I hope you will be benefitted by your churchgoing. Where the habit does not Christianize, it generally civilizes. That is reason enough for supporting churches, if there were no higher.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hayes suggests that church attendance is beneficial even if it doesn't make someone religious, as it tends to civilize behavior.
- In plain terms
- Going to church helps people behave better even if it doesn't make them more religious.
- What can you take from it?
- Support churches for the civilizing habit even without higher religious reasons.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is socialization enough to justify religious institutions?
- What defines a civilized person?
Another view
Civilization does not necessarily equate to moral or spiritual goodness.
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