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Recent content by nathanielfirst

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    Evidence of UUA interfaith contacts with smaller world religions

    Hello, I wonder if the UUA ever does any overseas contact or links or studying or anything with smaller world religiions, like for instance Alevis in turkey, or Cheondogyo in Korea. If so, would you tell me how that works?
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    what do you think of me persuasion to religion statement

    this is a concept presented by someone that knows that there is religion to those that have not got the same level of proof. i cannot persuade because of the lack of evidence so I try to use intelligent design arguments, but those are pretty unconvincing to atheists or agnostic or materialists...
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    cosmic man concept as humanist

    there's a cosmic man (woman) concept in Taoism, Hinduism, probably some others i missed that show that the human being, singular, is a reflection of the universe, in structure (whether esoteric or exoteric) and I was just goin to contribute, that most humanism out there ignores god and focuses...
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    philosophy in u.u.

    does anyone here think that philosophy is inherantly unitarian universalist as u.u. is all about humanism? I find that comparing religious systems, like hInduism and bUddhism and cHristianity, is an endeavor that is greatly boosted by putting along side these, the complex and interesting...
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    nicest unitarian universalist church/cathedral?

    a second question... google images are hard to find? which U.U. congregation has the nicest / most opulent / impressive building? i am guessing it is one of the larger ones like all souls in new york or tulsa?
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    unitarian u congregations?

    hello, I am new to unitarian universalism and slowly becoming one. I have a question if any one knows, which u.u. congregations out there have a strong strain of buddhism in their practice/theology/teaching? I am asking because I want to find a decent congregation to take sunday sermons online...
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    "Chinese Folk Religion"

    like some social democracy/green distributism crossed with some tiantai and some indigenous chinese religion?
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    "Chinese Folk Religion"

    is it getting uh, <loosens collar> hot in here?
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    scriptures for chinese traditional religion?

    hullo, I was wondering if anyone on these boards knew of some scriptures for chinese traditional religion, as I am learning about it... I have found one thing out, it is hard to find scriptures for it, maybe it is temple worship only. All I can find is the I ching and the Jade Calender. I mean...
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    are there any similarities between Igbo and Yoruba religion?

    i.e. did they influence each other? are they of similar belief?
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    corrospondances in Hinduism

    hello, I am studying hinduism, and I have noticed a certain feature of these religions which is very interesting to me, that is, the way that parts of hindu society correspond to hindu religious concepts. for instance in classical Hindu music many melodies are associated with different deities...
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    natural theology technician

    phenomenology helps with this - seperate your experience in a week into 30 minute segments and step back, look at the ethical/religious content of those objectively to see what pops out at you...
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    natural theology technician

    what do people on this board think of using "natural theology" i.e. unbiased reasoning rather than scriptural traditions to study God(s)? my experience is, some kind of religion is what is going on in this universe, and many of the religions out there cover the same material. they cover the...
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    creator god vs. gods in indigenous

    religious rites/dances/magic to appease malevolent bogeymen creatures, a more benevolent deity not present in the world, creates the world or people or whatever, then basicly leaves. no rites, no theology no appeasement, few stories, i.e. in christianity / buddhism, the benevolent deity is...
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