Monday, August 8, 2011

Question

I have a question for you readers out there. Many of you are bloggers, and have opinions on matters of faith. I would appreciate it if you would answer this question for me. You can answer in the comments or if you have a longer answer, you can write a blog post. Thank you.
The question is:

What is community?

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

community - 7 dictionary results
com·mu·ni·ty   
[kuh-myoo-ni-tee] Show IPA
–noun, plural -ties.
1.
a social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage.
2.
a locality inhabited by such a group.
3.
a social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually preceded by the ): the business community; the community of scholars.

Fred Shope said...

Thanks. Now I know what Webster thinks. I really want to know what you think. A dictionary definition is a cop-out.

kc bob said...

Simply put, I think that community is a word that encapsulates the idea of a mutual sharing of our lives with each other.

Fred Shope said...

Thanks, Bob.

Rich Wagner said...

Community is the absence of poverty in all it's forms.

Fred Shope said...

Rich, wow. So very true.

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