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There is not licensing or authorization for religion. There is no application for approval required to be a “church”, ie: religion. Thinking there could be so
by bozhark 3y ago
There is not licensing or authorization for religion.
There is no application for approval required to be a “church”, ie: religion.
Thinking there could be some “authority” for a religious institution’s practices is beyond measure.
- crazygringo 3y agoThere absolutely is both for tax purposes as well as for legal religious exemptions. You can't just arbitrarily call your house a church to avoid paying property taxes. Government authorities have to make decisions all the time over what they deem to be a legitimate religious organization. You obviously don't need a license or authorization to engage in otherwise legal religious practice, but as soon as you want legal exemptions, the government most certainly has a say. And the ritual consumption of otherwise illegal drugs couldn't be a more perfect example.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y ago> You obviously don't need a license or authorization to engage in otherwise legal religious practice by this logic, the government could make illegal any other religious practice (in addition to psychedelic usage), because then the practice isn't "otherwise legal"
- mensetmanusman 3y agoWelcome to the grey areas of the real world.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agowelcome to circular logic and confusing prescriptivism with descriptivism