A little wordy - the chances of the #religulous reading this are slim...but it's a good post!
Not one mention, ever, of the Incredibly Powerful feeling of "community" one gets in church! Until that is acknowledged & replaced by something, religion will continue to have incredible Power!
Hi Anne -- Alternative communities are everywhere in the U.S. From book clubs to VFWs, to political organizations, to sports leagues, and on and on. If such community was really necessary church membership and attendance wouldn't be dropping year after year.
@jeshuey not true! The true "high" one gets while "united in praise" is
Not the same as a meeting of my beloved Sherlock Holmes discussion group!
It is enthralling & incredibly seductive, at age 11 at Bible Summer Camp i encountered it & although staunchly atheist, for my entire adult life, it's Never to be forgotten once felt......
Gullibility may provide a convenient pejorative, but dissect the factors:
Your list are reasons to not be an out-Atheist, not reasons for believing. I'll stand by my "pejorative".
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