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In reply to the discussion: What do you miss about religion? [View all]Collimator
(1,875 posts)29. I miss the singing.
It was healing and uplifting at times.
The sense of community is another aspect. Not just in the sense of having a social circle of people to call on for fun and support.
There was the transcendence of the Durkheimian experience. Personal meditation is great, regardless of whether there is a religious focus. But the feeling of being in tune and expanded as part of a large group can be fascinating.
Alas, it's probably the same essential psychology behind group-think and mob mentality.
Keeping yourself sane and openminded can be lonely.
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you can find words of comfort after a loved one dies, a community and music here
Jeffersons Ghost
Feb 2018
#66
This particular organization, called Unitarian Universalist, welcomes atheists, agnostics and pagans
Jeffersons Ghost
Feb 2018
#64
Christians claim the short time it took Handel to compose this massive amount of music is a miracle
Jeffersons Ghost
Feb 2018
#63
I miss sitting in the pews watching the pretty blonde girl in the choir sing.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
Feb 2018
#26