Could it be that humanity is missing its sense of community; from being around campfires and at churches? and this could be what is preventing people feeling connection and meaning; not the fact that they are no longer identifying as religious?
Should we be creating groups to pay for large communal spaces for interactions, if it’s not on the government agenda. The potential for greater personal development/ learning and better mental health is pretty obvious.
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.Sounds like a reasonable argument. The loss of community, I.e. the development of de-personalised housing such as tower blocks etc. seems to identify with the decline in social cohesion and criminality.
I’d like to do a study on that but don’t have the time at the moment.
Geoffrey51
Level 8
Dec 7, 2019
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You are right that there is a lack of community but large spaces will not fix it.
Gustav
Level 7
Dec 7, 2019
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Owh, but I want one! Lols. Best starting going into The city again I guess.
That’s a really interesting. Yes, that and the body language and potential touch if friends want to comfort each other.
We’d learn from each other, learn to understand other’s plights better and potentially help each other, even just by listening.
Thanks for sharing, great study.
It been said that, "We are creatures of habit." As such, we will bond to any group that is perceived as the norm, whether beneficial or not. Such is community.
However, community can be found in any alliance with like-minded people so I don't think that a lack of religion is a detriment to this social behaviour.
Atheist3
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Dec 8, 2019
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@Bushshaker What's yer address?
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