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I think 81% agree to say they aren't non believers because many don't want the questions of saying they might be an atheist/agnostic. ~30k different Christian sects in the U.S. and none of them can tell me why they are in their own group, so if you just say oh yeah I believe everyone shuts up. Being raised a catholic, I like to remind my mother that all 30k of them are anti catholic and they believe catholics are going to hell. They don't know what for, but they damn sure know they aren't catholic.
In truth I think ~30% of Americans are religious. The rest just keep covering for themselves. If we really wanted the truth we could instate taxes like they have in some EU countries. Pay an extra 5% taxes to your church. *poof, 50% gone in a year and claiming they paid it, while the others wondering why they didn't think to check a mon religious box.
I live in a location where a Christian belief system is straight up expected at a near Texas level. It is to my absolute glee to answer people that I am unwilling to pray over your computer (๐ฏ happened) as it is against my religion.
Have people ask what church I go to roughly biweekly.
Main reason I have satanic temple cards to distribute when asked.
If we legalize taxing churches it just means no non-christian religions are allowed in red states. They'll just jack up taxes on churches they don't agree with
Freedom to religion would likely protect taxes being diffferent. It shouldn't protect against the largest land owner in Florida being a tax free money maker
That's a very charitable view of the current SCOTUS and I admire your optimism
Fun fact about SCOTUS. They don't have any way of enforcing their rulings. And we can add judges all day long. That's why they keep not going full conservative except on key cases. They know if the Democrats see them as a totally lost cause then they'll pack the court. (Which could effectively kill it when the GOP gets power and does the same exact thing) So in preserving their own power they're forced to maintain a status quo for now.