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earthpen

What is UUism?

May 27, 2008 09:34

Someone whose thinking I respect has opined that Unitarian Universalism consists of many satellites, but it has no true center. I thought it might be interesting to invite discussion regarding what Unitarian Universalism *is ( Read more... )

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What I think is not very deep and probably not well recieved.... gypsy1969 May 28 2008, 00:44:21 UTC

There is something about "us UUs" that I sense externally. A brother/sister hood if you will. When my husband and I meet certain folks we often say to one another "they" are "one of us". Where we meet these people is often part of this feeling. We might be dancing, or in a vegetarian restaurant, or at a park looking at someone's bumper stickers, when we meet these kin. Often they are liberals, but not always. Sometimes they are wearing tie-dye, sometimes they are taking a yuppie stroller out of their Subaru. The females are less likely to fuss about make up and appearances, the males might be assuming a stereotypically female role in public no less ( ... )

And if the shoe fits.... gypsy1969 May 28 2008, 00:49:17 UTC

And this would be me...
A Unitarian is just a Quaker with Attention Deficit Disorder.

From Pagan to Christian animist June 1 2008, 18:57:30 UTC

Let me express part of my grattitude for how the Big Church helped me to get to where I am now.

My being a part of CUUPs when I was at the Big Church really prepared my to be open to Christian Liturgy. I felt immediately right at home with the old fashioned Episcopal church I joined in Madison, with it's "bells and smells". The practice of consecrating food as part of the CUUP's ritual made The Lord's Supper make sense to me - although I refrained from partaking in it until I was formally accepted in to the church. I joined not because I had changed my mind intellectually, but because I had some powerful spiritual experiences in that church that changed my mind for me. It helped that the Priest's personal focus was in Celtic Christianity - he believed in a continuity from the Druids to the pre-Roman Irish Christian church and valued natural revelation as well as divine revelation.

Take care!