I have to say that "community" is the one thing that I miss about being an atheist. I cannot abide organized religion for the hypocrisy that members and leaders show (or the belief in deities) but losing the community they provide might be just as bad. There really isn't anything else like a congregation to espouse love of your fellow man. I am not saying that I need a God to fear to make me act in a moral manner, just that not having a stake in a community can have the same result.
We are way too isolated with our Blackberries and our computers and our iPhones and our video games. Online community is all well and good, but I think that we need actual face to face time as well. You cannot empathize if you haven't had contact with that to which your empathy should be directed and I think that there are too few online communities that translate themselves into flesh and blood groups.
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