Where can I find a supportive community?

The Minimalists

Joshua Fields Millburn

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🗓️ 23 October 2020

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Joshua discusses finding strong, supportive, nonreligious communities with author, podcaster, and pastor Erwin McManus and his son, film producer Aaron McManus. Listen to the full episode on Patreon: patreon.com/theminimalists

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0:00.0	Da Minimists.
0:02.0	Would you like to step inside the home of a minimalist?
0:06.6	Well now you can.
0:07.6	You can take a video tour of my family home and Ryan's home over at theminimists.com
0:14.2	slash resources.
0:20.0	How do I find a supportive community if I'm not religious?
0:24.0	I mean, I think we kind of touched on this, but like, I think it depends on where you live
0:29.0	and what your interests are.
0:31.0	But I think ultimately, community needs to be based on values, not just interests, because
0:35.8	you might be interested in bowling with everyone you bowl with, but like, I don't know if that
0:39.4	makes for the most meaningful relationship, but that's your only commonality.
0:44.0	Yep.
0:45.0	I was saying, you know, one of the things that atheists are not great at is creating community.
0:49.0	Yeah, for sure.
0:50.0	Yeah, they're the worst at it.
0:51.0	Yeah, yeah, they're not good at it.
0:52.0	I was talking to Sam Harris about those and he was like, yeah, he was just terrible.
0:56.6	And so I do look at the spectrum of what makes you more individualistic, what makes you
1:00.9	more communal.
1:01.9	And so I'd say if you're an atheist and you're religious, find a place like Mosaic where
1:07.2	they just basically tell you, you don't have to agree with us to be with us and you don't
1:10.2	have to be leadable long just, you need people.
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