[Magdalen] Religion Without God?

[Jay Weigel]

I'm not a big fan of UUs, although I've warmed to them somewhat in recent
years. My father's brother was a UU minister and from my teens onward I
could never really see the point of UU as a religion. It always seemed to
me like a place for people who felt like they ought to be somewhere on
Sunday morning but didn't want to have the struggle of belief. *shrug*
YMMV. However, Sunday Assembly seems to have *really* managed this. Ugh. I
find that silly and pretentious.

Asfor the comment comparing UUs to Reform Jews, I'd take exception to that
too, and so would my friends who are RJs. They would argue that they at
least have tradition and, in most cases, belief. Non-observant (cultural
only) Jews would be another matter entirely.

On Saturday, December 27, 2014, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> The article concerned UUs and the remark about the other folks was probably
> filler because the writer didn't have enough info to make a full article
> without padding.  A few of my cousins were Freidenkers.  Interesting folks
> and an interesting time.
>
>
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Sat, Dec 27, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
>
> > From: James Oppenheimer-Crawford
> >
> >  UUs vary. You'll find assemblies that are not so hard-nosed. But
> whatever
> >> your view, they will probably welcome you, which is more than a few
> other
> >> gatherings can say. Luhrman might do well to meet some UUs instead of
> >> writing what she thinks she knows about them.
> >>
> >
> > The article is only incidentally speaking of Unitarians as a point of
> > reference. Sunday Assembly people are NOT Unitarians at all -- they are
> > Nothingtarians.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jim
> >
> >
>