Religion in the USA

[henry quirk]

Originally Posted by Griff

This may be true. I thought and sometimes think there is value in a community of people getting together occasionally to tend their social bonds. A belief in a higher power rarely entered into it for me. Once I left the building I left the rest behind as well.

I'm not social enough to join groups willy nilly to find that bond elsewhere.

Years back I hung out with a group of unitarians. They ‘worshiped’ every Sunday in a geodesic dome in lacombe louisiana. There was very little god-talk among them: it mostly touchy-feely crap and, as you say, tending to social bonds. The pub/bar crawls were the best. Lots of bonding. The pastor, David Ord, was a big buddy. He was, may still be, a big scam artist (last I heard he was working for or with that Tolle fella), but I never got took by him so I didn’t care.

Seems to me everything got a touch too serious when some wise guy pushed for a new church building (it mighta been David). Everyone got uptight and formal and bonding turned into commitment.

It was Mammon done did the church in.

I wasn’t hanging out so much with any of them by the time the new building was done. It looked lovely in the pictures. I was gone from the area four months before Katrina hit. As I understand: the building and congregation didn’t fare well.

Scattered to the winds.