Comments on: Lose your religion for tax purposes http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/18/lose-your-religion-for-tax-purposes/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Devi http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/18/lose-your-religion-for-tax-purposes/#comment-11829 Devi Sat, 21 Apr 2007 00:18:52 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1232#comment-11829 We weren't talking about a right to learn. The money the Jesuit college was after from taxpayers wasn't for classrooms, or teachers, or books. It was 10% of a 80 million dollars basketball court (sorry, arena). It has nothing to do with learning, it has to do with playing. I'm all for playing, but how about making it PUBLIC so we can all play there, instead of for religious devotees? Maybe not all their students are devotees of Roman Catholocism, but it would be hard to look at all those bloody Jesuses hanging from crosses around the campus if you weren't. I just find it amazing that a religious university would be so driven for money that they would claim they aren't REALLY a religious university, they just pretend to be one. We weren’t talking about a right to learn. The money the Jesuit college was after from taxpayers wasn’t for classrooms, or teachers, or books. It was 10% of a 80 million dollars basketball court (sorry, arena). It has nothing to do with learning, it has to do with playing. I’m all for playing, but how about making it PUBLIC so we can all play there, instead of for religious devotees? Maybe not all their students are devotees of Roman Catholocism, but it would be hard to look at all those bloody Jesuses hanging from crosses around the campus if you weren’t.

I just find it amazing that a religious university would be so driven for money that they would claim they aren’t REALLY a religious university, they just pretend to be one.

]]> By: Ben http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/18/lose-your-religion-for-tax-purposes/#comment-11815 Ben Fri, 20 Apr 2007 05:07:40 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1232#comment-11815 Hard to pick sides here, I mean, they have a right to learn. And from what I see, a lot of kids who go away to college (even religious colleges) end up coming home smarter. Most learn that there are folks in the world who aren't as crazy as their minister. Some might even become proud atheists (at least when blogging). Erich, fyi sports are a wonderful way to watch other people stay in shape. Hard to pick sides here, I mean, they have a right to learn. And from what I see, a lot of kids who go away to college (even religious colleges) end up coming home smarter. Most learn that there are folks in the world who aren’t as crazy as their minister. Some might even become proud atheists (at least when blogging).

Erich, fyi sports are a wonderful way to watch other people stay in shape.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2007/04/18/lose-your-religion-for-tax-purposes/#comment-11814 Erich Vieth Fri, 20 Apr 2007 04:36:48 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=1232#comment-11814 Where there's a will, there's a way. The strictest law can be made to bend over backwards when a big sports arena is at stake. To many people, sports is the most important religion of all. Now how can we make providing decent healthcare to all citizens to be seen as a religion that is even more important than sports, so important that our judges will willingly bend some laws to get it done? Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The strictest law can be made to bend over backwards when a big sports arena is at stake. To many people, sports is the most important religion of all.

Now how can we make providing decent healthcare to all citizens to be seen as a religion that is even more important than sports, so important that our judges will willingly bend some laws to get it done?

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