I went and sat in the prayer room in the chapel at my university when I was near breaking point in second year and the quiet peacefulness really sorted me out. I felt calm for the first time in months
No religious epiphany or anything, just sweet peace
I think churches are important to our culture, same with Christianity in general, when it's actually practiced as a religion of love and care like it's meant to be
I went to an open day at the local mosque the other week and it was cool, just having that community around and different people of different cultures mingling whilst all mostly still being English. They gave out free curry and shit too. I mean don't get me wrong, they really pushed the "to kill a person is to kill all of humanity" thing, which is often translated wrong (won't go into that here tho), but still, I appreciated their humility and openness. There was a vicar there from a nearby church, and a 40-yr-old white guy spoke who had converted to Islam a few years ago.
I think religion can really bring people together, and believing in that specific religion isn't important because it's about togetherness and unity and solidarity as humans more than anything
God loves his children yeah