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Re:Hipster churches in Silicon Valley: evangelicalism's unli... by dhmholley on Friday January 30, 2015 @06:36AM (#8971551)
> once you experience healthy, constructive, no-judging, be-yourself community with other Christians

These qualities are neither exclusive to, nor always found in, Christians.

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Re:Hipster churches in Silicon Valley: evangelicalism's unli... by humanrebar on Friday January 30, 2015 @07:52AM (#8971742)
I was just speaking from personal experience. No offense meant.
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Re:Hipster churches in Silicon Valley: evangelicalism's unli... by dhmholley on Friday January 30, 2015 @08:31AM (#8971870)
It's not offensive so much as you're generalising from personal experience to assert that Christian friendships are somehow qualitatively different from friendships as found in the Kabbalistic or Western Buddhist traditions, which is clearly a ridiculous thing to say.

If "hipster" engagement with faith is superficial or driven by fashion trends, there's nothing special they'll find in Christianity as compared to any other faith structure that will make the experience of engaging with that faith any less ephemeral or inauthentic.

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Re:Hipster churches in Silicon Valley: evangelicalism's unli... by Q6T46nT668w6i3m on Friday January 30, 2015 @09:29AM (#8972129)
Chill

It was evident they were speaking from personal experience. Whatever works, y’know?

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