Why do I care so much about Christians and Christianity?
For the same reason that I care about global warming, terrorism, and so on. Religion is a blight.
I think that Storm's response is what many (most?) of our congregants believe. I do not, however (and this is clearly not an issue for many people with whom I've spoken). When I pay someone, what was "not just a job" becomes "just a job". We have in fact lost our minister over this.
When I...
My userstanding is that "heaven, hell, prophecy, daemon possession, sacrifice, initiation by baptism, communion with God through a holy meal, the Holy Spirit, monotheism, immortality of the soul, miracle working son of God, and born of a mortal woman" all come...
Of course. Christianity (and all Abrahamic faiths) are based on pagan (pagan meaning "country dweller") ideas. Christianity borrowed heavily from a wealth of Mediterranean area myths.
You might spend some time reading the Pagan Origins of the Christ Myth web site.
Christianity comes from the...
I have been very involved with a UU church for about 6 years now. It's my first church ever (I'm 45) and I'm pretty atheistic. I've served on the Board, the worship committee, the budget committee and in CUUPs (an interest in "nature spirituality").
My beliefs about the logistics of my UU...
I've moved the following over to the UU area of the forum. Sorry for the confusion.
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I have been very involved with a UU church for about 6 years now. It's my first church ever (I'm 45) and I'm pretty atheistic. I've served on the Board, the worship committee, the budget committee and...
I am interested in talking a bit about UUism.
I've been a member of my local church for about 6 years. I've been on the Board, the worship committee, the budget committee, and a member of CUUPs.