LallyH
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In today's internet culture, finding places to socialize face to face is really important. Church, just for that, isn't likely to go out of style anytime soon.
I feel this is the difference between 'The Church' as the formal rule-making organisation, and 'the church' as the building where the real people go to interact in whatever manner gives them fulfilment. It is the churches in my local diocese that have organised food banks for those families going hungry as a result of the recession, arranges social visits for the housebound elderly who are isolated from their families, etc. But the effort and intention of those kind of charitable acts goes totally unnoticed except for those involved.
On the extremely rare occasion that I discuss this with others, the immediate reaction is to bring up the (many) faults of the Church's approach to life and death, and I have to fend off the accusation that I am complicit with these faults, or that i must obviously agree with all the rules if I defend the church in any way. Understandable in a way, but frustrating at the same time.