affluenza? Having too much stuff?
--- In [email protected], "mlscha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> 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" <ellengoodman6@>
> 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!
> >
> >
>
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