small talk is boring

[ChristineM]

i want to speak about religion, philosophy and spirituality with my friends. but in reality we only smalltalk about everything except religion

i feel lonely

Small talk can definitely be boring but, with a listening ear, one can often glean snippets of useful information.

 

[Audie]

i want to speak about religion, philosophy and spirituality with my friends. but in reality we only smalltalk about everything except religion

i feel lonely

And I feel those topics are a crashing bore.

 

[SalixIncendium]

And I feel those topics are a crashing bore.

And yet here you are...on a religious forum.

 

[YoursTrue]

You do know this isn't a chat room, yes?

Just hope Starlight who said she's so lonely poor thing because she can't find anyone to talk with about spirituality or whatever is ok.

 

[Brickjectivity]

i want to speak about religion, philosophy and spirituality with my friends. but in reality we only smalltalk about everything except religion

i feel lonely

Friends don't usually discuss philosophy. Its hard enough to listen to what another person is saying and even harder to hear their abstract concepts and process those concepts. You'd need structure, such as a formal meeting. You'd probably need rules such as timing and food, and some music might help. The time of day might matter, too. Forget about discussing anything at length, either. Make it about fun and only a tiny bit of philosophical discussion.

Make it like the Boy Scouts or like a club. You start your meeting by reciting some morals. You go over some rules. You let people share or mill about for a few minutes. You settle down and go round the table to see if anyone has a brief comment capped at a minute or two. You make plans such as for outings or projects. You proceed on to page 2 of whatever it is you are discussing philosophically. The discussion should last about 10 minutes. Then everyone gets up for fun, eating and games which should last at least an hour.

 

[JustGeorge]

Friends don't usually discuss philosophy. Its hard enough to listen to what another person is saying and even harder to hear their abstract concepts and process those concepts. You'd need structure, such as a formal meeting. You'd probably need rules such as timing and food, and some music might help. The time of day might matter, too. Forget about discussing anything at length, either. Make it about fun and only a tiny bit of philosophical discussion.

Make it like the Boy Scouts or like a club. You start your meeting by reciting some morals. You go over some rules. You let people share or mill about for a few minutes. You settle down and go round the table to see if anyone has a brief comment capped at a minute or two. You make plans such as for outings or projects. You proceed on to page 2 of whatever it is you are discussing philosophically. The discussion should last about 10 minutes. Then everyone gets up for fun, eating and games which should last at least an hour.

What the heck do friends talk about, then?

 

[Brickjectivity]

What the heck do friends talk about, then?

Well...uh let me think.....Fatal Error: The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application.

Not sure.

 

[JustGeorge]

Well...uh let me think.....Fatal Error: The system detected an overrun of a stack-based buffer in this application. This overrun could potentially allow a malicious user to gain control of this application.

Yeah.... thinking will do that.

 

[Brickjectivity]

i want to speak about religion, philosophy and spirituality with my friends. but in reality we only smalltalk about everything except religion

I recently saw a psych2go video that I thought was relevant to this question.

Spoiler: Connect in a meaningful way presentation

 

[Starlight]

That's why we're here for you.

Thank you. you are so nice to me

 

[Starlight]

You are not alone when it comes to this. Religion, philosophy, and spirituality are the main interests of some of us, but everybody around us is not very interested in those topics. If you and I were living in the same area, I’d gladly talk about religion, philosophy, and spirituality with you.

thank you. nice of you

 

[Starlight]

I note that "we only smalltalk about ..." is plural. Would you mind letting us know:

• Do you occasionally seek to initiate discussions about religion, philosophy and spirituality?
• If so, how did you go about doing so?
• How were your efforts received, and to what would you attribute this response?

How might we (better) help?

all you are helping me already. You have given me good answers and comforted me

 

[Spice]

@Starlight, Glad to see you back interacting with us. You might be interested in reading a book I'm currently reading and finding very enlightening on the Jewishness of the New Testament.
The Misunderstood Jew, by Amy-Jill Levine. If you choose to read it, let me know. It would be great to discuss.

 

[Starlight]

Glad @Spice had the kindness to answer even though seems @Starlight is not conversing. Maybe she's busy or not feeling well. Hi Starlight hope you're ok...thank you @Spice

thank you for caring about me you are kind

 

[Starlight]

@Starlight, Glad to see you back interacting with us. You might be interested in reading a book I'm currently reading and finding very enlightening on the Jewishness of the New Testament.
The Misunderstood Jew, by Amy-Jill Levine. If you choose to read it, let me know. It would be great to discuss.

Thank you. I just needed a little break
I will let you know yes

 

[Starlight]

I fully understand. I can always find folks who want to talk religion, but in very narrow views. I like exploring. I like talking about the unusual, the heresies, the variations I've heard little about, etc.

And I'm a sharer, discussioner (new word) much more so than an argumental debater. I am fortunate that one of my sons thinks way outside the box. But I don't see him often and sometimes his box isn't even in my universe. LOL

Keep starting threads on your interest. Have you read anything on Origen yet? I keep telling myself I'm going to review what I read on him some years ago, but I procrastinate.

Thanks for suggestions. I'm going to read about the Origen soon

 

[Spice]

Thank you. I just needed a little break
I will let you know yes

Yes, breaks are needed sometimes.

 

[Brickjectivity]

@Starlight it looks like I'm having communication problems, and I hope I haven't been offensive. Take care.

 

[Starlight]

Friends don't usually discuss philosophy. Its hard enough to listen to what another person is saying and even harder to hear their abstract concepts and process those concepts. You'd need structure, such as a formal meeting. You'd probably need rules such as timing and food, and some music might help. The time of day might matter, too. Forget about discussing anything at length, either. Make it about fun and only a tiny bit of philosophical discussion.

Make it like the Boy Scouts or like a club. You start your meeting by reciting some morals. You go over some rules. You let people share or mill about for a few minutes. You settle down and go round the table to see if anyone has a brief comment capped at a minute or two. You make plans such as for outings or projects. You proceed on to page 2 of whatever it is you are discussing philosophically. The discussion should last about 10 minutes. Then everyone gets up for fun, eating and games which should last at least an hour.

thank you for your advice . it is a good advice

 

[Starlight]

@Starlight it looks like I'm having communication problems, and I hope I haven't been offensive. Take care.

you have done nothing wrong