(November 22, 2021 at 1:19 am)emjay Wrote: superficial/social reasons
I guess I feel that the social reasons can be far from superficial. For some people. Human connection is absolutely necessary for life, and church communities provide that.
The only Christian I know personally is my niece, who is in a big liberal church in a biggish midwestern city. They work with new immigrants, do same-sex weddings, have a pro-trans page on their web site.
I guarantee you that if I quizzed her about the hypostatic union she would say something like "that's above my pay grade." For her it is all about how we structure society to help each other.