I am not religious and have no desire to start being now but sometimes I just want the community people get with church. I am craving connection with the community and feel it’s very healthy for families and neighbors as well. The United States is seriously lacking in third spaces and communities. It’s leading to a serious loneliness epidemic… Just wondering if there is anything that can fill that need for non-religious folks?

  • jetAEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Find any place with people that you can frequent. It doesn’t even have to be in real life.

    I have a discord gaming group, we do annual meetups globally, when someone died we did a whip round and a service… Community is wherever you spend your time

    • blackbeards_bounty@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 days ago

      A respectful, global discord? I’m genuinely fascinated, is this based on a hobby? WoW or other massive game ? Promoted by a celebrity? Share here if you’d like!

      Edit: oh you said gaming. Lol sorry I missed that

      • NannerBanner@literature.cafe
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        3 days ago

        I think there’s a community here (classic gamers? retro gamers? patient gamers?) that is similar. I keep meaning to go in and say hello, but my massive ‘want to stay away from discord’ paranoia keeps me from it.

      • jetAEnglish
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        3 days ago

        Yeah we all play the same game, but over times it’s a digital bar, you know everybody

          • jetAEnglish
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            3 days ago

            Any game, find a community, or start your own, the hard part is moderating and finding other like-minded people, but if you’re consistent over time, you’ll accrete a community with you.