much.  Thanks to all for your perspectives - the Jews are always handwringing about the membership dues and the ticket to high holy day services, but it seems like no one is 100% happy with how they support their religious institutions.[/quote]

The Germans and the German Catholic Church cut right to the chase:
German Church Tax
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tax#Germany[/url]
About 70% of church revenues come from the church tax - including about $6.3 billion to the Catholic Church.  The church tax is 8%-9% of your income tax, which works about to about 2% of one's income and it goes to the church that you identify on your tax forms.

The fun started when the courts decided you could avoid paying the church tax by telling the government that you had quit your church. As a matter of freedom, you could still attend.  The Catholic bishops responded with the edict that "[i]a member who refuses to pay taxes will no longer be allowed to receive communion or make confession, to serve as godparents or to hold any office in the church. Those who leave can also be refused a Christian burial, unless they “give some sign of repentance.”[/i]

[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/world/europe/german-church-ties-tax-to-sacraments-after-court-ruling.html?pagewanted=all[/url]

As usual, I our system better.[/quote]

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