tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post4024485357177954217..comments2024-03-28T18:32:05.933-04:00Comments on bensozia: Ba'al Hammon and the Unitarian List of SuggestionsJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01037215533094998996noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-82338832050244522312021-09-21T11:55:54.448-04:002021-09-21T11:55:54.448-04:00@John
I remember this post, and I share your fasc...@John<br /><br />I remember this post, and I share your fascination with the sacred awe and intoxicating mysteries aspects of archaic religion. But I wonder, in practice, how much were/are such religions really about cool-ass mysteries, and how much are they about mean old men getting their way? Contemporary mullahs, brahmins, and orthodox rabbis often come across to me more as small-minded scolds than as guardians of intoxicating mystery.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14456987412710878404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8304928500646903522.post-59126903067166830732021-09-18T19:12:34.958-04:002021-09-18T19:12:34.958-04:00Ah, but many Unitarians do not worship *any* gods!...Ah, but many Unitarians do not worship *any* gods! It's a wonderful place for humanists of all flavors, including atheists, who relish the beauty of communal "worship" without needing to worship any sort of divinity.<br /><br />Some UUs are definitely more god-oriented than others; the UU in Newport RI has explicitly Christian iconography. OTOH, the Unitarian Society of New Haven (of which I was a member for some years) was starkly modern with, at the time, a determinedly *non-"religious"* decor. We sang "Forward through the Ages" to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers," "Morning Has Broken," another whose lyrics are gone to the tune of "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," and many other wonderful melodies with non-god lyrics. (We had a superb choir and instrumentalists. My all-time favorite was the choral setting of "The Road Not Taken." )<br /><br />Having no creed allows this wide-ranging gathering, truly a congregational "out of many, one."pootrsoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975929246429466067noreply@blogger.com