"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