I don't agree with your assumption that everyone who is shopping for a religion is really a non-theist.
It's easy for me to imagine someone who has general theological beliefs, but is unhappy with the religion into which he was born. Such a person might want to try to "shop for a religion ... based on how it fits [his] needs" without thinking of this as a cynical exercise at all. He simply hasn't discovered the right community with which to worship yet and wants one which shares (most of) his values and beliefs.
Religion is more than hierarchies and buildings. I believe that a person can be religious without having ever attended a church/synagogue/mosque....
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Not being a member of an organized religion is different from being a nontheist
Date: 2002-08-21 08:14 am (UTC)It's easy for me to imagine someone who has general theological beliefs, but is unhappy with the religion into which he was born. Such a person might want to try to "shop for a religion ... based on how it fits [his] needs" without thinking of this as a cynical exercise at all. He simply hasn't discovered the right community with which to worship yet and wants one which shares (most of) his values and beliefs.
Religion is more than hierarchies and buildings. I believe that a person can be religious without having ever attended a church/synagogue/mosque....
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