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> Looks like my atheism is is worse than smoking, who knew. It's plausible that the faith-based stuff is just a decent proxy for actually having a functional c
by ska 4y ago
> Looks like my atheism is is worse than smoking, who knew.
It's plausible that the faith-based stuff is just a decent proxy for actually having a functional community and community support.
- gowld 4y agoproxy, or cause? Going to a community event on a regular basis is a way to meet people and build relationships. Faith is a way to incentivize going to a community event on a regular basis, and faith communities provide quite a lot of the supply of community events.
- rtev 4y agoThat’s a strong possibility. While I’m not religious, I frequently envy the close community that religious life brings.
- zoinks-scoob 4y agoSome religions aren’t really over the moon with dogma and mostly just loosely hold a community together. Try a Friends meeting sometime and see what you think.
- DoreenMichele 4y agoFriends -- aka Quakers, for anyone confused. https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Friends#:~:text=The%20Religious%20Society%20of%20Friends%20is%20a%20group,or%20Quakers%20-%20both%20mean%20the%20same%20thing https://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Society_of_Fri....
- chmod600 4y agoIf the sense of purpose isn't there, usually the "community" behind it is shallow. I'm not saying only religion offers a sense of purpose. But just a bunch of nice people in a building talking about being nice doesn't often work.
- emmelaich 4y agoTrue, but you never quite know whether people are adopting a pose for the sake of belonging or really really believe. From my own experience, I'd guess 50pc or more don't really believe.
- quadcore 4y agoAnd meditation - or mind-clearing activities
- bscphil 4y agoAnd "drinks one to two servings of alcohol a day" is a pretty good proxy for "has enough money to afford to drink wine regularly, but is in a stable enough community to not slide into alcoholism".
- fleddr 4y agoFully agree.