(February 2, 2016 at 9:57 pm)mralstoner Wrote:(February 2, 2016 at 1:58 pm)GodCherry Wrote: There are many ways to find community and one of the worst of those ways is actually through the church though. The reason is that church encourages an air of separation, superiority and disturbing group-think.
What you describe as cohesive community, I describe as sheep mentality. A bunch of bleating sheep who don't question corrupt authority and will follow the flock into anything...no matter how disturbing. I actually don't believe that is either or required in that fashion at all. In fact, I equate a lot of very bad historical events to the flock mentality.
There are a thousand ways for atheists to come together and organize in humanistic, volunteer activities that won't require them to take up a very narrow mantra of thought.
No one in life is happy until they find purpose and it really isn't that difficult to do.
Of course, tight communities can have a downside of groupthink. Of course, there are many alternatives to religious community. But still many atheists/humanists seem to struggle, can't find their way, and can't find a community. To say it "isn't difficult" is to miss the depth of the problem. It is a big problem for a lot of atheists/humanists.
Perhaps. I personally haven't had this issue and don't know anyone that has but I don't rule out that it might be more common than I know or have experienced.
Maybe ignorance really is bliss.
