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The Coffee House - the UU Fellowship Thread
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MSizer
MSizer
Hey Storm, my talk tonight is (in a nutshell) to a Unitarian congregation about what it means to be an atheist, and how I as an organizer of an atheist group feel theists and atheists can get along. It's somewhat sparked by all of the various opinions coming out in the media regarding atheism. It's a short presentation, maybe 20 mins approx, during which I basically state taht there are a wide range of athiestic opinions about the world and humanity, but the bottom line is that theism is not going away, and nor is atheism, so it makes more sense to focus on our common human nature than on our differences of belief. It will be followed by UU minister who will give her take on the situation, and then a psychologist will offer his 2 cents. I plan to show that atheism is truly nothing more than a rejection of belief in god, therefore it certainly is a part of one's worldview, but it doesn't define it. I also plan to point out that religion is interwoven into human culture, so any atheist who wishes to see religion wiped from the face of the earth is being unrealistic, and IMO needs to rethink things a little more deeply.
MSizer
MSizer
Cool.
I expect you'll be preaching to the choir, so be prepeared for that.
Yeah, I agree, but I think though that there is some merit to letting them know that it's not necessary to assume that a group who is officially atheist is necessarily militant about it. And of course surely many of them already know, but in case there are some who don't, I think it will be worth hearing. I'm looking forward to hearing what the psychologist will have to say.
ZooGirl02
Well-Known Member
I am not really a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association. I'd like to be but unfortunately the nearest UU congregation to me is like 50 miles away and I simply don't have the money to make a 100 mile round trip every single week. I am on a pretty limited income. However, I do consider myself to be an unofficial Unitarian Universalist. I have studied about the religion and I feel like I would fit perfectly as an official member. I just simply don't really have the means to be a member at this time. I'd love it if a Unitarian Universalist congregation got started somewhere within my area (preferably within 20 miles of here) so I could attend every Sunday. Unfortunately, I live in a fairly rural area which is also a pretty conservative area so I doubt one would ever get started around here.
applewuud
Active Member
You might be able to start a small fellowship group of 6-10 like-minded people. If not, there's the Church of the Larger Fellowship, designed for isolated UUs...
unitarian universalist church, online, welcoming ministry
unitarian universalist church, online, welcoming ministry
That is cool that you looked into it and feel comfortable with the Label and the Path....
The most surprising place I ever was with a UU congregation was Savannah, Georgia. They had managed to have a 50 member congregation in a place where a 'gay marriage amendment' was being enacted to take away rights.
Put something up on Craig's list? Maybe you can get some people interested and can at least have some talks over coffee... that IS the UUs tradition.
Welcome and good luck.
Perhaps you might go once or twice a month and perhaps someone will care pool with you? Maybe call the Church and see if someone is riding from your way and maybe they are feeling pressed for money as well and could use a little splittage on the coin to get there?
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SageTree
Now I'm not 100% sure, but I know there was a 10 post, to post link issue, if memory serves me correctly.... So maybe the pics have this same issue/limit?
seeker57
Member
seeker57
Member
I attended the UU Mountain Desert District annual conference about 10 days ago.
It was my first such conference and quite an experience.
We also had a march to city hall of about 200 people, mostly UUs, but others as well, to protest anti-gay comments made by the second in command of the LDS church.
Being in the LDS church's back yard made it quite interesting.
Seeker
It was my first such conference and quite an experience.
We also had a march to city hall of about 200 people, mostly UUs, but others as well, to protest anti-gay comments made by the second in command of the LDS church.
Being in the LDS church's back yard made it quite interesting.
Seeker
seeker57
Member
We were marching to raise the awareness of the LGTB community that not all religions espouse or approve of the hateful rhetoric espoused by the man who is next in line to be the leader of the LDS church.
His name is Boyd Packer, 86, and he is president of the quorum of the 12 apostles, and, as such, is next in line to be leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
In the aftermath of multiple suicides of young gay men and boys caused by bullying and hateful attitudes, Packer issued a statement saying being gay is unnatural and could be overcome
The Rev. Theresa Novak, minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, said, "Our young people in particular need to know that they are worthy of love, care, dignity and respect, no matter who they are or who they love."
The march was not even in the plans until Packer made the statement. I thought it came of very well.
Seeker.
His name is Boyd Packer, 86, and he is president of the quorum of the 12 apostles, and, as such, is next in line to be leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
In the aftermath of multiple suicides of young gay men and boys caused by bullying and hateful attitudes, Packer issued a statement saying being gay is unnatural and could be overcome
The Rev. Theresa Novak, minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ogden, said, "Our young people in particular need to know that they are worthy of love, care, dignity and respect, no matter who they are or who they love."
The march was not even in the plans until Packer made the statement. I thought it came of very well.
Seeker.