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Religion

Warpy

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1. It's the most important thing, IMHO

Reply to pinto (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 01:28 PM

Sep 2014

I lived in a New England town that had moved from agriculture to tourism many decades earlier but which still had an anachronistic Grange Hall for community events.

New England never rejected its past and that was one thing I liked about it.

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One thing often overlooked in discussions about religion is the "community" aspect. [View all] pinto Sep 2014 OP

It's the most important thing, IMHO Warpy Sep 2014 #1

I can speak to that because my brother is a Catholic upaloopa Sep 2014 #2

I'm sorry for your conflict. Maybe your choice to simply put it aside is a good one for you both. pinto Sep 2014 #4

That is my solution too upaloopa Sep 2014 #11

Religion is a supplant for real community. True community in the world is almost extinct. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2014 #3

So, church is a club? Feral Child Sep 2014 #5

Yeah, in a way I guess. Never joined a frat either. Though I lived next door to one for a time. pinto Sep 2014 #6

I bet! Feral Child Sep 2014 #12

I don't think that it's overlooked so much as assumed. trotsky Sep 2014 #7

The religious clearly do. Promethean Sep 2014 #10

Agreed on all points. n/t trotsky Sep 2014 #16

Only Fundies. Feral Child Sep 2014 #13

It ain't only fundies. cleanhippie Sep 2014 #27

The community aspect is very must in the forfront of most Atheists minds. Promethean Sep 2014 #8

That is a very good point. ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #9

You mean like the FLDS communities in Arizona and Utah? Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #14

Why yes, that' exactly what he means. rug Sep 2014 #15

That's cherry picking, Warren. pinto Sep 2014 #17

A sample of concrete examples from a spectrum of possibility. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #22

That's what you did too, pinto. trotsky Sep 2014 #23

I think you missed the point. Warren Stupidity Sep 2014 #26

Kind of like Gangs Cartoonist Sep 2014 #18

Do you identify with a community? Or participate in a community? However, in passing or such? pinto Sep 2014 #19

Gangs Cartoonist Sep 2014 #20

Yep, people that go to churches are just like gang members hanging out with their homies. cbayer Sep 2014 #25

It's not quite as equal and even as you would like to think. trotsky Sep 2014 #28

It is not common among all humans. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #21

Great points and very true. cbayer Sep 2014 #24

Very thoughtful op.. Peacetrain Sep 2014 #29