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[Jan]

There's a 60 Minutes piece on Belle on youtube. Worth watching  especially the bit when she appears mystified by the whole business. Mental health issues methinks.

As for Destiny, I don't think 'self funded' is the right term for an organisation that tithes its members, and has some serious discrepancies between income and expenditure, let alone where its head honcho appears to live a life of luxury very different to those it tithes. Sanitarium, yup, they too need to be closely examined as to their charitable status.

But then, if I was in charge no religious organisation of any kind would be considered a charity. Especially the rich ones. I think 90% of them are scammers selling snake oil for the soul.

I was comparing the lack of tax payers funding for Destiny whereas Waipārera trust is tax payer funded and John Tamahere and his family live in very upmarket homes and draw huge salaries out of our pocket - no different living in funded luxury - in saying that Tamaki and Tamahere are both sharks .Sanitarium are tax free because they are owned by Seventh day  Adventist or Jehova so it’s a mine field - simple churches should pay tax and charities who are paying themselves huge salaries - same with rates - charities and churches have properties they lease out and take huge incomes from should pay rates - the atheist coming out in me