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> The tangible benefits of being accepted as being a member of a church can be considerable My step father is quite conservative and he and I don’t see eye to
by shakezula 6y ago
> The tangible benefits of being accepted as being a member of a church can be considerable
My step father is quite conservative and he and I don’t see eye to eye on much, but one time he pointed out how the declining religiosity of my generation meant an increased reliance on the state for social programs that the church once filled the need for, and I’ve never been able to stop seeing that function of religion since.
- bawolff 6y agoWhen thinking about religion, i think its important to keep in mind that way back in the day it was basically the state
- shakezula 6y agoEven today. It's still pretty much the state where I live. Utah's legislature is more or less at the whim of the LDS church. I get what you're saying, though. Church and state both have a shared goal of social welfare, to some degree.