# Is church worth going to just to socialize?

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [December 26, 2008, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-worth-going-to-just-to-socialize/478746 "2008-12-26T17:25:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [December 29, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-church-worth-going-to-just-to-socialize/478746/54 "2008-12-29T15:29:23Z")

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> [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](#):
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> I don’t take kids with me.

Well thank god for that (wait, I mean …).

Also, I’m surprised there are any beneficial social aspects of your experience given your outspokenness about your lack of belief. Seems like most people there would hold you at a distance once they realice you aren’t converting. One could draw certain inferences about your motivations for surrounding yourself with people that have views with which you disagree, but I won’t be so indelicate as to address this directly.

I also don’t understand how you avoid groaning or rolling your eyes during the sermons.

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