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3. Relatedly, I am cross about this snarky post doing the rounds on tumblr about how people should maybe CONSIDER volunteering at a soup kitchen or a shelter instead of going to CHURCH on Sundays, because of a whole pile of reasons that boil down to (a) fuck off I don't have to dedicate every fucking hour of my life to helping other people, (b) I am more effective at helping other people if I spend some time dedicated solely to looking after myself, (c) for me this is usually therapy but fundamentally the reason the Abrahamic religions encourage people to attend services/pray at least once a week is that theology-as-repository-of-psychosocial-extelligence has noticed that we work a fuck of a lot better if we spend at least an hour a week reflecting on choices we've made and actions we've taken and what we want to do and be, (d) historically and traditionally women have gone to mass every damn' morning because it was the only time they ever got to themselves when they weren't looking after other people, and (e) see (2).

Arghh arghhh how are they seeing those things as mutually exclusive? Or are they saying that any time spent on religion is taking away from time for charitable work? Grrghh.