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People tend to be fascinated when a system does things it is not created to do.

Reddit's primary purpose is to share and comment on links whereas churches are founded to spread goodwill in a community.

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I'm pretty sure churches are not founded to spread goodwill in a community.

Most religions exist to spread the goodwill of their respective deity or deities. Often times they spread their goodwill through charitable means.

I can't believe that a place of religious worship is created with the prime motivation to spread goodwill. It's purely to extend and expand or fortify their religion.

Edit: To clarify my point further: If the aim was to spread goodwill, it would be more efficient to open a center directly focused on such.

I hope you understand that there is no debate going on between us. This is merely an outsider's understanding of how a church functions.

In the context of this thread it is irrelevant how effective / ineffective, good / bad a church is. The church is used to define an entity that represents a contrast to reddit's intended functionality.

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