RE: Are Nonreligious Organizations Able to Provide the Same Services as Churches?
March 6, 2015 at 11:55 am
(This post was last modified: March 6, 2015 at 11:58 am by bennyboy.)
(March 6, 2015 at 9:47 am)Nope Wrote:That's right.(March 5, 2015 at 6:50 pm)bennyboy Wrote: No, I don't think churches can be replaced by secular organizations. They have a built-in reason for everyone to attend even when they don't need help, which keeps a church a community center rather than a welfare office. And they have better coffee cake than any atheist could ever make.
Churches keep their prices down because people volunteer. In my former church in Iowa, the pastor asked for volunteers to clean the church and people showed up.
People keep saying how secular groups "just need" organization, or high volunteer levels, or . . .
However as a young man, I personally benefitted by both Catholic Charities and the YMCA, and I don't see a lot of secular groups filling those roles. Sometimes, some rich guy (Gates, for example) throws a lot of money at a problem. But for all the good the money does, it's not the same as having an actual place where people extend support. I've personally never seen a very high level of brotherhood and mentorship from a non-religious group.
Yes, secular groups COULD hypothetically replace church. But they don't, and I don't think they ever will.
