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As someone who is deeply involved in a church I feel your comment illustrates the problem. You appear to think you have a greater depth of relationship/communit
by xupybd 11y ago
As someone who is deeply involved in a church I feel your comment illustrates the problem. You appear to think you have a greater depth of relationship/community than you do.
I have noticed that the set of values is very much the binding force that holds, at least the church community that I am part of, together. I have very different interests with the people I have most to do with, but we live by similar moral codes. It's hard to describe but very different to what you are discussing. And the level of involvement is much higher than normal relationships.
Tightly woven communities are absent from modern lives as there has been a big push for individualism and materialism.
- icanhackit 11y agoTightly woven communities are absent from modern lives as there has been a big push for individualism and materialism. True, though tightly woven communities have many implicit rules, sometimes explicit, that can govern anything from sexuality to what you wear and where you live. Individualism allows a broader definition of who you are and what you can align with at the cost of a tighter support network. I feel that the increase in acceptance and support of people with different gender identities and sexuality is a direct result of individualism. The same applies to feminism. Even people who would ordinarily feign a religious belief because flipping the bird at the pastor and screaming I'm an atheist would not only affect their relationship with that person, but their whole community. They'd be an outcast, just as the feminist would lose the support of those who had accepted their assigned gender roles and rules. Humanity has become more liquid but lacks a deep connection to their neighbor as a result. Everything has a positive and negative side.