kent_eh comments on 15,000 churches could close this year amid religious shift in U.S.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

providers of food aid, child care and disaster relief.

There is no practical reason preventing those functions being done by secular organizations.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The government should be doing it.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

The government should be a secular organization.

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[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago

Definitely should.

I just read what you said as "NGOs" since that's the argument 99% of the time.

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[–] _core@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Or the government

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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

Agreed. I don't know why it even needs to be said that the obvious solution to this is turning the empty churches into community centers.

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