I noticed a mention in the discussion of that UUnderstanding subreddit of some UUs who want to be one or the other. This is the larger and more mainstream sub so I'd like to ask - how common is this?
Asking because I've rejoined my local UU church after going either nowhere, or to an Episcopal Church (gorgeous music and language, good values, too bad they really expect you to believe things I don't believe), for a while. There is a lot that I like about our new minister but there are two things I'm wary about - 1) stridency (a "sit down and shut up, this is what we're doing" attitude maybe too often) and 2) repeated comments about how awful the Unitarians were because they were privileged and white and rational and not favoring emotional and "spiritual" services and...eh....I like a lot of the classical Unitarians. I really liked a past minister at that church who was very "Unitarian" (a brilliant thinker and speaker and not terribly emotional/squishy). Do I get off this train (or maybe they'll push me off later)?
I'm not sure how this church and new minster combo is going to fare long term (especially since the entrenched members all appear to be over 75 or 80...). Wondering if I have noticed an unusual thing or a currently common thing.
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