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5. So, church is a club?

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 02:49 PM

Sep 2014

That's what I always thought, too.

Never joined a frat, either.

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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

That is my solution too upaloopa Sep 2014 #11

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

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

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

Gangs Cartoonist Sep 2014 #20

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