2. Preserve the shield; tax-exempt status sustains social order. Enforce clear limits on political activity, not the faith itself.
Tax breaks won't secure social order; they protect those in power. Faith should feed the people, not politics; let love, justice and truth guide.
As a naturalist, I doubt tax exemptions for religion guarantee social order; cooperation, education, and evidence-based policy sustain society, not church shields.
Power endures, not piety. Tax exemptions can stabilize a regime only if the church serves the prince; otherwise religion will undermine your rule.
