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I believe organized religion used to sustain social lives for adults, and still does in many parts of the country. Tight-knit communities have been disrupted by
by praxulus 14y ago
I believe organized religion used to sustain social lives for adults, and still does in many parts of the country. Tight-knit communities have been disrupted by economic development and urbanization, but even in a big city you can get to know the people in your congregation very well.
- gnaritas 14y agoWhich is a problem for sane people who can't fit into such organized superstition.
- steauengeglase 14y agoThere are always the Unitarians.
- gnaritas 14y agoStill organized superstition.
- bdunbar 14y agoNot very organized. And your typical UU congregation doesn't even let God in the door, let alone promote any especial belief except 'dude, whatever, let's talk about it'.
- loup-vaillant 14y agoThen, rationalists meetups. They can still host a fair amount of organized superstition, but at least they try to be wary of that.
- gnaritas 14y agoI was commenting on how religion traditionally sustained social lives for adults, and how that's a problem today as we become more secular. I was not looking for suggestions for people to hang out with. The point being, no one thing can step up and take the place traditionally filled by the church.
- loup-vaillant 14y agoI'm not sure. There are atheists communities gathering on Sundays and chanting songs. In principle, one could imagine a religion grounded in reality. Now if we're talking about actually competing with the Roman Catholic Church, well… yeah, tough luck.
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- theorique 14y agoI'm not sure from this comment where you stand on religion - what do you really think? (Don't hold back.)
- msellout 14y agoThere are "humanitarian" groups.
- huherto 14y agoThere is still hope for you ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_atheism
- gnaritas 14y agoNo hope for me there; I like to base my beliefs on reason, not on copying another persons beliefs because I admire him, whether he's real or not. If I have to ask myself what would Jesus do, I've already lost.
- eli_gottlieb 14y agoThat well and truly depends, for a start on the demography of your congregation. One of the reasons I had a miserable time living in Cambridge, MA was because the synagogue I tried to join was primarily filled with very secularized, particularly wealthy, overwhelmingly middle-aged academics and businessmen. The kind of "Jews" who'll go out to a paid restaurant for Sabbath dinner every Friday night, but won't order meat because they're vegetarians. This was an exact non-match to a 22-year-old, religiously inclined, left-wing kid who writes code for a living.