Secular institutions - Revision history

Fractalguy at 00:30, 17 February 2025

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	=== Universalist and Progressive Churches ===		=== Universalist and Progressive Churches ===
	There are many [[universalist]] churches that cater to [[progressives]] and whose members contain many [[pantheists]] and [[atheists]]. However, these tend to be more rooted in the monotheistic [[traditions]] they grew out of, and often feel archaic to those who don't have a connection to those [[traditions]], or antagonistic to those who were traumatized by them. They also tend to be very embracing of [[woo]], which is off-putting to those with [[scientific]] and [[rational]] mindsets.		There are many [[universalist]] churches that cater to [[progressives]] and whose members contain many [[pantheists]] and [[atheists]]. However, these tend to be more rooted in the monotheistic [[traditions]] they grew out of, and often feel archaic to those who don't have a connection to those [[traditions]], or antagonistic to those who were traumatized by them. They also tend to be very embracing of [[woo]], which is off-putting to those with [[scientific]] and [[rational]] mindsets.

			[[Religion#Can the Church Go Meta?\|'''''Can the Church Go Meta?''''']] addresses the possibility that existing [[religious]] [[institutions]] can make the necessary transformations to become [[critical thinking]] [[organizations]] first and foremost, rather than the [[traditional]] [[faith]] and [[dogma]] approach.

	=== Secular Humanism ===		=== Secular Humanism ===

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Convergence Point

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	There are so many people out there who have left traditional [[religion]] but not found a home within the [[secular]] [[community]]. So where are they going?		There are so many people out there who have left traditional [[religion]] but not found a home within the [[secular]] [[community]]. So where are they going?

	* Nowhere. Ain't nobody got time for [[spirituality]] when you're working 3 jobs!		* Nowhere. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEC-8GFTP4 Ain't nobody got time for] [[spirituality]] when you're working 3 jobs!
	* Superficial [[spirituality]]. Yoga classes, [[mindfulness]] apps, self-help books.		* Superficial [[spirituality]]. Yoga classes, [[mindfulness]] apps, self-help books.
	* Buddhism, Paganism, [[wikipedia:Vedanta\|Vedanta]]		* Buddhism, Paganism, [[wikipedia:Vedanta\|Vedanta]]

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	[[File:Secular-institutions-sunday-assembly-nones-community-religion-humanism.png\|thumb\|[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is a [[secular]] community organization that attempts to replicate the [[Society\|societal]] and [[cultural]] function of [[religion]] without reliance on the [[supernatural]].]]		[[File:Secular-institutions-sunday-assembly-nones-community-religion-humanism.png\|thumb\|[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is a [[secular]] community organization that attempts to replicate the [[Society\|societal]] and [[cultural]] function of [[religion]] without reliance on the [[supernatural]].]]
	People who share a common [[philosophy]] have always built [[institutions]] to develop, promote and pass on these [[philosophies]] to future generations. [[wikipedia:Organized_religion\|Organized religion]] has been the dominant form of institutional [[philosophy]] for thousands of years.		People who share a common [[philosophy]] have always built [[institutions]] to develop, promote and pass on these [[philosophies]] to future generations. [[wikipedia:Organized_religion\|Organized religion]] has been the dominant form of institutional [[philosophy]] for thousands of years. <blockquote>''"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."'' -[[wikipedia:Abraham_Joshua_Heschel\|Abraham Joshua Heschel]] </blockquote>Even before there was organized [[religion]] there were oral [[traditions]] and mythologies that served this same social and [[psychological]] purposes. The fact that some level of [[cultural]] organization around shared [[beliefs]] exists in every [[society]] ever known makes it likely there is some [[wikipedia:God_gene\|genetic basis]] for it.

	Even before there was organized [[religion]] there were oral [[traditions]] and mythologies that served this same social and [[psychological]] purposes. The fact that some level of [[cultural]] organization around shared [[beliefs]] exists in every [[society]] ever known makes it likely there is some [[wikipedia:God_gene\|genetic basis]] for it.

	== The Big List ==		== The Big List ==

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Admit Your Values

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	=== Admit Your Values ===		=== Admit Your Values ===
	A core value of the [[~~wikipedia:Postmodernism\|~~postmodern]] age is that no [[Culture\|culture's]] values are superior to any others, and everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. Virtually any [[progressive]] [[community]] [[Organizations\|organization]] shares this core value, since they ironically see it as superior to more primitive ethnocentric values systems. Understanding the nature of [[meta]] and [[self-reference]] can help you resolve this [[Cognitive Dissonance\|cognitive dissonance]], untie that mental knot, and realize that it is possible to advocate a shared, deeply held, yet still fully [[In-group\|inclusive]] [[Ethics\|values system]].		A core value of the [[postmodern]] age is that no [[Culture\|culture's]] values are superior to any others, and everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. Virtually any [[progressive]] [[community]] [[Organizations\|organization]] shares this core value, since they ironically see it as superior to more primitive ethnocentric values systems. Understanding the nature of [[meta]] and [[self-reference]] can help you resolve this [[Cognitive Dissonance\|cognitive dissonance]], untie that mental knot, and realize that it is possible to advocate a shared, deeply held, yet still fully [[In-group\|inclusive]] [[Ethics\|values system]].

	Only when you do that can you truly start building [[rituals]] to [[Reinforcement\|reinforce]] specific aspects of that [[Ethics\|value system]].		Only when you do that can you truly start building [[rituals]] to [[Reinforcement\|reinforce]] specific aspects of that [[Ethics\|value system]].

Fractalguy at 13:25, 10 January 2025

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	The '''[[Organizations]]''' page contains a more complete list of [[organizations]] that have [[secular]] or [[universalist]] [[philosophy]].		The '''[[Organizations]]''' page contains a more complete list of [[organizations]] that have [[secular]] or [[universalist]] [[philosophy]].

	== ~~Examples of~~ Modern Secular Institutions ==		== Modern Secular Institutions ==
	There are a variety of modern [[institutions]] that currently fill or attempt to fill many of the roles [[traditionally]] held by [[religion]].		There are a variety of modern [[institutions]] that currently fill or attempt to fill many of the roles [[traditionally]] held by [[religion]].

Fractalguy at 13:24, 10 January 2025

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	[[File:Secular-institutions-sunday-assembly-nones-community-religion-humanism.png\|thumb\|[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is a [[secular]] community organization that attempts to replicate the [[Society\|societal]] and [[cultural]] function of [[religion]] without reliance on the [[supernatural]].]]		[[File:Secular-institutions-sunday-assembly-nones-community-religion-humanism.png\|thumb\|[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is a [[secular]] community organization that attempts to replicate the [[Society\|societal]] and [[cultural]] function of [[religion]] without reliance on the [[supernatural]].]]
	People who share a common philosophy have always built [[institutions]] to develop, promote and pass on these philosophies to future generations. [[wikipedia:Organized_religion\|Organized religion]] has been the dominant form of institutional [[philosophy]] for thousands of years.		People who share a common [[philosophy]] have always built [[institutions]] to develop, promote and pass on these [[philosophies]] to future generations. [[wikipedia:Organized_religion\|Organized religion]] has been the dominant form of institutional [[philosophy]] for thousands of years.

	Even before there was organized [[religion]] there were oral [[traditions]] and mythologies that served this same social and [[psychological]] purposes. The fact that some level of [[cultural]] organization around shared beliefs exists in every society ever known makes it likely there is some [[wikipedia:God_gene\|genetic basis]] for it.		Even before there was organized [[religion]] there were oral [[traditions]] and mythologies that served this same social and [[psychological]] purposes. The fact that some level of [[cultural]] organization around shared [[beliefs]] exists in every [[society]] ever known makes it likely there is some [[wikipedia:God_gene\|genetic basis]] for it.

	== The Big List ==		== The Big List ==

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Schools and Libraries

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	== Examples of Modern Secular Institutions ==		== Examples of Modern Secular Institutions ==
	There are a variety of modern institutions that currently fill or attempt to fill many of the roles traditionally held by religion.		There are a variety of modern [[institutions]] that currently fill or attempt to fill many of the roles [[traditionally]] held by [[religion]].

	=== Schools and Libraries ===		=== Schools and Libraries ===
	Modern secular [[institutions]] are found in our [[Education\|schools and universities]] where [[science]] is researched, promoted and taught to the next generation. While universities serve many of the same institutional purposes of organized [[religion]], there are some necessary components that universities lack.		Modern [[secular]] [[institutions]] are found in our [[Education\|schools and universities]] where [[science]] is researched, promoted and taught to the next generation. While universities serve many of the same institutional purposes of organized [[religion]], there are some necessary components that universities lack.

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	While universities do provide some of these elements for some people during some parts of their lives, there is no secular [[institution]] that provides all of these elements for all comers over the course of their entire lives the way that organized [[religion]] does.		While universities do provide some of these elements for some people during some parts of their lives, there is no secular [[institution]] that provides all of these elements for all comers over the course of their entire lives the way that organized [[religion]] does.

	Until a secular institution is created which serves these purposes that our DNA commands us to build, these aspects of our [[culture]] will continue to be dominated by organized [[religion]].		Until a [[secular]] [[institution]] is created which serves these purposes that our DNA commands us to build, these aspects of our [[culture]] will continue to be dominated by organized [[religion]].

	=== Sunday Assembly ===		=== Sunday Assembly ===

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Where Secular Communities Fall Short

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	=== Secular Humanism ===		=== Secular Humanism ===
	[[Secular humanist\|Secular Humanism]] advances a positive vision of humanist [[ethics]], and has [[community]] groups around the world that meet regularly. Humanist "celebrants" can perform [[secular]] weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies that typically incorporate [[religion]].		[[Secular humanist\|Secular Humanism]] advances a positive vision of humanist [[ethics]], and has [[community]] groups around the world that meet regularly. Humanist "celebrants" can perform [[secular]] weddings, funerals, and other ceremonies that typically incorporate [[religion]].

			The [[secular]] page outlines the details of [[secular humanist]] [[ethics]] and [[philosophy]] and compares them with the [[perspective]] taken by [[metaculture]].

	== Where Secular Communities Fall Short ==		== Where Secular Communities Fall Short ==

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Sunday Assembly

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	[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is one attempt to create such a space, and comes the closest to replicating the goal of creating "[[secular]] [[spirituality]]." Since it was conceived as an "[[atheist]] church", it tends to appeal more to the [[atheist]] community rather than those that identify as "[[spiritual]] but not [[religious]]." It is the latter that tends to be more willing to join groups and do singalongs. Finding ways to appeal to those people will be key to growing any movement like Sunday Assembly.		[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is one attempt to create such a space, and comes the closest to replicating the goal of creating "[[secular]] [[spirituality]]." Since it was conceived as an "[[atheist]] church", it tends to appeal more to the [[atheist]] community rather than those that identify as "[[spiritual]] but not [[religious]]." It is the latter that tends to be more willing to join groups and do singalongs. Finding ways to appeal to those people will be key to growing any movement like Sunday Assembly.

	The [https://www.lifefulness.io/ Lifefulness] program has grown out of Sunday Assembly to expand its mission and provide online content related to the creation of [[secular]] [[Community\|communities]]. It's a great organization with a [[wonderful]] mission, which [[metaculture]] attempts to expand upon.		The [https://www.lifefulness.io/ Lifefulness] program has grown out of Sunday Assembly to expand its mission and provide online content related to the creation of [[secular]] [[Community\|communities]]. It's a great [[Organizations\|organization]] with a [[wonderful]] mission, which [[metaculture]] attempts to expand upon.

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-2spgpI7Q\|\|center\|What is Sunday Assembly?\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-2spgpI7Q\|\|center\|What is Sunday Assembly?\|frame}}

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Universalist and Progressive Churches

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	=== Universalist and Progressive Churches ===		=== Universalist and Progressive Churches ===
	There are many [[universalist]] churches that cater to [[progressives]] and whose members contain many [[pantheists]] and [[atheists]]. However, these tend to be more rooted in the monotheistic [[traditions]] they grew out of, and often feel archaic to those who don't have a connection to those [[traditions]], or antagonistic to those who were traumatized by them.		There are many [[universalist]] churches that cater to [[progressives]] and whose members contain many [[pantheists]] and [[atheists]]. However, these tend to be more rooted in the monotheistic [[traditions]] they grew out of, and often feel archaic to those who don't have a connection to those [[traditions]], or antagonistic to those who were traumatized by them. They also tend to be very embracing of [[woo]], which is off-putting to those with [[scientific]] and [[rational]] mindsets.

	=== Secular Humanism ===		=== Secular Humanism ===

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	[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is one attempt to create such a space, and comes the closest to replicating the goal of creating "[[secular]] [[spirituality]]." Since it was conceived as an "[[atheist]] church", it tends to appeal more to the [[atheist]] community rather than those that identify as "[[spiritual]] but not [[religious]]." It is the latter that tends to be more willing to join groups and do singalongs. Finding ways to appeal to those people will be key to growing any movement like Sunday Assembly.		[[wikipedia:Sunday_Assembly\|Sunday Assembly]] is one attempt to create such a space, and comes the closest to replicating the goal of creating "[[secular]] [[spirituality]]." Since it was conceived as an "[[atheist]] church", it tends to appeal more to the [[atheist]] community rather than those that identify as "[[spiritual]] but not [[religious]]." It is the latter that tends to be more willing to join groups and do singalongs. Finding ways to appeal to those people will be key to growing any movement like Sunday Assembly.

	The [https://www.lifefulness.io/ Lifefulness] program has grown out of Sunday Assembly to expand its mission and provide online content related to the creation of [[secular]] [[Community\|communities]]. It's a great organization with a [[wonderful]] mission, which [[metaculture]] attempts to expand upon.		The [https://www.lifefulness.io/ Lifefulness] program has grown out of Sunday Assembly to expand its mission and provide online content related to the creation of [[secular]] [[Community\|communities]]. It's a great [[Organizations\|organization]] with a [[wonderful]] mission, which [[metaculture]] attempts to expand upon.

	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-2spgpI7Q\|\|center\|What is Sunday Assembly?\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U-2spgpI7Q\|\|center\|What is Sunday Assembly?\|frame}}