My niece attended a UU church shortly after arriving here in the South. At first she loved it and the people. One day when we were discussing her church, she mentioned that there was talk in the church about how they got lots of visitors but fewer and fewer joiners. A few months later she hardly spoke of her church and when I asked how things were going she said there was dissension in the church. The new (female) pastor was great in her opinion, but several regular members were grumbling that she “preached” too much. A few months later she stopped going there altogether. It’s a flaky church with very prickly and demanding people.
In HS I had a Unitarian friend ..(before the merger) ..I used to go to "youth group" with her and even on a 3 day "retreat"
Two things stuck out to me...their "worship service " was secular ...reading Shakespeare, or Gandhi or some other "mystic " or poet ...all the music was secular ... no prayer
The second thing I remember they mocked other churches.. .this open minded , liberal "church" invited an RC priest to speak on Catholicism.. At that time I was RC... when I happened to walk into the hall they were mocking that guest
These are people that want church without God and salvation just because