But we might develop some rituals like washing anus before sending bitcoin payment. That will make it a true religion.
You should always wash your anus before making bitcoin transactions!
@ OP: Ask those guys: http://www.scientology.org/
Topic: Could declaring Bitcoin a religion protect it from Finacial Regulation? - page 3. (Read 4920 times)
November 03, 2012, 06:30:41 PM
You should always wash your anus before making bitcoin transactions!
@ OP: Ask those guys: http://www.scientology.org/
November 03, 2012, 06:12:26 PM
You do have to say a little prayer everyday in hopes that you don't get scammed or lose all your coin in hacks by Chinese relics dealers and such.
November 03, 2012, 05:54:18 PM
+1 to declaring bitcoin a religion!
November 03, 2012, 05:11:29 PM
Filesharing is recognized as official religion in Sweden. Why Bitcoins cannot be a religion too?
Bitcoin is simply math, and there's a nice tradition of math-based religion going back 2500 years:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagoreanism
November 03, 2012, 04:33:38 PM
Filesharing is recognized as official religion in Sweden. Why Bitcoins cannot be a religion too?
Yes there is no faith in false promises or fairy tales, the engineering of Bitcoin is more solid than Boeing 747. But we might develop some rituals like washing anus before sending bitcoin payment. That will make it a true religion.
Yes there is no faith in false promises or fairy tales, the engineering of Bitcoin is more solid than Boeing 747. But we might develop some rituals like washing anus before sending bitcoin payment. That will make it a true religion.
November 03, 2012, 02:44:15 PM
Lots of people have made money their religion, and that certainly hasn't prevented regulation in the past.
November 03, 2012, 02:22:54 PM
My faith in humanity would be lost if this helped in the slightest.
As far as legality in general goes, this would be great if it was the exception and not the rule.
November 03, 2012, 02:15:07 PM
Burn the Unbelievers !
November 03, 2012, 02:13:41 PM
My faith in humanity would be lost if this helped in the slightest.
But certainly the humor in it would have at least some redeeming value. :-)
November 03, 2012, 02:12:29 PM
My faith in humanity would be lost if this helped in the slightest.
November 03, 2012, 02:04:51 PM
Some easy reading for the evening:
A tax guide for the IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf
Anyone have any experience with registering a religion? Form a brief Google search there seems to be no need to register outside of tax purposes.
A tax guide for the IRS
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p1828.pdf
Anyone have any experience with registering a religion? Form a brief Google search there seems to be no need to register outside of tax purposes.
November 03, 2012, 01:56:35 PM
I doubt it would matter in the least, but go ahead. Crazier things have been done.
November 03, 2012, 01:54:40 PM
Religions are based on faith, not reality. Once you understand the bitcoin protocol, there is no mystery to it.
No mystery? You mean like the imaginary disappeared pseudo Japanese crypto genius who created, lead his disciples and disappeared? You mean that no mystery? :-)
There is plenty of mystery here, and faith. People buying coins have faith in it's value. People who do transactions on first confirmation have faith in no double spends. We ALL have faith there isn't some government super computer crunching away this very moment intend of outrunning our BTC chain and pulling a 51%.
This whole thing is based on faith. Faith in numbers, in math, in the 'invisible hand of the market', faith in the very idea of remaking the world to be a more fair equitable place.
November 03, 2012, 01:49:16 PM
Religions are based on faith, not reality. Once you understand the bitcoin protocol, there is no mystery to it.
November 03, 2012, 01:29:23 PM
Yes. Lets do it.
November 03, 2012, 01:28:28 PM
Satoshi is our prophet !
November 03, 2012, 01:26:59 PM
The title says it all- tax exempt status, the act of transacting Bitcoins an act of faith with the scripture of the blockchain?
One could even argue it might protect Bitcoin from being outlawed in countries that recognize freedom of Religion.
One could even argue it might protect Bitcoin from being outlawed in countries that recognize freedom of Religion.
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