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On balance, religion is not a force for good.
Agreed. It almost never is, especially organized religion. Those folks want to tell everyone else how to live based on whatever ancient tomes to which they adhere. It's not about "good". As I once heard it said, the First Commandment violates the First Amendment (i.e. freedom of religion).
Which is one reason why I favor taxing all churches. The bigger ones don't even hide their political activism (e.g. LDS church and prop 8). So tax them. Whatever funds they use for actual charitable work, let them write it off like anyone else could. The rest should be taxed. But I digress...
