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it depends on the religion itself...cuz each one has it's rules
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I know that once you get the government to recognize you as a "real" religion depending on how many followers you have is a great push in the right direction. One way to know if the government does recognize you is that the religion becomes tax exempt on my things.
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You need to make application to become a religion and function tax free. It's not too difficult as Stephen Colbert once took his audience through the steps of making an application for a blatantly made-up religion. Colbert was granted the status of being a non-profit religion.. He was making fun of the unbelievably amount of wealth some TV evagelical bring in - completely tax free. He pointed out how easy it is to gain the status of being a religion and how actual religion has virtually nothing to do with it.
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