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Are there non-Universalist Unitarian congregations in America? How widespread is this religion outside of Hungary and Romania?

12 October 2018 at 18:22

Hi everyone!

I'm a non-Universalist Unitarian from Hungary, member of the Unitarian Church in Hungary. We identify as Christians, because we follow Jesus, the Prophet of God, though we also acknowledge Muhammad, Zoroaster, and other prophets as divinely inspired.

Our religion is like this:

-There is no other god, but God, and Jesus is his prophet. We are as strictly Monotheists as Jews and Muslims, and reject the Trinity.

-God has sent other prophets to humanity through History, but following the principles of the 16th century founder of our Church, Francis David, we only follow Jesus among the prophets of God, and use the Bible as Holy Scripture.

-The Bible contains the moral teachings of Jews and Jesus. It should be followed rationally and skeptically and it is not infallible.

-Jesus was a human, who was crucified by the Romans for his actions. He was not divine, was born from Mary and Joseph as any other human being, didn't do any wonders, and never resurrected.

-God's actions on the world are called the Holy Spirit.

-There is no Original Sin, humans are neither good or evil, but rather, were born with the free will to act either righteously or wickedly. However, God is good, and following the teachings of his prophet, Jesus, we can act righteously in life.

-After death, God sends the righteous to Heaven, and the wicked to Hell, though these are more indescribable metaphysical states, than anything that would resemble either clouds with golden mansions in the sky, or a lake of fire with devils and pitchforks.

-Everything Science says is true. God was the cause behind the Big Bang.

-The Enlightenment, Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Conscience, Freedom of Inquiry, and Secularism is good

-We recognize two Sacraments, Baptism and Eucharist. We practice child baptism and believe that Christians should baptize their children, though getting into Heaven doesn't depend on whether you are baptized. We practice the Eucharist with bread and wine four times a year, to remember the Last Supper.

-We consider Nationalism a progressive ideology, because it enabled the self-determination of nations after the Monarchies and Empires of the past. Our church services contain Hungarian Patriotism, and we believe that if a Unitarian church formed, say in Italy, then it should practice Italian Patriotism.

-We support gay marriage.

-Our Church services look like 17th-19th century Calvinist and Puritan low-church services interspersed with upbeat and patriotic 19th century songs, and on national celebrations, military marches sung by people in traditional folk costumes.

Are there any Unitarian congregations like this in the USA or other countries?

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