What do YOU think?

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

You're missing the most important bit: enough money to be taxed.  I don't think the Project Wonderful ads are bringing in enough.

What?  If it were recognized then it would be a tax exempt entity.

[Requia ☣]

Being a recognized religion doesn't automatically grant tax exempt status, each entity has to apply for tax exempt status separately.  Nor does being a religion automatically grant it (the mormon church still pays taxes on the malls it owns), you have to have a purpose that's tax exempt.  At the very most a church (pretty sure they mean 'place of worship' here) gets out of some of the paperwork.

[Cuddlefish]

That's right, I just bumped this shit.

I still want to know what the rest of you guys think.

I'm going to use the connections I made with the campus newspaper to talk to thier lawyer, just to see what the "order of operations" would be for doing something like this, how much money it would take, and things of the such. Legalese always makes more sense to me when it's communicated verbaly

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Being a recognized religion doesn't automatically grant tax exempt status, each entity has to apply for tax exempt status separately.  Nor does being a religion automatically grant it (the mormon church still pays taxes on the malls it owns), you have to have a purpose that's tax exempt.  At the very most a church (pretty sure they mean 'place of worship' here) gets out of some of the paperwork.

Maybe next time read what I wrote, not what you thought you saw........

The point is to get the "religion" recognized as legitimate by the US government.  Before that, you have to convince the IRS.  The IRS requires the following;