I didn't realize that the word 'catholic' meant 'universal.' That's interesting! I grew up Catholic, but the religion was too controlling for me. Now I'm a Unitarian Universalist! I guess there's a connection I wasn't aware of. :-)

Really? I didn't know that. I used to be Catholic and I don't know what the seminary training is like. But my current minister and many Unitarian Universalist pastors have doctorates in theology. People claim UUs don't have real beliefs but our clergy is well trained in theology.

I grew up Catholic but I'm now Unitarian Universalist. You can be an atheist and go to a UU church. Some think that means we don't believe in anything. I think it means we're better at embracing Jesus's message of love and acceptance than the Catholic church.

Who said Jesus wrote the Bible? Yes, I've studied my religion. I'm a Unitarian Universalist after having been brought up Catholic. I respect people of varying beliefs, including atheists and agnostics. You might want to try that sometime.

I wonder if you're right. I grew up Catholic but am now Unitarian Universalist. I love belonging to a church, but it's true that most religions probably do desensitize us to blatant hypocrisy and also get us used to accepting being controlled, like children, by their own rules.

But we should never be deprived of labeling ourselves as we wish. I'm an autistic Unitarian Universalist white female. I should get to use those labels as I wish without fear of being harassed, and so should anyone who is Muslim, transgender, etc.

I'm a Unitarian Universalist and we accept everyone, including atheists. Which means we're not really a Christian religion AND that we're more like Christians than Christians. That's why, as a Christian, I'm a UU.

Thanks for sharing that. I only seem to stand up on Twitter. My church (Unitarian Universalist) has an anti-racism task force. I should get involved in it.

Now that's the least surprising thing. It seems like once it becomes a religion, there's another agenda beyond the lessons of love. I'm a Unitarian Universalist and we probably do get it right just because we know that we don't know, so we accept all.

I'm a Unitarian Universalist now and I love it because we accept people of all religions, as well as agnostics and atheists. But it seems most religions are focused on controlling, including the Catholicism I grew up with. Makes for confusing rules that oppose Jesus's teachings.

I'm a Unitarian Universalist after having grown up Catholic. You might like that denomination, it is very liberal and very accepting. I'm very spiritual but too many organized religions use their power to control ppl & that is not spiritual.