Olan
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Post by Olan on Sept 1, 2017 12:02:13 GMT
I think UU stands for Unitarian Universalist? We have a couple in our community and every single one has a black lives matter banner out front. Yes, Unitarian Universalist. Social Justice work is a pillar of our non-creedal faith, where all are welcome. You can be an atheist, theist, Buddhist, Christian (though those are in the minority, there are Christian UUs) agnostic... you can be LGBTQIA or straight. you can be rich or you can be poor or somewhere in between. you can be black, brown, white or any shade at all. Our first principle is that we affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person. “The Principles are not dogma or doctrine, but rather a guide for those of us who choose to join and participate in Unitarian Universalist religious communities.” 1st Principle: The inherent worth and dignity of every person; 2nd Principle: Justice, equity and compassion in human relations; 3rd Principle: Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations; 4th Principle: A free and responsible search for truth and meaning; 5th Principle: The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large; 6th Principle: The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; 7th Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. The seven Principles and six Sources of the Unitarian Universalist Association grew out of the grassroots of our communities, were affirmed democratically, and are part of who we are. Read them as they are written in our UUA Bylaws. Thank you for sharing those. So I am working on more realistic goal making. ..I was originally going to say I would be attending a UU church this Sunday to try it out but I am going to give myself until the end of the year to go twice instead. |
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Post by flanz on Sept 1, 2017 17:27:55 GMT
Olan - where do you live? The UU congregations in the Northeast tend to be much more Christian and use more God language than I am comfortable with. My minister is a spiritual humanist and an atheist who attended a Methodist seminary to see if she could be swayed from her atheism, and she could not be... That to say, if you don't "feel" the first UU congregation or fellowship (most of us do not call ourselves churches) you attend, try another. I suspect you can get a good feel for the places you consider via their websites. I hope you find a place that feels like a good fit and I think it's great that you are not putting pressure on yourself to do so NOW. You'll know when you are ready! I left the Catholic church at age 40, thinking I would NEVER EVER again be part of anything remotely church-like. After 7 years I found this gem of a denomination and congregation just blocks from our home. First visit, I KNEW I had found "it" that elusive thing my heart had been yearning for. (((HUGS)))) and good luck.
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Post by casii on Sept 1, 2017 18:52:28 GMT
Thank you for the links! I'm just finishing up the one on "Outdoing One Another" and appreciated his stance on Article 10 as I've appreciated the thoughts of many others. I guess these 'evangelicals' want to draw a line in the sand threatening those of us to live in peace with our LBGT family & friends with hell. Editing to add: I read a comment on that one about the Charlottesville events that is pretty sad & sobering too. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2017 19:11:33 GMT
Love it!
"Rev. Dr. Flunder, who serves as presiding bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and signed the Christians United response, also offered a statement on the Nashville document:
A predominantly white male coalition of Southern Baptists and Evangelicals have defined human sexuality in the binary that secures their power, with a selective tortured reading of the Bible texts on human sexuality from a time when a woman was her husband's property. The Bible deserves interpretation, not simply quotation. This is the same denomination that once used the Bible to condemn inter-racial marriage and to defend the 'Godliness' of chattel slavery. They had to repent. They will need to repent again
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Post by casii on Sept 1, 2017 19:19:59 GMT
Love it! "Rev. Dr. Flunder, who serves as presiding bishop of The Fellowship of Affirming Ministries and signed the Christians United response, also offered a statement on the Nashville document: A predominantly white male coalition of Southern Baptists and Evangelicals have defined human sexuality in the binary that secures their power, with a selective tortured reading of the Bible texts on human sexuality from a time when a woman was her husband's property. The Bible deserves interpretation, not simply quotation. This is the same denomination that once used the Bible to condemn inter-racial marriage and to defend the 'Godliness' of chattel slavery. They had to repent. They will need to repent again " I know, right? Just makes you kind of wonder, not wonder, how many of those white male evangelicals may be just fine to women and slaves as property and interracial marriage outlawed. It's sad to say I think more than would freely admit. And those who feel it's 'different', what is their reasonable argument? |
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Post by Olan on Sept 2, 2017 11:22:47 GMT
Olan - where do you live? The UU congregations in the Northeast tend to be much more Christian and use more God language than I am comfortable with. My minister is a spiritual humanist and an atheist who attended a Methodist seminary to see if she could be swayed from her atheism, and she could not be... That to say, if you don't "feel" the first UU congregation or fellowship (most of us do not call ourselves churches) you attend, try another. I suspect you can get a good feel for the places you consider via their websites. I hope you find a place that feels like a good fit and I think it's great that you are not putting pressure on yourself to do so NOW. You'll know when you are ready! I left the Catholic church at age 40, thinking I would NEVER EVER again be part of anything remotely church-like. After 7 years I found this gem of a denomination and congregation just blocks from our home. First visit, I KNEW I had found "it" that elusive thing my heart had been yearning for. (((HUGS)))) and good luck. Thanks for the advice I am on the East Coast but wouldn't mind mention of God. I had planned to make 2017 a year where I could say I attended church with some regularity but life got in the way. I actually live right across the street from a church so I should be more ashamed than I am. |
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Post by flanz on Sept 2, 2017 22:23:44 GMT
Olan - where do you live? The UU congregations in the Northeast tend to be much more Christian and use more God language than I am comfortable with. My minister is a spiritual humanist and an atheist who attended a Methodist seminary to see if she could be swayed from her atheism, and she could not be... That to say, if you don't "feel" the first UU congregation or fellowship (most of us do not call ourselves churches) you attend, try another. I suspect you can get a good feel for the places you consider via their websites. I hope you find a place that feels like a good fit and I think it's great that you are not putting pressure on yourself to do so NOW. You'll know when you are ready! I left the Catholic church at age 40, thinking I would NEVER EVER again be part of anything remotely church-like. After 7 years I found this gem of a denomination and congregation just blocks from our home. First visit, I KNEW I had found "it" that elusive thing my heart had been yearning for. (((HUGS)))) and good luck. Thanks for the advice I am on the East Coast but wouldn't mind mention of God. I had planned to make 2017 a year where I could say I attended church with some regularity but life got in the way. I actually live right across the street from a church so I should be more ashamed than I am. No shame! go when it feels right! |
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Post by freecharlie on Sept 5, 2017 3:01:23 GMT
With the name The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood,I figure it was a bunch of blowhard dumbasses
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