Matthew 6:5-8. If you are hurting from lack of in-person church activity, it’s not the religious aspect you are missing; it’s either the social or communal asp

Matthew 6:5-8. If you are hurting from lack of in-person church activity, it’s not the religious aspect you are missing; it’s either the social or communal aspects, or both. Christianity was originally an entirely private and non-public, non-mass-congregation form of worship. Small gatherings, maybe, but only for instructional purposes, guidance purposes, or other activities; certainly no weekly mass assemblages involving hundreds or thousands. This doesn’t mean that church gatherings don’t have positive effects. Humans are an extremely social species and most of us need extensive community interaction of some form to promote mental health. It’s just that by highlighting the religion itself, you’re just misattributing those positive effects to the wrong source.