(November 30, 2014 at 4:01 am)fr0d0 Wrote: I think religious adherence has a positive effect on mental health just because it's healthy to socialise and think. I know plenty of mentally bright old people that I think are that way because they're part of a community outside of work. Modern 1st world problems of loneliness/isolation. The club doesn't have to be religious for this effect to happen. It just happens to be a religious stronghold.
The social part of church is extremely appealing. It's the one thing I really admire about religion and the only reason I'd consider going back. The only other weekly social setting around here is the bars, but it doesn't give the same community feeling that church does. Also, I don't like drinking.
