Is there such a thing as a conservative Unitarian?

[free biscet]

They seem to have left being Protestant and Christian and now embrace pagan rituals and wicca with a gay Leftwing tint. What say you?

[hellinahandcart]

The Community Church of New York is a UUA church and there ain't nothing in there but communists. Seriously. It's the IAC/ANSWER social club, especially when there's an antiwar or anti-capitalist or anti-American-anything rally happening in town. The entire building is then given over to "teach-ins" during the day, and at night the out-of-town protestors sleep on the floor and are served vegetarian meals.

I took some literature from the lobby of that place, just for grins. And I got many grins from it.

The UUA creed sounds an awful lot like the UN pledge. MOre food for thought.

[wideawake]

It's part of something called the Association of Unity Churches.

They are not directly affiliated with the Unitarian Universalist Association, although Unitarian Universalists are welcome to join.

Their main claim is that they are a loose association of both nondenominational and denominational Christians who deemphasize dogma and emphasize Christian behavior and prayer.

Generally they appeal to Methodists, Presbyterians, liberal Baptists, Congregationalists and other mainline Protestants as well as unchurched people who believe in a nonjudgmental "practical" Christianity.

The movement was apparently founded by a couple in 1889.

[wideawake]

Correction: Catholics do not have "mental reservation" - this was a theory advocated by a group of liberal Jesuits (I know, I repeat myself) in France.

The Dominicans immediately attacked it as dishonest and unChristian and the Pope condemned it and other doctrines as Laxist heresy.

No Catholic is permitted to practice "mental reservation".

[Protagoras]

Thanks, so they don't believe in anything in particular. Sounds like a bowling league.

[wideawake]

If your bowling league spends most of its time discussing "social justice", sure.

[sheltonmac]

A conservative Unitarian? I don't even think there's such a thing as a Christian Unitarian. The two terms are incompatible.

[Little Bill]

Go to the Conservitive Congregational Church, this is the Church of the Puritins, very Calvanist. I think that you are thinking of the Churh of Christ, not the same animal

Go to our web page.

[PoisedWoman]

felt like I attended a business meeting instead of a church service.

I know what you mean. I popped into a service in Spokane one Sunday, and found it boring. Nothing intelligent was said. Just psychodrivel. And then, ugh,, those sappy songs when you're expected to hold hands with strangers. The guy next to me had disgusting sweaty palms, the most memorable thing about the service. Yuk.

[Protagoras]

With the PCUSA, what are left of THEM, it is still 54%, but give them another hundred years.

They either will have the Christians take back the demonination or they won't exist in a hundred years, maybe not ten.

[Protagoras]

If your bowling league spends most of its time discussing "social justice", sure.

They do. They discuss who is buying the next beer, and if it's me, there IS no justice.

[wideawake]

Fascinating website. It reads, in part:

There is freedom in the CCCC today to believe and practice the strictest Reformed theology of our early fathers, as well as other essentially Christian theology which differs in certain ways from the Reformation perspective. Should either be denied in a forced unity, contrary to the ecclesiology of the original founders, we would no longer be fully Congregational.

It seems that the CCCC allows for some latitude on the issue of Calvinism - do you mean that people who belong to the CCCC are very Calvinist in practice?

[wideawake]

LOL!

[KC_Conspirator]

There is Unity Temple on the Plaza. I don't know if this is a unitarian church or not, but I did attend a couple of weddings this fall there and some of the surroundings seemed a little odd for me. As much as they did'nt overly tell you they were liberal, but it really was too apparent. They openly encourage other "lifestyles" and preach that the white man is bad while doing humanitarian work for the good Native Americans. I believe Johnny Cochran had an event there when he was in town a month ago, if that tells you anything.

[Little Bill]

Talk to the Cathoics in Boston, my best friends brother was a seminarian in St. Johns, that is all they talked about.

I didn't realize the implication until reciently.

[wideawake]

Well, the Boston seminary had a guest lecturer who was a lesbian witch, so I wouldn't consider its curriculum to be a reliable indicator of Catholic doctrine.

Along with Albany and Rochester, Boston is the epicenter of every leftist cause in the Church.

Recent events are unsurprising - I've been warning against them for years. But remember - I'm just a mean-spirited conservative, what do I know?

[KC_Conspirator]

I checked out their website and Unity Temple on the Plaza is a unitarian church. I took a look aroudn their website and it seems that I was right all along - they totally have a liberal agenda.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[SauronOfMordor]

Since religious entities weren't even mentioned, felt like I attended a business meeting instead of a church service.

I would think that Unitarianism, in some places, is just a scam to enable Left-wing-activists to have a tax-exempt meeting place

[Little Bill]

Depends on the Parish, we depend on the Faithful, with guidence of our Elders, Pastor, and Deacons, along with the approval of the members of our Parish, one man or woman, one vote, you can accept some or all of Calvin's preaching, especally concerning the number of saved, hard right and Christian.

[wideawake]

Did Calvin preach a specific number of the elect?

More importantly - do congregations vote on Calvin's teaching point by point in practice? Or does a congregation just more or less agree to abide by the Westminster Confession for example?