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No doubt, but without the "crazy stuff" there isn't enough of a reason for people to commit to building communities like this. That crazy stuff makes introverte
by ngngngng 7y ago
No doubt, but without the "crazy stuff" there isn't enough of a reason for people to commit to building communities like this. That crazy stuff makes introverted, socially anxious me shoot off a text to some random neighbor 20 years older than myself every couple weeks to make sure he's doing alright and see if he needs anything, and invite my other neighbor over to dinner, whom I probably never would have said hello to otherwise.
- tomlockwood 7y agoYou know, if anything coffee makes me more likely to shoot random texts to people, though.
- lawn 7y agoWhy does the "crazy stuff" have to be religion? Couldn't it work just as well surrounding boardgames, sports or knitting? I think the center issue is having something in common, which binds people together.
- crowbahr 7y agoGenerally the ministering groups are doing it because they feel it's required of them by God. Once they get over that initial little hump it becomes friendly instead of just mandatory, but it takes that push. How often do you make friends with complete strangers with whom you have nothing in common (that you know)?
- sharkmerry 7y agoJust to clarify as Im not sure i follow. Would you not be doing this if you weren't religious?