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<blockquote>Anonymous wrote:Lisa, you bring up several different points, and I will tangentially approach just one of them.

I am sorry, but not surprised, to hear that your church did not support you when you most needed help during and after your divorce.&nbsp; Rather, you felt shunned.&nbsp; Oh, the burden of being morally superior and the religious duty to treat others in need with indifference at best and cruelty at worst!&nbsp; Regardless of how the religious community treats you, one's own religious sense of moral failure can also be damaging.&nbsp;Life can be difficult enough without having the additional guilt of disappointing a seemingly demanding, but actually non-existent god.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Unfortunately, we in the freethought community do not do a particularly good job of providing such support.&nbsp; I really wish we did.&nbsp; I struggle with how we can better reach out and support those in need.&nbsp; Internally within PFC, we have discussed scheduling a support group, but not sure if there would be sufficient interest.&nbsp; If anyone does have interest or ideas, please reply in this forum or send email to info@pghfreethought.org.</blockquote>

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