Purpose and Action... yawn...

I'm having a new light shined on religious services and churches recently.

When I was a child, I went to Sunday school where I was taught about the Bible.
I went to regular school, where I was taught whatever they wanted to teach me.
I went to violin practice, soccer practice, tae kwon do practice, etc., because I was engaged in those activities.  I didn't go to violin practice to hang out with my friends because the purpose wasn't to hang out, it was to practice violin.  Socialization was a byproduct of being around people, but it wasn't the focus of the activity.

My wife has been telling me about her religious/church experiences as long as we've known each other.  She's told me that people in her world go to church mainly to socialize.  This doesn't just include the Sunday "message" (service), but also a "pre-service hang", and Wednesday "outreach" services.  Last night I heard our youngest talking with his cousin about going to service today (Wednesday) and neither of them expressed interest in going if the other one wasn't going.  This told me that neither of them really cared about the "outreach", they were primarily focused on socializing.

I have no problem with socializing.  I like to do it every once in a while myself.

I don't fucking know.
I've bored myself again.
Just bitching and complaining.
Going to church to socialize is fucking stupid.
Religion is stupid and dangerous.
I hope my son is happy.
I wish he would stop hurting my wife.
Correction: I wish my wife could stop hurting.
I wish everybody could be happy.
Church can bite it.