RE: Social void & questions
March 7, 2018 at 11:24 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2018 at 11:32 pm by rskovride.)
(March 7, 2018 at 9:13 pm)Jenny A Wrote:(March 7, 2018 at 8:39 pm)rskovride Wrote:
Was your church your social life? Because for many Christians it is. If you need that kind of a group I suggest getting active in a club that appeals to your interests. Don't just join, volunteer your time. Get to know people.
It could be anything from auto restoration, to knitting, gardening. Consider volunteer positions that lead to social interactions like Habitat For Humanity. The bottom line is that the church isn't the only social group available.
For a period of about two years yes, my church was my social life. I left that and moved about 3 months ago. My life before was much worse, including about a decade of drug abuse and everything that came with it... So, I don't really have anything to fall back on or revert back to. I moved to a very rural area for work and there are 3 churches within five miles and the closest group of like minded people (atheists, humanists, rationalists) are an hour drive and that seems to be a problem not just for me but for our society if we are ever going to grow out of religion.
I have heard ideas about the social aspect of religion not having any secular parallels that are easily accessible and we as a society will not see significant movement away from religion until there is such groups or communities. For example, the unitarian universalist church is part of the way there. They do not have a religious creed but still offer social capital similar to religious churches. What is the next step? This is more the question I wanted to explore.
Personally, I have joined a couple of secular groups and have a support community in recovery but it feels much weaker.
