> From: Mark Reimers <http://www.yahoo.ca/~mark1reimers> > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:37:57 -0800 (PST) > > Hi Robert, > > I have had very similar experience when moving to a new place and > trying to make friends. Despite my atheism I found it worthwhile to > join a Unitarian church here. I can't say it's entirely comfortable, > because there's a bit too much theology-lite and New Age > mumbo-jumbo. However it's been really good for those lonely > periods. I think you would have an easier time with Unitarians in the > Bay Area, who are probably all gay atheists, than you would here. The one time I went to a Unitarian service in Tuscon, AZ a number of years ago, there was a lot of singing and lecturing. I didn't care for it. I think being forced first to go to church and then to CCD scarred me for life. > Mark