Woo Hoo! A U*U WORLD Editor *Validates* Half Of A Classic Picket Sign Slogan Of The Emerson Avenger !
Philocrites Says:
October 11th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Scott, the point you are making is a vital and provocative one. The move — urged in all deliberateness by many prominent Unitarians and Universalists for many decades now — to see Unitarianism, Universalism, or Unitarian Universalism as a new religion creates real tension with the obvious historical fact that both traditions did emerge as sects or denominations, as particular and needed expressions of Christian faith. From one perspective, we UUs no longer bring an ecumenical gift and recognize the ecumenical gifts of other churches. From another perspective, we UUs are now trying to be a religion in dialogue with other religions instead. But we still act like a sect more than a religion.
Well praise the Lord and thanks for passing me the ammunition!
Philocrites aka Chris Walton, an editor of the U*U World propaganda organ, has presumably quite inadvertently endorsed at least one half of my two-word zinger picket sign slogan that says - UNSAFE SECT?
I still think the UUA either ripped off my really rather witty UNSAFE SECT? picket sign slogan, or perhaps the UUA was just subliminally inspired by it. . . when some brainiac at the UUA came up with their UNCOMMON DENOMINATION advertising slogan a few years ago. Maybe I should sue the UUA for copyright infringement or something. . . ;-)
Well thanks for acknowledging that the U*U "religious community" can justifiably be referred to as a SECT Philocrites. Now all yoy have to do is acknowledge that the U*U SECT can be just a little UNSAFE* for me and other men, women and children.
*according to the UUA's own definition of what constitute so-called "Safe Congregrations"
October 11th, 2006 at 8:05 am
Scott, the point you are making is a vital and provocative one. The move — urged in all deliberateness by many prominent Unitarians and Universalists for many decades now — to see Unitarianism, Universalism, or Unitarian Universalism as a new religion creates real tension with the obvious historical fact that both traditions did emerge as sects or denominations, as particular and needed expressions of Christian faith. From one perspective, we UUs no longer bring an ecumenical gift and recognize the ecumenical gifts of other churches. From another perspective, we UUs are now trying to be a religion in dialogue with other religions instead. But we still act like a sect more than a religion.
Well praise the Lord and thanks for passing me the ammunition!
Philocrites aka Chris Walton, an editor of the U*U World propaganda organ, has presumably quite inadvertently endorsed at least one half of my two-word zinger picket sign slogan that says - UNSAFE SECT?
I still think the UUA either ripped off my really rather witty UNSAFE SECT? picket sign slogan, or perhaps the UUA was just subliminally inspired by it. . . when some brainiac at the UUA came up with their UNCOMMON DENOMINATION advertising slogan a few years ago. Maybe I should sue the UUA for copyright infringement or something. . . ;-)
Well thanks for acknowledging that the U*U "religious community" can justifiably be referred to as a SECT Philocrites. Now all yoy have to do is acknowledge that the U*U SECT can be just a little UNSAFE* for me and other men, women and children.
*according to the UUA's own definition of what constitute so-called "Safe Congregrations"
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