Sermon in the Unitarian Church of Portland on Sunday after the 2004 election: READ AND LAUGH

First Unitarian Church, Portland, Ore. ^ | November 7, 2004 | "Rev." Dr. Marilyn Sewell

[JWinNC]

Unitarian motto:

"somebody loves you"

[Texas_Jarhead]

paganism

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I went to a Unitarian funeral once. I wasn't sure who lived or died, who the pastor was or what his message was, or even when the service started or finished.

[BenLurkin]

Is this one of the churches which are going to lose tax exempt status due to political partisanship?

[keithtoo]

Doesn't the Bible (not that it matters much to a UniPagan) say something about 'fashioning idols'. I think that Mother god prayer is nothing but a prayer to a false idol.

[Theresawithanh]

Aaack! What a load of leftie self-righteousness!

Guess the Johns were correct, there really are two Americas, sane and insane.

[the invisib1e hand]

Is this one of the churches which are going to lose tax exempt status due to political partisanship?

Everyone knows that arguments about separation of church and state only apply to the real church, not imposters like this.

[spinestein]

I was just telling someone this morning that the Unitarian Universalist Church is little more than a political organization pretending to be a religion so they can be tax exempt and raise money for their Democratic friends without having to disclose that fact. EVERY Unitarian I know is always going on about how Bush and the Republicans are evil and how we need to vote for whatever Democrat is on the ballot, and they admit that they get much of their political motivation and "information" from their church and they sometimes show be bulletins and fliers printed by the church that blatantly campaign and often fund raise for Democrats.

[VOA]

We lost the Presidential election.

No separation of church and state issues here, nosiree.
And if you don't believe that, just ask the ACLU.

[jmaroneps37]

I once went to a wedding in a Uni-church. I've seen more religious items at a VFW hall. Whatever it is, these people are not practicing a religion. It was nice to "listen" Ms. Reverend whine.

[VOA]

...the Unitarian Universalist Church is little more than a political
organization pretending to be a religion so they can be tax exempt
and raise money for their Democratic friends without having to disclose
that fact...

"That's not a church...that's a country club!"
What my brother said after a visit to the local Unitarian congregation.

[TexGuy]

What about Cousin God and Brother-in-law God? They need to practice what they preach. ... Inclusiveness ...

How sad

[paudio]

many of us worked so hard in this election, to support those values that we deeply believe in, and we lost. We lost the Presidential election.... We never carried on partisan activities, because that would have been illegal,

Non-partisan, eh?

[VOA]

"...one of my heroes, Howard Zinn.."

Here's some lowdown on that Marxist...
http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=939

[muir_redwoods]

"Remember that those who have power and seem invulnerable are in fact quite vulnerable. Their power depends on the obedience of others, and when those others begin withholding that obedience, begin defying authority, that power at the top turns out to be very fragile"

So that's what happened to the MSM or the antique media as I now call it.

[Dr. Thorne]

A friend took me to a service at his Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship once. Afterward, he asked what I thought.

I said, "I think I need to go to church now."

[kaehurowing]

"We lost the Presidential election."

I always suspected that John F. Kerry was a secret member of the UU.

[DarthVader]

UU well described in Phillipians:

17 Brothers and sisters,* join in imitating me, and observe those who live according to the example you have in us. 18For many live as enemies of the cross of Christ; I have often told you of them, and now I tell you even with tears. 19Their end is destruction; their god is the belly; and their glory is in their shame; their minds are set on earthly things. 20But our citizenship* is in heaven, and it is from there that we are expecting a Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ. 21He will transform the body of our humiliation* so that it may be conformed to the body of his glory,* by the power that also enables him to make all things subject to himself.

[xzins]

Do you know what's really laughable about this sermon?

It's from her....her brain, her mind, her thoughts, her opinions, her stories, her impressions.


She's the authority.

Maybe she's the 2nd coming or something....:>)