A place to hang out and be social that is not home or work

Clearly not. No company would ever betray their original principles for the opportunity to make more money in the short term

I had almost the exact same experience. I was very into Buddhism for a time, to the point of seriously considering becoming a monk. I ultimately left the faith because I realized a) I was using it as an excuse to avoid facing my demons and b) rebirth underpins the entire philosophy. If you don't believe in rebirth, the whole thing falls apart.

Disgust of the human body is a recurring theme in Judaism

Essential reading as far as I'm concerned

Also a term used by almost no actual Latinos.

That's cool. I have no idea what words to use these days, it will offend someone.

Those someones nearly always seem to be a small group of angry white people on twitter and rarely the groups supposedly offended.