So what happens if you don’t pay? If it’s a literal tax, that means it’s a crime to evade it right?
IMO getting the government to enforce a church tithe is an overreach. The church should deal with that themselves and the most they should be allowed to do under a secular legal system is ban you from the church.
Or if the government doesn’t care whether you actually pay it or not, my entire premise for having a problem with this doesn’t apply in which case I stand corrected.
So what happens if you don’t pay? If it’s a literal tax, that means it’s a crime to evade it right?
IMO getting the government to enforce a church tithe is an overreach. The church should deal with that themselves and the most they should be allowed to do under a secular legal system is ban you from the church.
Or if the government doesn’t care whether you actually pay it or not, my entire premise for having a problem with this doesn’t apply in which case I stand corrected.
Pretty sure it’s just taken straight from your paycheck like other taxes in Germany, which makes avoiding specifically that tax difficult
Taxes are automatically deducted from your paycheck.
I agree that church fees shouldn’t involve the government at all.