Hi Ellen, thanks for the welcome! Nope, I wasn't named after a dog... though it seems like every other person I meet has had a dog named Molly. I don't know what makes it such a great dog name.
UUism is kinda hard to explain... it has no dogma, only values and principles. One of the main ones is that everyone is on his/her own quest for the truth, and the only role of the church is to help them on that path. So there are Christian UUs, Jewish UUs, Pagan UUs, Buddhist UUs (Buddhatarians), atheist UUs, and agnostic UUs. Plus a lot more I'm neglecting to mention. Services can be about any of the world's religions, or philosopy, or concepts (dealing with loss, or aging, or affluenza, for example). A lot of people join the UU church when they have kids and want to give them a moral (though liberal values) base and exposure to religious education, but don't want the kids to be exposed to too much dogma. I'm extremely unusual, being a third-generation UU. Molly --- In [email protected], "Ellen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Molly! Welcome! You are Gene's daughter's namesake, so you're OK > in our book. Were you named after a dog too? Did you and Daria know > to look for each other because you met on the UU yahoo group or > whatever? That's cool! I'm a little confused though--is UU Christian > or not? What's the difference between a "purely Christian" UU church > and one that isn't? Like others here I'm not very familiar with this > whole thing. Thanks! > > 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/
