There are other worthy organizations you could join in order to get the community you are missing. You may need to step out of your comfort zone to find one, and it may take a few times to find one that is a good fit, but they're out there.
Maybe start with 'The Secular Student Alliance'.
Why would you want to return to a superstitious dogma that believes you are destined for eternal torture for a finite thought crime? Certainly you could do better.
Maybe start with 'The Secular Student Alliance'.
Why would you want to return to a superstitious dogma that believes you are destined for eternal torture for a finite thought crime? Certainly you could do better.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.