(December 25, 2020 at 3:15 pm)Apollo Wrote:(December 25, 2020 at 5:22 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A church service is when like-minded religionists get together in a building (usually called a 'church') and form an echo chamber to reinforce each other's views. Dissent is frowned upon and may lead to expulsion from the groupthink. Lots of these people find such gatherings therapeutic. Sounds a lot like what you described.
Boru
Well, it depends on the context—if I go to the bar I am not looking to have a debate on moral theories of the 17th century and hear alternative view point—I am there to meet new people, who don’t have obsessive objection to drinking. I think bunch of atheists getting together virtually to drink and listen to music and talk on various topics (including religion) is just that. To me it breath of fresh air as I can talk about pretty much anything without worrying about insulting someone’s prophet or culture of tribe.
I’m still failing to see the difference between that zoom meeting and, say, a Catholic mass.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
