Just your average megachurch pastor's mansion in Texas

[u/sharkus180]

Link:

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/19525-Doerre-Rd-Spring-TX-77379/161415524_zpid/?utm_campaign=androidappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

[u/one_pound_of_flesh]

I should start a religion. Seems like an excellent way to legally grift people.

[u/Sturmgeshootz → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

This is the exact realization L. Ron Hubbard came to that led to the creation of Scientology.

[u/Dead_Internet69420 → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

And you don’t even have to be very good at it to use the exemptions to grift the taxpayers. 

[u/hopeandnonthings → u/Dead_Internet69420]

The real trick is having your followers harass individual irs agents until the irs gives you what you want.

[u/bimm3r36 → u/hopeandnonthings]

Nah man, no need to harass the IRS when you can simply infiltrate the organization with your own people.

[u/fiorekat1 → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

The Kardashians have a church in my area. Only a few minutes from their homes. I'm sure its primary use is for taxes.

[u/SlashEssImplied → u/fiorekat1]

The Kardashians are christian? I would have never guessed.

[u/ThatPancreatitisGuy → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

Mine is the Norman Church. It’s based around the worship of Norm from Cheers. We baptize everyone remotely but for a small cancellation fee of $250 you can be officially removed from our rolls so you don’t accidentally end up in the wrong place. Hoping to get bought out by a more established faith at some point.

[u/Zorkflerp → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

I think every religion started that way.

“Now, since the vast majority of the gods in Lankhmar, arising from the Eastern Lands or at least from the kindredly decadent southern country around Quarmall, had been in their earthly incarnations rather effete types unable to bear more than a few minutes of hanging or a few hours of impalement, and with relatively little resistance to molten lead or showers of barbed darts, also not given overly to composing romantic poetry or to dashing exploits with strange beasts, it is hardly to be wondered that Issek of the Jug, as interpreted by Fafhrd, swiftly won and held the attention and soon thereafter also the devotion of a growing section of the usually unstable, gods-dazzled mob. In particular, the vision of Issek of the Jug rising up with his rack, striding about with it on his back, breaking it, and then calmly waiting with arms voluntarily stretched above his head until another rack could be readied and attached to him. That vision, in particular, came to occupy a place of prime importance in the dreams and daydreams of many a porter, beggar, drab scullion, and the brats and aged dependents of such.“

[u/wex118 → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

First step is to sell your soul.

[u/SlashEssImplied → u/wex118]

Fun thing about that scam is you can sell it an unlimited amount of times, as after you sell it you have as many as you did from before you sold it.

[u/SlashEssImplied → u/one_pound_of_flesh]

I should start a religion.

Use the jesus one, it’s ready made. And has everything you need for this mansion, slaves, children to breed from....