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We also used leaded gas a few decades ago. What’s your point? Just because people go to church less doesn’t mean that’s why people are lonely, it just means tha
by unchurched 7y ago
We also used leaded gas a few decades ago. What’s your point? Just because people go to church less doesn’t mean that’s why people are lonely, it just means that people are lonely and they’ve also stopped going to church as much. There’s no causal link there.
Plus, it’s 100% possible to have community without church.
Edit: cool, downvotes for disagreement.
- eloff 7y agoClearly church was a common source of community for people, and the OP makes the point that maybe we haven't found a good replacement for it yet. I wouldn't just dismiss that out of hand, it's a reasonable hypothesis on the surface.
- unchurched 7y agoBut how do you get from that to “we’re lonely because we’re not going to church”?
- nine_k 7y agoChurch services require people to be in the same place at the same time, for the same purpose. Few other activities gather the same people regularly. I can immediately think of narrow social networks (like obscure subreddits), and online games, though.
- pharke 7y agoAlthough those activities lack the factor of physical presence. For a lot of people in modern society the only time they are around others is at work or in public places neither of which have a primary focus on community and fellowship like a church congregation. We desperately need to add more community gatherings that don't exclude people based on skill or ability.
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago>require people to be in the same place at the same time, for the same purpose. Otherwise known as the most effective way to build friendships.
- mensetmanusman 7y agoWorld of Warcraft raids are the only one
- eloff 7y agoIsn't the potential connection obvious? If you remove the main source of community and making friendships outside school/college and your workplace, that could definitely lead to loneliness.
- viraptor 7y agoSunday Assembly is getting popular and very much not religious: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/11175092/Britains-atheist-church-now-pulls-in-crowds-from-Berlin-to-Ohio.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/11175092/Br...
- russfink 7y agoWish it were more active in the BALTIMORE / DC area.
- lazyasciiart 7y agoCan't speak for everyone, but I downvoted it for snarky disagreement that showed only a superficial engagement with the topic.
- chillwaves 7y agoThe edit really pushed it over the top as well.