tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010719.post2843387565901392116..comments2023-10-29T07:48:22.765-05:00Comments on cyclic song: organized pluralismEmblyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02879610178695344849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010719.post-62667229453455135262008-06-26T21:50:00.000-05:002008-06-26T21:50:00.000-05:00I remember playing music at an Easter service at t...I remember playing music at an Easter service at the UU church where I attended youth group for awhile in high school, and how Jesus and God were not mentioned once.<BR/><BR/>What you describe is what I liked in theory about UUism: a spiritual community made up of people who believe all different things. Because that's what the world is, and therefore I think the ideal we strive for should, in many ways, reflect that. <BR/><BR/>I can't speak for the whole congregation, but some of the people who ran the youth group were bigoted, which was exactly what I felt UUs should NOT be, and that was the main reason I left.Aynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03534968356995054787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010719.post-37508381222916040452008-06-25T21:37:00.000-05:002008-06-25T21:37:00.000-05:00Alyssa, that's really funny!Last time I sang at a ...Alyssa, that's really funny!<BR/>Last time I sang at a service there, one of the members of the choir was complaining that the reverend had been talking about "the spirit of prayer" too much.<BR/>Her reaction was that if people wanted to pray, they should go back to their old churches....<BR/>I also agree with your parent's analysis, I think that UU's have the danger of very quickly becoming too new age for my particular taste, but then so does the group that I go to services with in CT...ah hippies...Emblyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02879610178695344849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010719.post-37457262585128000412008-06-25T19:00:00.000-05:002008-06-25T19:00:00.000-05:00My family went to a Unitarian church until I was a...My family went to a Unitarian church until I was about 8 or 9. We left because my parents were attracted to the skepticism part and felt it was getting too new age-ish. I'm glad there's a church that does, as you describe, pluralism rather than relativism. <BR/><BR/>Also, why are Unitarians such bad singers? They're always looking ahead to see if they agree with the words.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05095655355263307244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22010719.post-16161768402893578062008-06-25T04:17:00.000-05:002008-06-25T04:17:00.000-05:00I think that you've pegged the UU church exactly. ...I think that you've pegged the UU church exactly. I was raised UU (and an athiest) and they handed out humanist literature in church. Everyone (ourselves included) had subscriptions to The Humanist magazine. Once, in Sunday school a student asked "If more than half of UUs were born Jews, and we don't believe that Jesus is god, what makes us technically Christian?" The teacher said "We follow teachings from the New Testament--like forgiveness, respect, acceptance, humility, and kindness to others."<BR/>My father calls it the "humanitarian church." It is. (Too bad I left...)Lisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148407838778196800noreply@blogger.com