Religion
In reply to the discussion: A Note on Tax Exemptions for Churches [View all]qazplm135
(7,509 posts)except lay out examples on which a religious entity can have a pretty objective positive impact on a community by providing services that benefit the community other than simply religious worship. Which the vast majority of churches do. The secular version of a church is absolute a community center. They both perform many of the same functions. Obviously, a church has a primary function of worship that a secular community center does not, but that is not their only function.
I said nowhere that "secular community centers" are exactly equivalent to churches in every manner thus nowhere have I applied "all attributes of a set to a distinct subset." I've analogized two things with several similarities in the context of level of benefit to a community.
You know the difference between you and Mineral Man?
We pretty clearly disagree strongly on this subject, but thus far, he seems pretty willing to take my arguments at face value, and respond to him with his own points, without asserting I've got some sort of ulterior motive or that I'm trying to do some logical sleight of hand.