Should governments start regulating religion?

[Gourmet]

JWeinCom said:

Please do not tell me what my logic says.  Say what you think, don't tell me what I think.

First off, I sincerely doubt you have not benefitted or will not potentially benefit from government services.  You pay for roadwork you say?  Who do you pay for roadwork?  So have you singlehandedly built every road that you have driven or benefited from (for instance an item delivered through that road)? Did you hire people directly to build the roads?  Did you build them?  Or did we need an organization to pool your money with the money of others to build roads?  Do you benefit from an interstate highway systems? Have you ever seen a doctor or been somehow benefited from anyone who had public schooling?  Have you benefited from any discovery made by anyone who has gone to public school? Do you think you don't benefit from military and police deterance?  That you and your one gun are enough to face any threat that may potentially occur?  Do you have any family who has at any point used any form of social assistance? 

And even IF you have never benefitted directly or indirectly from any government function (which would be nearly inconceivable) that's kind of irrelevant when we're talking about a society wide thing.  I will give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you understood that I meant these things were good for society in general, and not just me in particular.  If you didn't, now you do.

Do you think that anarchy would be preferable?  Based on countries that have weak governments (closest example we could get to anarchy), I don't believe this to be the case.   But if you would like, feel free.  I believe South Sudan, Somalia, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo would be good places to head for that.

You really think I need to pay 40% of all my gains to build roads? Are companies incapable of doing that?

And you think monanarchy doesn't charge taxes? Are you retarded?

- M, Carl