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Rev. Christine Robinson of the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque speaks about Unitarian Universalism as an Open Source Faith and about the Branch Ministry Project.
Unitarian Universalism – Open Source Faith
April 30th, 2010 
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Thumbs down shows UU refusal to admit to holding incorrect views. Before giving thumbs down explain how a “mental health professional” gets immunized from “disorders” by having some degree, whereas a REAL doctor makes no claim as to his degree giving him immunity from health issues for ex no dermatologist claims his degree immunizes him from wasp stings. ANSWER THE QUESTION before giving thumbs down. Calling a man in a skirt a cross dresser is same as calling a Black “NIGGER” uu fosters hate!
Thanks for posting. I was excited to find there are Unitarian churches in Albuquerque, I might be moving there. Though I work night morning services are impossible for me I hope you might have some in the evening.
I want to have Hong Kong mfr. mass produce talking doll called The Mental Health Lady push button she screams “CLINICAL MENTAL ILLNESS—MANDATORY COMPULSION—FORCEABLE DISORDER AH HA HA HA HA” and on she raves. You can find The Mental Health Lady at many UU churches as UU church replaced sin concept with mental illness concept and The Clinically Normative Ones are the New Christs who offer to “save” man (from fake disorders like women wearing pants in 1876 & men wearing skirts as men today).
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
Romans 5:8
Given the inherently fallible and deceitful nature of man, I would rather find God by myself.
There are many UUs who agree with you there, and do indeed call their buildings “Fellowship Halls”. Most do, in fact.
But if you look back a bit, the Unitarian Universalist movement was a church movement.
Attending a UU service is no different from any other church- it just doesn’t teach a dogma. It offers guidance from multi-sources.
We do seek truth, but rather than as a whole group seeking it, we seek it as induviduals. We join together for encouragement.
I reject this dogma on all levels. Her HTML argument is ridiculous. Even HTML has Truth Statements. It is open source, that’s not the same as a religious free-for-all. A UU congregation would be no different than a get together at the local Moose or Elk’s lodge. There is no truth to be sought, just fellowship. That’s great….just don’t call it a church.
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JJ: I find many beautiful verses in the bible but I also find many $%*& in it. Two seemingly innocuous verses I have found to be especially troubling are Genesis 1:28 and what appears to be one of your favorites Matthew 28: 19-20. Christians have used them to despoil and plunder the Earth & murder and maime to bring the heretic to Jesus. Shame on you!
johnyjamie: Your spiritual fear-mongering comments don’t have any effect on the spirits watching this & other UU videos. UUs reject your simpleminded formulaic musings & reject the exclusionary rulebook you thump. You are free t/follow Jesus but cannot condemn/convert us. We’ve struggled w/your arguments & found them resoundingly hollow/spiritually lacking. You have no monopoly on the Way/Truth/Light. Jesus is not an idol. Take your semantic sword & pound it into a tolerant plowshare.
Of course I know what early church fathers refers to..those who carried on the teaching of the apostles.
I’m not referring to the ones who began the pagan roman catholic church later on.
I was questioning who you think they were, so I ask..are you referring to the pharisees, people in the cults, heretics, etc?
Faith must be in the Word of God, not in the writings of early Christian leaders.
Only Gods Word is the infallible guide for faith and practice.
There so much archeaological, historical, prophetic, and life changing evidence to support the Bible.
What’s the real issue holding you back here?
I’ll send you proof for Jesus outside the Bible in a personal message because it won’t let me put the link here.
What church fathers are you talking about? Pharisees? The ones who crucified Jesus?
Jesus said you will die in your sins if you don’t believe I am who I say I am.
The apostles and writers of the Bible knew exactly who Jesus is. Christians all over the world today still believe Jesus is God incarnate. The Bible is clear on it!
Now what heretics are you refering to that deny the trinity doctrine that is so clearly taught in the Bible.
Mormons? JW’s? who denies the trinity? You?
The Bible has more evidence to support it’s claims than any other so called religious book.
You choose to ignore it. You choose to reject the way, the truth, and the life. Why?
What is holding you back from giving your life to Jesus?
He died for you, you know.
who considered it heretical? UNbelievers? of course.
The doctrine is there plain and simple. The Bible says what it says…
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us
I have no idea what openairpreacher said because his comments are not showing up, but after this statement you make, I’m definitely curious.
Are you UU?
Or do you believe what the Bible says?
Have you received Jesus as your Lord and Savior?
Do you have assurance that if you died today, you live forever with Jesus?
The trinity doctrine is taught in the Bible…
it says there’s one God
it says the Father is God
it says Jesus is God
it says Holy Spirit is God
The apostles who God is…
read 1 Tim 3:16..And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
you know, the Bible says man’s way leads to death.
The UU’s use the Bible, but don’t regard it as the authority for God’s word. Why not?
The Bible is the only book with overwhelming evidence to support it.
Open Source Faith. You can be theist, a polytheist, or an atheist. You can build your own personal dogma, theology, or view of the world. That is why I am a Unitarian Universalist, because it gives me the freedom to be faithful to a community and at the same time remain an individual. Customized and ready to serve the community in my own special way.
I’m looking for both. I’m looking for a purpose that fits the moral way to live. What is morality and where does it come from? Did man create true morality or does it come from God? And if it comes from God, then what was God’s vessel to give us these rules of morality?
I want to know what happens when I die, and what I must do to be in the best position to reach utopia?
Reason can answer all of these questions; reason and faith are not mutually exclusive.
What exactly are you searching for? I think there are things we can know and things we can’t. When it comes to finding the truth, I take the “freethinker’s” approach: I don’t regard any “authority” other than reason. There are some things — like the “why” of the universe — that I don’t think CAN be answered in this way, so I personally have little interest in worrying about the question. Are you looking for meaning or for a meaningful way to live?
So UUs don’t write their values down? I think I just saw a video with your tennents written on it.
Please correct me if I’m wrong, or comment if you have something to say, but it seems like UUs are just creating their own religion to reconcile their political beliefs. And the religion, by definition, cannot have any truths because any belief can be, or is, truth.
Therefore, any belief within UU is relative to the person who holds the belief.
Am I wrong?
I think UUism is more about heartfelt and reasonable values and less about obeying things that people write down.
So see if I’m understanding this correctly.
Instead of sifting through the religions of antiquity to find out which are fact or myth, I should become universal unitarian and forfeit the existence of any truth at all for the sake of my own individual interpretation of ancient scriptures, history and sociological tradition? But what if I can’t read ancient greek, latin or hebrew? How could I truly interpret scriptures then since I’m relying on translations? Please help me understand!
thank you1