Should governments start regulating religion?

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No, I do not believe in god nor I subscribe to any religion but this is what I think

 

1. "Taxes - how much do governments lose to religion?"

They should pay the same taxes everyone else does. I know that in many countries churches have benefits in taxing, and that should not happen. No benefits, no extra charges

2. "Cults should not be allowed to get as bad as some do. "

You cannot regulate them in a special way, you should just apply prohibitions that every human act has in a legal system. No problem with the cult unless they start killing, robbing, etc... be them christian, muslims or jews

3. "Religious extremist - causing wars, terrorism, hate crimes, etc"

Same as above, legal systems should not treat with religion as a cause but with the effects (wars, terrorism or stuff like that being controled not because it comes from religion, but because it is war and terrorism)

4. "Intolerance - how many more humans needs to suffer due to religious "morals"?"

Morality is a catchy thing, I find it dangerous that governments start regulating heavily in this department. That is because any moral code has a good side that will benefit some acts and a bad side that will punish othersin a phisical or psicological way. I think individual or collective moral codes should ideally not apply in a coercive way on any other individual.

What I think is that some people are allowed to think and say they hate a special type of person without censorship, but they should not be allowed to show violence to that type of person