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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by eloff on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @01:54AM (#20282249)
Clearly church was a common source of community for people, and the OP makes the point that maybe we haven't found a good replacement for it yet. I wouldn't just dismiss that out of hand, it's a reasonable hypothesis on the surface.
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by viraptor on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @02:26AM (#20282382)
Sunday Assembly is getting popular and very much not religious: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/businessclub/11175092/Br...
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by russfink on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @02:46AM (#20282456)
Wish it were more active in the BALTIMORE / DC area.
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by unchurched on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @01:59AM (#20282270)
But how do you get from that to “we’re lonely because we’re not going to church”?
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by nine_k on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @02:06AM (#20282296)
Church services require people to be in the same place at the same time, for the same purpose.

Few other activities gather the same people regularly. I can immediately think of narrow social networks (like obscure subreddits), and online games, though.

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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by pharke on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @06:49AM (#20283677)
Although those activities lack the factor of physical presence. For a lot of people in modern society the only time they are around others is at work or in public places neither of which have a primary focus on community and fellowship like a church congregation. We desperately need to add more community gatherings that don't exclude people based on skill or ability.
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @08:55AM (#20284440)
>require people to be in the same place at the same time, for the same purpose.

Otherwise known as the most effective way to build friendships.

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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by mensetmanusman on Monday July 01, 2019 @12:00AM (#20322370)
World of Warcraft raids are the only one
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Re:Social isolation and loneliness in Canada by eloff on Wednesday June 26, 2019 @12:49PM (#20286745)
Isn't the potential connection obvious? If you remove the main source of community and making friendships outside school/college and your workplace, that could definitely lead to loneliness.
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