I'm guessing those folks have never read the ... sometimes extremely lewd ... things that nuns have written about Jesus.
In any case, if people don't find church gratifying, they don't go. It can be entertaining, socially connecting, spiritually satisfying, a safety net, and/or anything else they need. But it has to do something for them in order to justify investing time and energy there. I think the visitation team description's observation about needing compatible friends to stay in a church was very astute. Another source mentioned a friend, a responsibility, and a spiritual connection.
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Date: 2021-11-11 12:00 pm (UTC)I'm guessing those folks have never read the ... sometimes extremely lewd ... things that nuns have written about Jesus.
In any case, if people don't find church gratifying, they don't go. It can be entertaining, socially connecting, spiritually satisfying, a safety net, and/or anything else they need. But it has to do something for them in order to justify investing time and energy there. I think the visitation team description's observation about needing compatible friends to stay in a church was very astute. Another source mentioned a friend, a responsibility, and a spiritual connection.