| Back from church |
[Apr. 26th, 2009|02:53 pm] |
Back from church. Today was lay led - the Humanist group. So it was "What sort of humanist are you?" Three personal essay type things. But this visitor (second time) got up at the end during joys and sorrows (it was sorrows today) and said something to the effect of that she had hoped this was a place for her because other places weren't. But this didn't sound like her and it was a sorrow.
(She was gently swarmed on after the service and one of the three presenters said in the joys and sorrows that his journey wasn't anyone elses and shouldn't be.)
But my spouse took specific issue with another (old line "no supernaturalism" cranky humanist) presenter's claim that all UUs are humanists, who said that a former interim had said that.
It being an even numbered day, *I* don't necessarily think of myself as a humanist. Especially if someone tries to tell me I am. (My spouse was rather firmer on the subject of not considering himself a humanist.)
In general I do say that I consider myself a religious humanist on odd numbered days; a deist on even numbered days with a women's spirituality informing that; culturally pagan on soltices, equinoxes, and cross quarter days; spiritually someone who is interested in the teachings of the Rabbi Jesus; and culturally Christian because the celebrations are part of the larger community.
But I was annoyed.
Although some of the presenters were very careful to say that this was about what they believed as individuals, at least one wasn't. |
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