Posted by fschmidt on
URL: https://coalpha.arkian.net/A-Life-Apart-Hasidism-in-America-movie-tp5112165p5473227.html

I am more familiar with Jews than other groups, so I will use this example.  Judaism comes in 3 levels; Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox.  This can be thought of as small, medium, and large doses of religion.  The Hasidics are Orthodox.  In America, the distribution is: 38% Reform, 33% Conservative, and 22% Orthodox.  The Orthodox have no need for CoAlpha, obviously.  But the Reform are similar to atheists in the sense that they believe in science and they are overwhelmingly liberal.  The only difference is that they believe on God.  But I don't see why their need for CoAlpha is any less than an Atheist's need.  I know a little about Mexican Catholicism from my wife.  The Catholic Church has given in to liberalism to keep its members.  When my wife was young, women who dressed immodestly wouldn't be allowed in church.  Now Catholic Churches in Mexico are filled with provocatively dressed women.  I don't know much about Christianity in America, but I assume there must be many liberal Christian Churches.  What should members of these churches do?

Reform Jews who reject liberalism can't find a solution in Orthodox Judaism because that would require a complete rejection of science.  I assume the same is true of non-hardcore Christians.  A reasonable place to draw the line is acceptance of evolution.  Reform and Conservative Jews generally accept evolution, while the Orthodox generally don't.  One could go through the various Christian denominations and classify them based on this.  I assume the Jehovahs Witnesses oppose evolution.  I also bet that all denominations that don't oppose evolution are basically liberal.  It is these Christian denominations that need CoAlpha.

Of course CoAlpha should go after atheists.  But the somewhat religious are a much larger group than atheists are, and I see no reason to exclude them.  So CoAlpha should be designed to appeal to both groups.