NationStates Jolt Archive

The Government of Ilham has declared that atheism and agnosticism are to be recognised as official religions and their clergy and members officially required to get licenses and register their organisations with us.

As required under law,they are also required to pay a tax of 10% from their stated income each year and are required to submit to an audit every 2 years.

Curious....you are taxing one religion that says there is no God, and another that questions God's existence. If you will accept that the word "religion" means "a return to bondage", then the taxation thing makes sense.

Which reminds me of a joke:

What do you get when you cross a dyslexic agnostic with an insomniac?

You get a guy who lays awake at night wondering if there's a Dog.......

Chellis is saddened that someone is taxed for not believing in something. Chellis hopes Ilham realizes the error of its ways and changes its laws.

Spokeswoman of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Wun Piy Ling yesterday addressed a press conference in the Ilham Embassy on Earth.

"To address the concerns expressed by other nations regarding the internal affairs of Ilham,we would like to assuage concerns by pointing out that if you refer to our laws,we tax all religious organisations.As atheists and agnostics are regarded as religions under our law along with Christianity,Islam,Buddhism,Taoism and several other major faiths,under our laws they qre required to pay 10% taxes and undergo an audit every 2 years.Please be assured that we discriminate against all religions equally.However,foreign intervention in domestics affairs of finance and state are heavily discouraged."

Memo Released by an aide to HPM the Stalin:

His Prime Minister the Stalin is saddened by the loss of religious freedom in Ilham, though he himself is an agnostic.

OOC; Man, real atheists would go bonkers if that happened.

Chellis has embargoed Ilham for its actions, and is emplacing an Ivan Act(Will tariff nations who trade with Ilham, who trade with chellis as well).

Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Yethow Abdul commented on the embargo enacted by the nation of Chellis:

"We are not overly concerned with Chellis's actions as trade links with them is minimal,amounting to a net worth of 3 million Ilhami credits per year.Seeing as this embargo will minimally affect both our countries,Ilham see no need as of yet to take retaliatory action and the movement of its citizens from our planet will not be affected.

OOC:Vepolis,I myself am of the position that all religions should be taxed regardless,and that includes atheism,agnosticism and any other organised group claiming to represent a religion or belief system.I myself am a freethinker aldeist,which is a more philosophy than religion.Turned from Catholic to agnostic to near atheist to agnostic to theist to aldeist.

Atheism can be dogmatic on occasion and I dislike atheism as much as I dislike organised religion.Atheists I know of have tended to be abrasive and militant in pusing their beliefs on you,very similar to dogmatic Christian individuals I have encountered.Same shit,different day,equally dogmatic.They are all the same.At least most agnostics I know are not militant or push it on you.

OOC: Funny, all the athiests I know (and have known in the past) are really passive and generally nice people. I'm an athiest myself and I don't think people should inflict their beliefs on others. Perhaps the people you know are the 'vocal minority'?

OOC:lol atheism a Religion hahahahahahahaha. you know that atheism is not a religion but a beleaf in no God nore any religion right?