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I am sometimes jealous of religious people. They have a clear vision of the meaning of life and churches give them a social group they can join. Us atheists do
by rqtwteye 2y ago
I am sometimes jealous of religious people. They have a clear vision of the meaning of life and churches give them a social group they can join.
Us atheists don’t really have something like that.
- krapp 2y agoSkill issue. Plenty of atheists are capable of finding both meaning in life and social groups to join.
- rqtwteye 2y agoI agree about skill. It’s just easier with religious groups.
- shriek 2y agoBecause they have a common goal. The challenge for atheists is to find group of people with the same goal as theirs.
- hn_throwaway_99 2y agoI think that kind of misses the point. Sure, of course plenty of atheists find meaning in life and social groups to join. Point being, in a religious environment you don't have to have skill - the meaning in life and social groups are automatic and baked in. That's not the case for atheists so it's easier to get "left behind" if you happen to be "unskilled", as you put it.
- pacman128 2y agoLook into the Unitarian Universalist (UU) church. I'm a recently retired atheist and moved to a new city. My wife was brought up UU and they welcome all beliefs. We started attending services at a local fellowship a month ago and have been welcomed and are starting to make some friends there.
- 0xcde4c3db 2y agoAs someone who has looked into it, it's unfortunately far from actually being a universal option in practice. I understand that my situation isn't typical, but the commute to an actually-inclusive UU congregation (there are "conservative" ones) would be a significant burden for me, whereas I could easily walk to the closest church that routinely funds "missions" to Africa to spread the "Good News".
- evantbyrne 2y agoI've been further down that rabbit hole that most, so believe me when I say there is no such thing as a free lunch.
- dgfitz 2y agoI’d be quite interested in comparing notes with you on this, I have also been very deep down this rabbit hole. Some dark, dark things happen under the guise of religion.
- BeetleB 2y ago> They have a clear vision of the meaning of life What you describe is probably a minority amongst folks who claim to believe in a religion.
- t0bia_s 2y agoI wouldn't say that vision is clear. Not at all. It's constant thinking about faith, life questions, shaping values, etc. It's not easier path for sure.