deCypher said:

It depends upon the type of church you go to IMO.  I can see myself getting a good vibe from the African-American dominant churches where the entire crowd sings along to hymns and you feel a real sense of community.

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A lot of those places are pretty racist, and the common church-goers there mostly feel a real sense of community when they are amongst people of their own color.

deCypher said:

Also European churches like Notre-Dame Cathedral can definitely convey a humbling feeling in face of the vastness of the Earth/Cosmos, what with its towering ceilings and majestic spires.  I definitely get where you're coming from though, OP... the vast majority of religious people I've met, particularly in the US, give me bad vibes just through their sheer dogmatism and unwillingness to change their beliefs in the face of reason (and perhaps more importantly, the willingness to viciously attempt to change YOUR beliefs when they conflict with theirs).

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Yeah, I don't get bad vibes of religious structures, I actually find many of them to be quite fascinating; religious people, however, make me feel depressed about humanity.

Poid said:

deCypher said:

It depends upon the type of church you go to IMO.  I can see myself getting a good vibe from the African-American dominant churches where the entire crowd sings along to hymns and you feel a real sense of community.

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A lot of those places are pretty racist, and the common church-goers there mostly feel a real sense of community when they are amongst people of their own color.

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