Wonder what would happen if you took all the community stuff that churches do and just did that without any of the dogma or fucked-up political causes that churches in the US virtually always have.
Like, I would love to spend an hour or two mid-morning on a Sunday listening to some live music, having some readings from an important philosopher, and then hang out eating donuts and socializing afterwards. I just don’t want to encourage faith in things that aren’t part of observable reality, or have such an organization suborned by monied interests that tell people that anyone who cares for the common people wants to kill babies and eat trafficked children.
The un-Church could even have Sunday un-School where kids do science experiments or (at the higher grades) discuss secular ethics. Instead of Bible study, you get Wednesday philosophy night, basically a book club for secular philosophy and literature.
I think you’d need a large city or a college town to actually do this, but it would definitely be more constructive than just arguing with Christians on Reddit.
