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TransparentEye
8/22/2004 10:59 PM
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Hi. New Beliefnet member here.
The UU churches I've been to seem mostly humanist to me, so I'm surprised by the suggestion that the future might be theist, but pleased too.
What I see most fundamental to the UU approach is the method of free inquiry, rather than the place one arrives at from there, which might either be humanist or theist. So there ought to be space for both tendencies.
What I'm really looking for is a liberal fellowship that is theist but not Christian. This is surprisingly hard to find.
As someone who was raised Jewish, the language of even liberal Christian churches excludes me both for reasons of personal conscience and familial ties. On the other hand, I find Reform Judaism to be insufficiently universal to interest me. So I like the idea of a church that has gone far enough away from its Christian roots to inch back toward theism, but in a more universal manner which does not privilege Christianity or Judaism.
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chalicechick
8/22/2004 11:10 PM
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((What I see most fundamental to the UU approach is the method of free inquiry, rather than the place one arrives at from there, which might either be humanist or theist. So there ought to be space for both tendencies. )))
Nicely put.
I agree.
CC
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