13-11-05 US: Silence of religious leaders in view of collapse of Civil Society

With the passage of time, the silence of religious leaders of all faiths, facing collapse of Civil Society in the United States. will be sorely remembered!
Joseph Zernik

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Have Churches Become Agents Of The State?
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
October 31, 2013

This column is archived here.

Then-Senator Lyndon Baines Johnson devised what has proven to be a brilliant strategy in which to silence and neuter America’s churches. His bill, which created the 501c3 tax-exempt corporation status for churches back in 1954, has, over the decades, effectively muted America’s pulpits. The vast majority of churches today are thoroughly and completely intimidated by the threat of losing their tax-exempt status under the 501c3 section of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC). As a result, the vast majority of pastors are unwilling to address virtually any issue from the pulpit that could be deemed as political.