Me too, which is why organized religion is such a crock. If someone wants to have faith, go ahead. You can do it with the way you conduct your life. Going to church and donating is NOT a way to be religious.Lox wrote:And of course, I agree that religion is a good thing if it's not perverted for personal means.
Then make the gatherings in a public place or at someone's house. You don't need to build a church and get money to worshipLox wrote:You underestimate the importance of having a collective body of people with the same faith spending time together and worshipping in that faith together. Plus, good churches do a lot of good things. How else are they supposed to function without donations (which aren't forced of course because they're donations)?
There's much to be said for the individual having faith seperate from a physical grouping of people or a church. I totally agree that that is important, but there is importance in the physical gathering as well.
Old man.
The thing is that when the fanaticism and fundimentalism starts coming out and people begin to become out of touch with their surroundings and the world...that's when it begins to be a problem.Lox wrote:You underestimate the importance of having a collective body of people with the same faith spending time together and worshipping in that faith together. Plus, good churches do a lot of good things. How else are they supposed to function without donations (which aren't forced of course because they're donations)?
There's much to be said for the individual having faith seperate from a physical grouping of people or a church. I totally agree that that is important, but there is importance in the physical gathering as well.
Old man.
I don't think you understand all of the things a church does besides house worship services. It's not as narrowly focused as that.Zeus wrote:Then make the gatherings in a public place or at someone's house. You don't need to build a church and get money to worship