You're trivializing religion as nothing more than a town hall or local pub for people to socialize.
On 7/24/06, Gruss Gott wrote: > > Yeah, good point, sub-culture would be a better term. People use > church to make them feel good about their lives and this involves a > sub-culture: picnics, socials, basketball games, etc. > > People use church as a great equalizer (like alcohol). For example, I > used to play basketball with virtually the same set of people. In > church games it'd be all nice friendly. In school games there'd be > swearing, elbowing, etc. > > So while Sam's point might seem true on the surface, what's really > happening is that there are people who want a be-good environment so > they go to church - which also typically requires religion. > > However there are many secular groups that provide the same > sub-culture without religion: cub/boy scouts, big brother/sister, etc. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:211756 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
