ironbark
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Fri Apr-09-10 06:00 PM
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| 17. Can it be assumed you have family, friends, social network? |
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Or are you content with your own company?
I find immediate family, a couple of close friends, work and a large garden fill my time and meet my needs.
But I recognise that some have none of the above and a church community meets their needs. God may or may not be a consideration in attending church for many people…for me, god, or at least the numinous, is in attending to the moss garden.
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| -I wonder how many people profess to be religious, talk the talk, etc., but really don't believe a |
raccoon |
Apr-09-10 10:40 AM |
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I don't think it really matters |
nxylas |
Apr-09-10 10:48 AM |
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Good point. Someone said once on this board that religion didn't really change what |
raccoon |
Apr-09-10 10:52 AM |
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Although I think some that are real assholes use it as a justification for |
RKP5637 |
Apr-09-10 11:00 AM |
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CS Lewis said the same thing |
nxylas |
Apr-09-10 11:34 AM |
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I suspect a great many too. Some do church IMO out of habit from |
RKP5637 |
Apr-09-10 10:57 AM |
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I recently read an article |
TlalocW |
Apr-09-10 10:59 AM |
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Yes, similar to mob mentality... n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-09-10 11:03 AM |
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The Milgram experiments had nothing to do with religion. |
ironbark |
Apr-09-10 03:23 PM |
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Never said it did |
TlalocW |
Apr-10-10 09:59 PM |
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I think it would be difficult go to church and not believe a word of it. |
Jim__ |
Apr-09-10 11:20 AM |
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I agree, it's akin to mass brainwashing, and those in doubt get help to |
RKP5637 |
Apr-09-10 12:16 PM |
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It's always easy to see the weaknesses in people we disagree with. |
Jim__ |
Apr-09-10 12:32 PM |
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I used to agree with these people, and I changed. n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-09-10 01:02 PM |
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Probably fewer than the number of people who believe but don't follow those beliefs. |
rug |
Apr-09-10 04:25 PM |
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Well, since at bottom that's something only they can know |
JerseygirlCT |
Apr-09-10 04:43 PM |
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churches are about the only social outlet where I live. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-09-10 05:27 PM |
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Can it be assumed you have family, friends, social network? |
ironbark |
Apr-09-10 06:00 PM |
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not exactly. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-13-10 11:19 PM |
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"Our Lady of None of Your Goddamned Business" |
iris27 |
Apr-15-10 10:22 AM |
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+1, n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-10-10 06:27 AM |
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“the church is about the only social outlet there is.” |
ironbark |
Apr-09-10 05:34 PM |
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I agree with you but I also think the "prove/disprove" argument is important. |
Hello_Kitty |
Apr-13-10 12:42 PM |
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I've never been to church in my life |
TZ |
Apr-13-10 02:31 PM |
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UU Churches can work for atheists. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-14-10 03:21 PM |
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Jean Meslier |
charlie |
Apr-09-10 06:22 PM |
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Thanks for posting this! n/t |
RKP5637 |
Apr-10-10 06:31 AM |
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It seem to me that most people are "functionally atheist". |
Odin2005 |
Apr-09-10 09:48 PM |
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Yup. |
iris27 |
Apr-12-10 11:21 AM |
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My mother's mother did not believe when she died. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Apr-14-10 09:39 PM |
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I've been hearing things like that a lot lately, about people who went to church all their lives, |
raccoon |
Apr-15-10 10:58 AM |
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My father was one of these for many years; I didn't know it until much later. |
iris27 |
Apr-16-10 10:36 AM |
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