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Oct 31, 2005 10:35

Today is Samhain. I am little sad. We went to the Unitarian Universalist church yesterday morning. I don't recall if I've mentioned how we've been going to services there. Mainly to meet people with similar spiritual and political views. To meet new people period. Zephyrhills is about as metropolitan as a barnyard, after all. They had an ( Read more... )

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all my evenings seem unseelie flintultrasparc October 31 2005, 17:23:17 UTC
"How do you know you're a unitarian? Do people come burn a question mark on your front lawn? Do you drink lots of coffee while running a mimeograph machine? Do you sing songs like 'We would rather not be moved' or 'Which side am I on?'" - Utah Phillips

The evolution of Unitarians and Universalists into the current situation is pretty fascinating. While the largest majority seems to be humanists, it seems like the pagans finding a home in the UU is what tipped the ecclesiastical balance and now the UU isn't even counted as a Christian denomination anymore.

The UU seem to do a lot of a good work, and do it in way that is more palatable to the status quo. I think the UU can do a lot more support for the poor than some of the more secular radical groups (like say Food Not Bombs). Something that a comrade pointed out in the wake of Hurricane Katrina was the relationship of the government to religious institutions, Hurricane Katrina, and the Good Churchgoers of the U.S. South; though I think it wouldn't really apply to the UU since they ( ... )

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Re: all my evenings seem unseelie quixotic_jade November 11 2005, 16:30:03 UTC
Lol. Great quote ( ... )

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