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Are UU’s Christian?

Are Unitarian Universalists Christian?  Some are.  Some aren’t.  The question is as old as the religions themselves, going back to their forming and founding.  The answer depends on who gets to answer.  If orthodox (that is, “conforming to approved doctrine”) Christians get to determine, then no, we’re not.  We’re heretics, which word comes from “those who choose,” because we choose to see and say our truth, our Christianity, as our religion.  That’s older than the Protestant Reformation, for the early Christians differed too, some claiming…

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The Answer to Our Humanistic Prayers

Humanists tend not to believe in prayer.  Humanists believe in human ability and choice in a natural universe.  Miracles are either impossible or explainable.  Working material and social reality by merely thinking something fervently just doesn’t happen.  Scientific evidence for the effect of prayer is scant.  But personal experience of many is profound.   Prayer may not be humanistic, but is human.  Many humans in all sorts of cultures pray.  They talk as with ancestors, saints, gods, or God.  Healing is an act of both…

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