UU a Religious Faith?
UU leaders have taken to promoting UU as a “religious faith. As presented, this seems to be a Postmodern construct differing from the standard definition of religious as faith in … Continue reading
Not The Way It Was Supposed To Have Happened.
In George Orwell’s portentous novel,1984, truth was turned on its head. Banners in the state of Oceania read “War Is Peace,” “Freedom Is Slavery,” and “Ignorance Is Strength.” The Enlightenment … Continue reading
A House for Hope (a book review)
A House for Hope; The Promise of Progressive Religion for the Twenty-first Century. It is hard for an atheist to know what to say when reviewing a book like A … Continue reading
The Swerve, a book review
Stephen Greenblatt’s THE SWERVE, How the World Became Modern, tells an important story and has won the National Book Award for non-fiction and a Pulitzer. The story is of particular … Continue reading
Errors in the Ways of the UUA
One must wonder about the efficacy of the UUA decision to invite more mainstream religion into the Unitarian church. At a time when non-believers are just beginning to carry the … Continue reading
A Unitarian Crossroad
In the late 1970s, the American automotive industry was ill-prepared when the overthrow of the Shah of Iran resulted in gas prices doubling almost overnight. Many people today mistakenly believe … Continue reading
What Should a UU Do?
It is clear, based on much anecdotal evidence, that there are any number of Unitarian Universalists who are feeling disenfranchised by the christification of their organization. What is not so … Continue reading
Seven Serious Questions for UU Ministers.
1. Is UU a religious faith? If so, by what definition of religion and what definition of faith? 2. Are your definitions of religion and faith so broad as to … Continue reading
Apple Pie with Pork Gravy
Yes, that’s what is says. Apple pie with pork gravy. Let’s look at those two things to make sure we understand them. Continue reading
Fading Faith
The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round Earth’s shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled But now I only hear Its melancholy, … Continue reading