Being a part of a global community doesn't lessen you it strengthens the whole. Here's my take on the OP.
First,
I feel the opposite. Here in my local sphere, I'm just another Christian. I may have slightly different understandings of dogma or have researched different subjects, or overthink things a bit more than some of my friends, but generally I'm the same. I put myself out in the ether to refine who I am and it makes me feel different and more rare when I'm out there.
Secondly,
The purpose of have a thinkers position in society is not to have a unique thought, but to progressively move thought forward in society. While "online community" focuses on categorizing by those very unique thoughts, IRL we are forced into experiential reality by location. Being part of a group that shares your ideas and beliefs should empower you in your day-to-day to be that unique BB wherever you're at and to share and refine those thoughts for "your" society to improve society as a whole.
First,
I feel the opposite. Here in my local sphere, I'm just another Christian. I may have slightly different understandings of dogma or have researched different subjects, or overthink things a bit more than some of my friends, but generally I'm the same. I put myself out in the ether to refine who I am and it makes me feel different and more rare when I'm out there.
Secondly,
The purpose of have a thinkers position in society is not to have a unique thought, but to progressively move thought forward in society. While "online community" focuses on categorizing by those very unique thoughts, IRL we are forced into experiential reality by location. Being part of a group that shares your ideas and beliefs should empower you in your day-to-day to be that unique BB wherever you're at and to share and refine those thoughts for "your" society to improve society as a whole.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
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