*Hi,
This is Rus Cooper-Dowda.
I am not a Unitarian Universalist minister. I am not a member of that church. *
I’m sorry that I don’t have much time to respond to your effort to change your stripes . I will, however, show that you are not being forthright about your ties to the Unitarian Universalist church. Doesn’t do much for your credibility on the other matters.
You are a 1993 graduate of the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA
Starr King School for the Ministry
Educating Unitarian Universalist ministers and progressive religious leaders since 1904
.
http://www.sksm.edu/misc/purpose.html http://www.sksm.edu/people/grad_a-d.html The email address that you distribute to the public is what?
Uudre@… And what does the “UUDRE” stand for?
Unitarian Universalist Director(?) of Religious Education…
What about the publicity stunt (“publicity stunt” because you are have a history of using valid causes for self promotion) you attempted to pull off at the UU church in St. Petersburg earlier this year. The articles identify you as an ordained minister offering communion at the Unitarian Universalist Church in St Petersburg, Florida..
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/01/11/news_pf/SouthPinellas/Imperfections_are_par.shtml You are listed as a member of the Church of the Larger Fellowship (FL)
. You are, also, listed as being on the steering committee of a Unitarian Universalist educators. Whose mission statement is as follows:
To bring together Unitarian Universalist religious educators (MREs, DREs, and teachers) from around the world and make their combined knowledge and experience universally available via modern electronic means. To help local and district religious educators:
(1) select curricular resources that meet the needs of their religious education programs;
(2) adapt those resources to best maximize the free and responsible search for truth and meaning among Unitarian Universalist children, youth, and adults; and
(3) improve existing curricula and develop new curricular materials.
http://www.rec-room.org/who.html Rus Cooper-Dowda
Minister of Religious Education, online religious educator
Church of the Larger Fellowship (FL)
http://www.uua.org/CLF Then there is this little admission by you in this blog, in which you also address the abortion issue. You link to the aforementioned email address.
“As a non-right-to-lifer hopelessly liberal Unitarian Universalist feminist with disabilities I can understand the concern about my story.
What would you like to know?”
Rus Cooper-Dowda (IP: 205.188.209.139) Nov 4, 2003 10:48 AM
http://www.mcgeheezone.com/cgi-bin/mt-comments.cgi?entry_id=1167 In the blurb below you, as a UU educator, get into the Star Trek cosmos thing and how it relates to Humanist and Religious Liberal thinking. You, also, take a swipe at Texas conservatives in your revelation of a conversion to Human and Religious Liberalism from conservatism using Star Trek Theology.
*On-line Course Goes Where No One Has Gone Before
A new on-line, intergenerational religious education course called "Star Trek Theology and Ethics for Humanists and Religious Liberals," is now available to members and friends of CLF. Come explore the ethical and theological ideals from the "Star Trek" cosmos. Rus Cooper-Dowda, a member of CLF and a UU religious educator, offers the on-line course to UUs of all ages. She says, "Gene Roddenberry, the father of Star Trek, saw it as a political, social, racial, and human philosophy. It is no surprise that he moved from his conservative Texas roots to become a life-long humanist." … *
http://www.uua.org/clf/members/quest/2002-07.html Being the Headmaster of the UU School for Wizards, you should have been able to magically wipe your past from the internet.
http://paganinstitute.org/e-hogwarts_happenings.html