On Wed, 17 Jan 2024 at 07:36, Kingsley Jegan Joseph via Silklist <silklist@lists.digeratus.in> wrote: > > Looks like the conversation has moved far from the original point Peter > Griffin made. I too see the value in "the sense of community, the places of > contemplative silence, the art, the music". Not so much the art or music > themselves but the communal practice of those skills, which goes back to the > core want- a sense of community, belonging and purpose that you share with a > group with whom you do stuff, a tribe. I think many of us have found our > tribe in online spaces and some activities, but it's diluted, fractional and > sometimes merely functional. I don't think there's a good alternative though > - I don't think I'd sign up for an atheist/secular/humanist church or social > club. Sounds weakass and highkey boring.
I remember reading about research that suggests we evolved to be religious which essentially means natural selection favored those who were or it is a byproduct of other evolutions. Replacing it with something atheist/secular/humanist is perhaps difficult because that isn't what we want or feel the lack of i.e. shared belief in something bigger, rituals, insularity etc. are critical. Kiran -- Silklist mailing list Silklist@lists.digeratus.in https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist
