Our governments regard churches as charitable organisations and exempt
them from paying taxes but our wealthy pastors plunder their followers
and spend their spoils on self-indulgent existence. In my view, the time
has come to end these tax-exempt privileges and to force religious
houses to open up their books to scrutiny.
Let judgment start from the
house of God. They can run their businesses according to existing
corporate laws, and members who donate to such ventures as private
universities should become shareholders. This will lead to transparency
and accountability.