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  1. uu_sage

    I'd Like to Ask a Question or A Few Questions

    Speaking as a liberal Christian myself my issue is not with my brothers and sisters in Christ nor is it with the body of Christ. My issue is with the way how Christian faith has been horribly applied but especially in America. My heart breaks when my brothers and sisters in Christ misuse...
  2. uu_sage

    What are your opinions about the separation of church and state, and mixing politics and religion?

    I believe in an absolute separation of church and state. Religious organizations should not be involved in running the government and government should not be intervening in religious organizations. Separation of church and state protects religious organizations and it protects government from...
  3. uu_sage

    What book(s) are you reading now?

    The 1979 Prayerbook has two distinct Rites in worship- Rite I which is rendered in the pretty language of King James English while Rite II is rendered in the contemporary English to which we are accustomed. Personally I can go with the language in either Rite but I prefer Rite II in my worship...
  4. uu_sage

    What book(s) are you reading now?

    Yes I have read through the entire Book of Common of Common Prayer cover to cover both Rite I and Rite II.
  5. uu_sage

    What book(s) are you reading now?

    Currently Reading The Fall and Rise of Angelshut by Dorthea Yale 1925 Book of Common Prayer according to the use in King's Chapel Boston New Zealand Prayerbook: He Karakia Mihinare O Aotearoa Finished American Fascists: The Christian Right' and the War on America by Chris Hedges Love Wins by...
  6. uu_sage

    "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repealed!

    Hallelujah! This is a great day of rejoicing and promise.
  7. uu_sage

    Baptism doctrine, which way?

    We in the United Church of Christ (UCC) were born out of the Reformed Tradition especially through Presbyterianism. In that Reformed tradition we practice baptism of infants and baptism of adults via sprinkling. Personally I'm more in the Disciples of Christ and American Baptist mindset of...
  8. uu_sage

    Does proselyzing hurt or harm people?

    There's a difference between proselytizing and evangelism. Evangelism is bearing witness to one's faith through word and action while respecting the person's choice in faith tradition or no faith whatsoever. However, proselytizing is bearing witness to your faith and imposing it on them with no...
  9. uu_sage

    Who is invited to the Table?

    As a Christian Universalist, I believe that all living beings are God's children created in the divine image and we are called to be stewards of the Lord's good creation. Since all souls, Christian or not, are headed for salvation, and since all are held in God's extravagant love and grace...
  10. uu_sage

    A Question to Christians.

    To me, faith and doubt compliment each other. Doubt is not in conflict with faith. The opposite of faith is fear. God created us as relational, sexual, thinking and spiritual being. Reason and faith are gifts of God. Theology talks about our relationship with God and our place in the created...
  11. uu_sage

    Is God By Necessity An Atheist?

    Since God is the creator and sustainer of all humankind, God embodies the diversity of the creation. God is beyond all human labeling and is beyond all religion.
  12. uu_sage

    Good Mormon, Bad Mormon

    I would rather have person #2
  13. uu_sage

    Your Theism Category - A Poll

    I would describe my self as a strict monotheist embracing panentheism. God is present in creation yet is greater than the creation.
  14. uu_sage

    Christians: Who is Jesus to you?

    While I'm not a Trinitarian, I view Jesus as a prophet of God who bore witness to God whom he called Father (Abba=Daddy) and saw the light of divinity in all God's children. He sought to reform his native Judaism to reflect the prophetic tradition of Micah, Amos and Elijah. He welcomed those...
  15. uu_sage

    Is God male or female?

    God is male and female yet is neither. God is pure spirit.
  16. uu_sage

    Retake your Belief-O-Matic to see how much your thinking has changed

    1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (98%) 3. Reform Judaism (93%) 4. New Age (90%) 5. Neo-Pagan (89%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (85%) 7. Mahayana Buddhism (79%) 8. Baha'i Faith (76%) 9. New Thought (75%) 10. Scientology (69%) 11. Sikhism (65%) 12...
  17. uu_sage

    Should teaching eternal hell be a crime?

    My fiance and I are both Christian Universalists. We will teach our kids about universal salvation, the gospel of God's success. In our mind Arminianism and Calvinism are theologies that undermines God's love, God's grace, God's power, mercy, forgiveness and denies the ability of God to make all...
  18. uu_sage

    Eucharist/Lord's Supper Perspectives

    As a Christian Universalist, I believe that all living beings are God's children created in the divine image and we are called to be stewards of the Lord's good creation. Since all souls, Christian or not, are headed for salvation, and since all are held in God's extravagant love and grace...
  19. uu_sage

    We're not really UU, more Unitarian

    American and Canadian styled Unitarian Universalism in my experience is neither Unitarian or Universalist in the truest meaning of both words. They seem to stem from the Western Unitarian Conference and the Free Religious Association around the turn of the 20th century that wanted to be...
  20. uu_sage

    Does faith compromise a person's ability to reason?

    It seems in my experience that those whose faith is filtered through the lens of fundamentalism/blind faith (of any form) are unable to reason clearly.
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