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9/15/2006
1:14:56 pm EDT
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Some UU Members Question Pagan Pride Event
Author: Richard C. Dujardin Source: Providence Journal (RI)
Title: SOME UU MEMBERS QUESTION PAGAN PRIDE EVENT
The First Unitarian Church plans to host a Rhode Island Pagan Pride Day tomorrow, but not everyone in the church is pleased.
The daylong program has drawn fire from critics who say that Unitarian Universalism is a rational congregation that has tried to steer clear of superstition.
In a letter being circulated among members, one critic called the scheduled series of pagan workshops "a potpourri of flaky spiritualities and ancient occult practices resembling a medieval Dungeons and Dragons festival."
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| Sounds Like A Blast | Sep 17th. at 10:10:50 pm EDT
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R. Cicero (Seattle, Washington) - Email Me
If I didn't live so damn far from Providence, I'd be there. Everything they have to offer sounds pretty damn interesting. The UU is supposed to be far-ranging and inclusive, so I don't understand the criticism. The IRS does not discriminate between religious or otherwise spiritual belief systems (thanks to the Universal Life Church) , so what's the deal with these tight-assed UU members? Sounds like they want a clean, orderly and semi-Christian doctrinal coherence. Screw that. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, bozos. From what I've heard, Rhode islanders and Icelanders feel pretty much the same way. It's kind of like, 'pardon my eccentricities . . .OR ELSE!'
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| Gotta Love It | Sep 16th. at 4:21:12 am EDT
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Dee Moonhawk (Florence, Alabama) - Email Me
Gotta love the last line in the article -- "Steele acknowledged that she has received some anonymous criticism of the event. Upon receiving one of the anonymous complaints by mail, she said, "I used it to line the bottom of the cage of my guinea pig.""
Actually, I have been to one Unitarian Universalist church about 15 years ago where I received about as warm a welcome as if I'd wandered into a Baptist church! Luckily, that is the only one I've run into like that in the past 20 years, but some individuals within the UU churches are, shall we say, less open minded than others. Like all groups, from Pagans to Baptists, there's always one or two folks that just feel compelled to ruin everyone else's fun!
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| That Person Is Not What UU Is About | Sep 16th. at 2:25:45 am EDT
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Opus the Poet (Garland, Texas) - Email Me - Web
Almost every time I post I also provide a link to my local UU church, the only tax exempt Pagan church in Texas. I will be leading the Equinox service this Sunday on the theme of balance, and what we have gathered from the second harvest (Mabon) . If you're in the area come on in and check us out. I promise not to wear bike clothes while I give the sermon.
Opus
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| Pointless | Sep 15th. at 7:15:20 pm EDT
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Jain (Baltimore, Maryland) - Email Me
Sounds like "some" church members equals one crank who wrote a bunch of letters. Why it merited a news article is beyond me.
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| So Familiar | Sep 15th. at 5:15:17 pm EDT
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Harmony (Saint Petersburg, Florida) - Email Me
When I attended a local UU church, I was called a "superstitious ninny" to my face, and regularly had my religious preferences (and that of my husband, who is Christian) insulted during the sermon (by other congregant giving guest sermons) .
Sadly, as in other organized religions, the worshippers don't always live up to their stated principles.
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| I Think Some Churches Forget ... | Sep 15th. at 4:07:45 pm EDT
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Cheryl Grant (Oakville, Ontario) - Email Me
that without the Pagans entering the congregation, most of them would have stagnated years ago!! From the two congregations I've been affiliated with over the years, the majority of new members have been Pagan, have young families and are very active within the church.
My California congregation had Pagan daycare providers, ALL Pagan Sunday School teachers and the minister said that Paganism was what called her to ministry.
My Ontario congregation has a Pagan in charge of Religious Education, many Pagan Sunday School teachers and Pagan students, and a Pagan (me!) that directed the 'Birth of Jesus' play just before Solstice/Xmas -- everyone thought that was funny irony ...
At both congregations, the Pagans are the ones that organize the food drives, are vocal on matters of social justice, push for 'alternative' fund raising such as selling 'fair share' coffee, and get the kids involved in ridding the local forest (that the church adopted) of trash.
If you look at the average age of the average UU church, it is probably somewhere near 70. Without the influx of Pagans into the congregations, the churches would eventually just die off.
Cheryl
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| Hmm | Sep 15th. at 1:46:23 pm EDT
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Dynnys Derwydd (Lubbock, Texas) - Email Me
What's funny is someone brought up "superstition." The strange thing is I don't consider myself superstitious. I walk under ladders, let black cats cross my path, broke a few mirrors (accidently of course) .
Hells, I don't even believe in the "supernatural", supranatural, paranormal maybe, because all things are natural: gods, magick, spirits and other things.
But hey, I guess if you're a superstitious Christian then you see others as superstitious as well.
Gnothi Seauton,
Nemo
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