A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Entry from May 21, 2022
“My body is a temple. Therefore I am a church and exempt from paying taxes”

“My body is a temple. Therefore I am a church and exempt from paying taxes” is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images.
       
“@Anrkiss: If the church is tax exempt and my body is a temple…. why am I not a tax exempt ?” was posted on Twitter by Emma on November 24, 2013. “My Body is a Temple. Therefore, I now declare myself officially…TAX EXEMPT” (shown on a sign) was posted on Twitter by Gio on April 20, 2016.
     
“My body is a temple and therefore a church and therefore I am exempt from paying taxes” was posted on Twitter by Josh on May 14, 2017. “My body is a temple…therefore, I am a church and exempt from paying taxes. Unknown” was posted on Facebook by Kuelewa Furaha on June 7, 2017. This popular version of the saying probably originated on an image.
 
     
Twitter   
Emma
@pixie_purfect
Replying to @anrkiss
“@Anrkiss: If the church is tax exempt and my body is a temple…. why am I not a tax exempt ?”
12:24 PM · Nov 24, 2013·Twitter for iPad
 
Twitter 
JahLael Bey™
@JahlaelBey13
If the body is a temple… And you are the church…Doesn’t that alone make you tax exempt??
4:26 PM · Feb 19, 2016·Twitter for Android
 
Twitter
Gio
@beretta_gio
my #Body is a #Temple therefor #Tax #Exempt
#Church #taxes #Religion #Atheism
(“My Body is a Temple. Therefore, I now declare myself officially…TAX EXEMPT” is shown on an image.—ed.)
4:20 PM · Apr 20, 2016·Twitter for iPhone
 
Twitter
Josh
@JoshuaHawkett
My body is a temple and therefore a church and therefore I am exempt from paying taxes.
5:23 PM · May 14, 2017·Twitter for Android
     
Facebook
Kuelewa Furaha
June 7, 2017 at 6:57 AM ·
My body is a temple…therefore, I am a church and exempt from paying taxes. Unknown
 
Twitter
Nico Solheim-Davidson, the North Sea Poet 🟨🟥
@NorthSeaStorm
PSA: My body is a temple. Therefore, I am a church and exempt from paying taxes. Your move, government.
5:40 AM · Jun 8, 2017·Twitter for Android
   
Twitter
Ceo Fakomaster
@ayolabi247
My body is a temple therefore I am a church and exempt from paying taxes.
3:41 AM · Jun 9, 2017·Twitter for BlackBerry
 
Twitter
LJ
@LogJ1776
My body is a temple, therefore a church and exempt from paying taxes
9:27 PM · Jan 26, 2019·Twitter Web App
   
Reddit—Warframe
Posted by u/Walter_Lobster April 2, 2019
As a Harrow main, my body is a temple, which is kinda like a church. Therefore, I am exempt from paying taxes.
 
Twitter
conspiracybot
@conspiracyb0t
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
MY BODY IS A TEMPLE.
THEREFORE I AM A CHURCH
AND EXEMPT FROM
PAYING TAXES.
2:32 AM · May 21, 2022·conspiracyb0t

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