(July 17, 2014 at 3:40 am)ignoramus Wrote: I just find it weird that we need a common place to celebrate the "default".
The whole world is the default. Those who want to believe in weird shit should go to a special place and congregate with others as they do now in church.

There must be another angle to it......

I have around 400 index cards with plans for a congregational "church" (the building, not the dogma) where intellectuals gather. It's a really fun thought: a sort of meeting place where people donate to learn from scientists and musicians; where there is a daycare where education is important; where people can just get-together and do charitable things, etc.

I probably won't carry it out, due to my gnarly ADD, but I don't see anything wrong with something like that. No dogma necessary.

ETA: I wouldn't call it a "church", though. Not in a million years.

(July 17, 2014 at 3:51 am)rexbeccarox Wrote:

(July 17, 2014 at 3:40 am)ignoramus Wrote: I just find it weird that we need a common place to celebrate the "default".
The whole world is the default. Those who want to believe in weird shit should go to a special place and congregate with others as they do now in church.

There must be another angle to it......

I have around 400 index cards with plans for a congregational "church" (the building, not the dogma) where intellectuals gather. It's a really fun thought: a sort of meeting place where people donate to learn from scientists and musicians; where there is a daycare where education is important; where people can just get-together and do charitable things, etc.

I probably won't carry it out, due to my gnarly ADD, but I don't see anything wrong with something like that. No dogma necessary.

ETA: I wouldn't call it a "church", though. Not in a million years.

Reb, what you describe sounds great!
Why can't they meet at places like this?

Reb, is there any religious oversight in those places at all?

(July 17, 2014 at 4:20 am)ignoramus Wrote:

(July 17, 2014 at 3:51 am)rexbeccarox Wrote: I have around 400 index cards with plans for a congregational "church" (the building, not the dogma) where intellectuals gather. It's a really fun thought: a sort of meeting place where people donate to learn from scientists and musicians; where there is a daycare where education is important; where people can just get-together and do charitable things, etc.

I probably won't carry it out, due to my gnarly ADD, but I don't see anything wrong with something like that. No dogma necessary.

ETA: I wouldn't call it a "church", though. Not in a million years.

Reb, what you describe sounds great!
Why can't they meet at places like this?

I don't see why "they" can't.

Quote:Reb, is there any religious oversight in those places at all?

What do you mean by "religious oversight"?

Cross on the wall, etc ...subtle things.

(July 17, 2014 at 4:28 am)ignoramus Wrote: Cross on the wall, etc ...subtle things.

Of course not! My plan would be the antithesis: any art is allowed.

Don't want to derail the thread, though.

Oh it needed derailing. No worries there. Still what would you have to do to get the same tax exempt status as a church. I think you should really push this as far as possible. No woo whatsoever .. and we expect the same financial incentives as any other place of whatever you want to call it.

(July 16, 2014 at 11:57 pm)Zidneya Wrote:

(May 19, 2014 at 5:14 am)Cato Wrote: You have issues.

And now the one who lectured me about that comes up with:

Opining that you have issues constitutes a lecture? Please remember that the reason I said you have issues is because you advocate letting another human being suffer a painful death by not getting him/her medical attention simply because you find their speech objectionable.

(July 16, 2014 at 11:57 pm)Zidneya Wrote:

(July 16, 2014 at 10:03 pm)Cato Wrote: Fuck and make little atheists?

Yeah.

I think I'll never let you lecture me about issues after that statement. Like forever.

Obvious joke genius.

Don't take churches so seriously. If I created the church of Batman would it be taken as a religion? No probably as a joke only

(July 17, 2014 at 10:02 am)Blackout Wrote: Don't take churches so seriously. If I crated the church of Batman would it be taken as a religion? No probably as a joke only

But Batman fell and was broken on the knee of Bane, and rose again some days later to purge evil from the city! He sacrificed himself to protect his prophet Gary Oldman from Two-Face lucifer! Praise Master Wayne! Bats be upon him!

Portland used to have the "Twenty-Four Hour Church of Elvis." It was a collection of integrated pay for show/vending machines and dispensed various trinkets for coins. Is Elvis a religion?