Religion Thread: We Could Say a Prayer

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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Any chance this priest's bishop has slapped him down yet? I'm going to say probably not...

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— Fr. Frank Pavone ���� (@frfrankpavone) December 12, 2018

[MissThundercat]

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Bunch of churches in the West Michigan area opened themselves up this week as warming places, some offering hot beverages and food.

[MissThundercat]

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Priests kept nuns as sex slaves, and all we get is that the church is "working on it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...66WOLvw8RqQjg8

[FadeToBlack&Gold]

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And the Church leadership wonders why educated young people continue to leave in droves.

https://www.axios.com/catholic-churc...12b89ad81.html

You give an addict enough Narcan, and the hopium OD wears off.

[MissThundercat]

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Talked to Jen on Tuesday, and according to her, God already knew who I was. With that in mind, there will be a confirmation/celebration of identity service for me.

[mookie1995]

Priests kept nuns as sex slaves, and all we get is that the church is "working on it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...66WOLvw8RqQjg8

Tpiwwp

[Kepler]

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Tpiwwp

[ScoobyDoo]

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Priests kept nuns as sex slaves, and all we get is that the church is "working on it."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europ...66WOLvw8RqQjg8

jfc

[Kepler]

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jfc

That's what they said.

[MissThundercat]

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There's a bit in the Bible about how one should not think of themselves more highly than they ought.

The Catholic church still thinks it's the main thing.

[St. Clown]

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There's a bit in the Bible about how one should not think of themselves more highly than they ought.

The Catholic church still thinks it's the main thing.

Meh. Show me a religion that doesn't think it's the main thing. (You can't - every devout follower of any religion think that their religion is the one true way.)

[unofan]

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There's a bit in the Bible about how one should not think of themselves more highly than they ought.

The Catholic church still thinks it's the main thing.

So does every organized religion. That's a knock on religion as a whole, not Catholicism specifically.

[leswp1]

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Don't agree- Unitarians think all religions might have a valid point.

Personally I am less sure that I am right about everything. That is the leap of faith part. I could be wrong, organized religion could have missed the point. I can only do the best I can at doing what is right. I often think how perverted our practice of religion is. Early churches were small, personal and over the house table. People had leaders but relied on each other. The larger things have gotten, the more rigid, ritualistic and focused on minutiae it gets. It seems to lose focus on the message and is more focused on the minutiae that differentiates it from other sects. Just what we are NOT supposed to be doing.

The organized part gives a structure but it shouldn't get in the way of what it is all about.

[burd]

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I don't hyperlink very well, so here's the cover pitch for the Free Thinkers Congregation we brought our children to while they were growing up. UU with a twist.


Welcome to the Free Congregation of Sauk County

We are a religious community made up of people from diverse backgrounds and different faith traditions who have chosen to embrace some common principles, among them the freedom to engage in our own personal search for truth and meaning.

We require of no one a profession of theological belief or disbelief; rather, we seek to continually examine and clarify our basic principles and world views.

We view religion as a question to be explored rather than as an answer to be received or revealed.

We believe that ethical behavior and action is the only reasonable course for humans to pursue; consistent with that belief, we are united in our conviction that only by helping others and seeking to improve the world can we realize our full humanity.

Our open approach to religion follows from our unique weaving of two liberal religious traditions. This weaving is always in process; we are an evolving religious community, and our emphasis and interests change over the years.

We are a Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. We belong to the Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA), a liberal religious organization dedicated to a non-dogmatic approach to religion. Our congregation affirms the seven principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association

The inherent worth and dignity of every person
Justice, equality and compassion in human relations
Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations
A free and responsible search for meaning
The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large.
The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all.
Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.

We are a Free Thought congregation with origins in the German Freie Gemeinden (‘free congregations’ or ‘free societies’). When liberal reform efforts, both political and religious, failed in Germany after 1848, German liberals immigrated to the United States where they founded numerous free thought societies and congregations, most of them in the northeast and upper mid-west. One such German liberal, Eduard Schroeter, helped to found this congregation in 1852 and became its first Speaker (leader and teacher). Ours is the last remaining Free Congregation in North America.

Our commitment to the Freie Gemeinde tradition is reflected in our First Sunday (Spiritual Reflection Hour) and Third Sunday (Free Thought Forum) programs.

A picture of Thomas Paine hangs in place of the iconic California hippie dude Jesus you see in so many protestant churches, including the Lutheran church I grew up in.

[leswp1]

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THat is cool!