I thought of that too but dismissed it on the grounds that church is hardly “contingently associated” with religion.
But I think you’re probably right that that’s what she meant… and that being the case it is a pretty good point. I wish I belonged to something vaguely churchlike.
I was ready to applaud the wise contrarianism here, but I’m having trouble coming up with actual examples… marriage, maybe?
I don’t know if this is what she was thinking of but church is what I thought of when I read it.
I thought of that too but dismissed it on the grounds that church is hardly “contingently associated” with religion.
But I think you’re probably right that that’s what she meant… and that being the case it is a pretty good point. I wish I belonged to something vaguely churchlike.
I disagree, but won’t present any arguments to avoid derailing or getting involved in a debate.