Hi everyone, I'm Molly. I feel compelled to come out of hiding now that Daria talked about me being at SUUSI with her...
As long as we're talking about UUs... Unitarians are the older church, originally based on the concept of a Unity, not a Trinity. It was a fairly common denomination early on in our country's history-- Ben Franklin, the Adams presidents, Paul Revere, Thomas Jefferson (well, he said he'd be a Unitarian if he bothered to go to church) were all Unitarians. They were very much into the use of reason as an individual-- much more than doctrine. The Universalists believed in universal salvation-- that God loved us too much to condemn anyone to hell for eternity. Gradually they both became much less credal, though Unitarians were still more "head" and Universalists were still more "heart." Makes for some interesting dichotomies. There are still a few purely Christian UU churches-- Kings Chapel in Boston is the most famous of them. They still believe in rational thought, exploring your own beliefs, etc. that all UUs share. Anyway, I don't know if this adds to the discussion, but there it is. I do find it amusing when fundamentalists refer to the sacred religion of the founding fathers as a reason for bringing Christianity back into government. They should read the Jefferson Bible sometime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jefferson_Bible Sorry... I don't think any of this was very funny. Maybe that's why I've never posted before... Molly --- In [email protected], "Daria Akers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There were over 1000 people at SUUSI (hippie camp).... 1 of them contacted > on another group (SUUSI-based) I belong to to tell me she is lurker on this > group (but has gotten the CHAT TRICK 1 time which was impressive to me) and > saw the discussion we were having. Who knows there might be more closet > hippies in this group. > I seem to be addicted to parenthesis tonight... is there a 12 step program > for that? > Off to relax. > Daria > > On 7/28/06, Ellen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > How many people were there? Does the other person post or just lurk? > > If they just lurk than we wouldn't recongize them, I guess. But > > that's cool. > > > > > > --- In [email protected]<weingartenchatters% 40yahoogroups.com>, > > "Daria Akers" > > <daria.akers@> wrote: > > > > > > As a follow up to this crazy chat about Hippie Camp.... I found out > > there is > > > at least 1 other person on this list who was at Hippie Camp with me. > > Small > > > world I guess. > > > > > > > > > On 7/28/06, Ellen <ellengoodman6@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Daria quoted wikipedia about the Church of Christ thing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ah. Thanks for the clarification. Whoever cited the United Church > > > > > of Christ as an additional example is correct -- that church is also > > > > > very vocal about the same-sex-marriage issue, along with other > > > > > issues related to homosexuality. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/weingartenchatters/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
