Christianity has been around for over a thousand years and true Christians have not attempted to influence politics as long as Governments don't intervene.

Pavelov, your response is what is absurd, here!

You have not studied any history....? You never heard of "Divine Right"...? Christianity has ALWAYS influenced governments, since it was originally established by Emperor Constantine as the official religion of Rome in the 3rd century! Two thousand years of darkness and horrors followed. You are clearly in denial here!

I am not against the rights of people to worship as they will. Let them have their churches! Let them pray! Just don't force OTHERS to pray or go to church if they do not CHOOSE to! How is there anything wrong with this picture? Church and state MUST remain separate, or history will just repeat itself all over again. Are you blind as well as ignorant of history...? Do you not see what happens in countries where religion mingles in government affairs?

Yet, in your view, since I am not in favor of forcing people to pray to a god they don't believe in... that makes me a Marxist. WOW. Your ignorance is truly astounding! It boggles my mind. I notice too, that all you can do is resort to name calling since you have no facts to support the nonsense you speak. Enjoy your name calling, then. May it bring you great happiness....



gRomoZeka - I may have been wrong about the Vatican being taxed. The article stated "property of the catholic church" but I am not sure if that includes the Vatican's holdings or not.

I'm not about punishing churches... I don't think taxing them is any kind of punishment. I just don't see why religions should not be taxed, when every other organization and business is...