...to church! This man lives in my neighborhood and walks his little dog daily. We speak and I even took him some of my lettuce from my container garden. He rang my doorbell yesterday, and I could tell he had rehearsed his speech to me, which was sweet and touching, but he invited me to his church Wed. night meeting. I didn't want to hurt his feelings, but I have made a conscious choice not be involved in religion. I know, at my age (63) people say you can meet someone in church. I know he's a really nice man. My response to him was that though I had been raised in a church, I had not been to church in many years. His response was that it was really not "church," just a social gathering....Still?
I have to admit I'm so comfortable in my solitude, though I realize he's a very nice man. Also, philosophically, I'm more inclined to believe Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion, in which he states whatever religion into which we are born is the one which we follow.
I am, first of all, not good dating material at this stage in my life. I spent about 15 years after my divorce being accommodating to the men I met (primarily online),and this was disastrous.
I know people will say, "Oh, go ahead and get to know him!" I am also reluctant to become even marginally entangled with someone in my own neighborhood, particularly since I suspect I am the one who would be causing some kind of unhappiness because of my philosophical stance.
Oh...rambling here. Feedback welcomed!