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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
It's not at all obvious. Government can't really fulfil the psychological needs that religion satisfies for many people. If everyone's moral tribe is a government body or political entity rather than a church, that might actually have much worse results for society at large.
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How can that be? Again, at it's most basic principal, the "government funded community center" is there to cater to all members of the community regardless of background, and the rules (or morality) of said institution should be flowing with the natural growth and changes f morals in the community. Achurch, synagogue, mosque, etc.. at their basic principal can't provide that. Their rules are rigid and supposedly the word of an Almighty.
If people need a spirituality to satisfy their psychological needs, that's fine. But it should not be centre of a community that is made of people from many different backgrounds. This is pretty much the basis of separation of church and state. The state needs to make decisions based on what's best for the community as a whole, not just what's best for this one spiritualty we've all decided to gather around for some reason.
And, if we're talking a future place, how are you going to get people who have renounced any sort of theist ideas? There are people that don't believe in what you believe in that live in your community, how can you even begin to attempt to structure it around one?
Our moral tribe already is a "government funded community centre". We follow the laws and morality of Canada which are voted on people we elect to vote on them. These morals are being ever adapted to new knowledge. It may be slow, but it's certainly a lot faster than the movement of religious morals.