[xnx]

We need a prominent [even more] obvious scam "church" to abuse the system so badly that the exemption is eliminated for all.

[stevenwoo]

The largest landowner in the USA is the Mormon church and it has two or more senators in its pocket to prevent that ever happening.

[magnaton]

Scientology (a family-destroying cult that brutally harassed the IRS into granting it recognition as a religion) is the perfect example, funneling huge sums into buying up real estate that then sits empty and generates no tax revenue. The center of Clearwater, FL is close to being a ghost town because of this.