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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
There have been a few attempts to create the same sense of weekly community and charity minus the religion, most prominently one in the UK that calls itself " Sunday Assembly." Maybe they'll become more widespread. |
As of now, we've got a farce of massive proportions on our hands. Society hasn't cracked this one yet. People like yourself value the positives of the church and try to disregard the negatives. People like myself, stubborn bastards, refuse to 'be a part of' almost anything--like a feral beast, when we smell something funny, we raise our hackles and back away, fangs bared.
As for the people who 'play church' on Sunday, how many of them actually buy into the whole fairy tale? Is it possible that maybe half of them have serious doubts about the veracity of some of the more outlandish bits? But, like yourself, where else are they going to go?
So we've got a--I can't think of more fitting word here, and I am using the literal meaning, so political correctness be damned--what we've got here is a
retarded feedback loop. I propose that ALMOST NOBODY is actually satisfied with the current state of affairs. It's just got so much momentum, and excuse me for saying so,
nobody has the balls to stand up and say anything about it.
The Pastor throws the Bible on the ground, and then next week he apologizes.
How many people in the room are gritting their teeth, but nobody does a damn thing about it.
Fuck. That.