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Originally Posted by GGG

I think what the community center lacks is Community and affiliation to something greater than oneself. A religious center creates the in-groups that humans crave on what may be an evolutionary basis. Fear of the Other is an instinctual thing that must be overcome.

So if you want an inclusive community you are right that a church doesn't work as it at its core is exclusionary. However just putting a community center that has no affiliation to anything greater does not fulfill the same function. It does not create a inate sense of belonging that a religious institution does for those that fit the code.

C'mon man, Hockey!