No no John, I am not saying that moron is unelectable – although winning the popular doesn’t mean he’d have a shot at winning the electoral college.

No, my point is: Congress makes the laws, not the President. Trump could not ever get the utterly unable to govern Congress to pass legislation altering the tax laws to remove charitable tax deductions. The rich and the charities would band together to ensure that doesn’t happen. For once, the rich, churchies and non-profits would all be on the same side.

And he cannot amend tax law through Executive orders, as that is outside of the Presidents purview.

gtsix, never underestimate the stupidly of voters. Look at the train wreck our HC ins system is now…

As long as those buildings are standing David Miscavige has his fake front to hide behind and literally no place else to go.
By his own decree, there is no human being to replace him.
So, yes, even after the church is dead and decaying The Commodore will still be acting leader of it until he is also dead.
Meanwhile, one could argue that the church itself is already dead. It costs more to keep the doors open than new money coming in; at the very least the beast is very sick and dying and being kept alive only by lies, that is, by the generation of its own lies, the one thing it is expert at doing.
– It is not hard or sad or mean to say so, it is just true.
And once again I have to credit John Locke for giving me the inspiration to say something worthwhile.-mm

The Eagles never really came out and said what that song was about.
And a lot of people asked. The album is still one of the all-time best sellers.
Jonathon Mark, you make me wonder…how could those lyrics fit so well?

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find my previous lives
In the place I was before
“Relax, ” said Miscavige,
“You are programmed to believe.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave!”

Hi gtsix, Feltl like saying Good Evening. I only knew one X Morman Heber,of course I adored Yvonne one of the most passionate and loving spirits I wrote and met a few times back in the Sea Org day.Always look for your posts, Always, Ann.

True JL, although I do have a mormon couple – he lives next door and she visits often 😉 But they are quite discrete in public. Outside of Utah, Mormons are a bit more free to be.

Yeah OSD2, the Mormons lead the charge against gay marriage in both hawaii and california, so I have no love for their church, I have not had any issues with mormons being rude or such to me personally. My childhood dentist is a mormon and we got along swimmingly, even after I came out. But I am not his kid.

But if you were still in and you were constantly being regged for money and all you could see as a result were Ideal Orgs bereft of new public. And you could see the Clears become unclear and Cleared again and again. And that no new public were likely because of Xenu, your Church being publically toxic, with new members being charged huge amounts of money that is not returnable for a State of Clear that is ephemeral while being pressured to donate to the IAS that is unaccountable and shows nothing for the money donated…..

Well, if you were in and could not see the scam for what it is with all that going on then nobody on the outside can help you so they shouldn’t waste their time in trying.

Gtsix – excellent point, I forgot about that. So maybe not as welcoming as I stated.

gtsix, AND unless the couple is married. So, even hetero’s who have sex outside marriage are breaking their rules…

So, I don’t see why people who fall under those two rules would WANT to join the Mormon Church.