Quote Originally Posted by Pavelov View Post
Christianity has been around for thousands of years and true Christians have not attempted to influence politics as long as Governments stay don't intervene.
Seriously??? Learn your history. Christian Church affects state policy all the time. Anyway, there are no true Christians (whatever they are) among people in power.

I believe in separation of Church and State (if only to protect myself). But 100% separation is impossible, since no church can exist in a vacuum - it's located within a certain state's territory and church goers are citizens of the state.

I doubt it's possible to tax Vatican directly - it's an independent state, isn't it? Why should it pay anything to Italy? But state churches probably can be taxed for using land and such...