tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post6724882492469511236..comments2023-12-15T21:49:46.651+01:00Comments on Pluralist Speaks: Not UnderstoodPluralist (Adrian Worsfold)http://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-11409846594292836672011-02-24T21:34:22.598+01:002011-02-24T21:34:22.598+01:00Excellent piece, Adrian!
I am no expert but it so...Excellent piece, Adrian!<br /><br />I am no expert but it sounds as if the strength of Unitarianism is that, because it is not one particular tradition or set of beliefs, it can be many things. The individual can be encouraged to pick and choose whatever he or she wants without feeling guilty about not believing in certain things.<br /><br />The emphasis can be on community activism is what I have observed here in New York. I have worked alongside Unitarians on anti-death penalty and funeral consumer issues.<br /><br />One can emphasize Judaism, Christianity, humanism, atheism or postmodernism and still feel welcomed, I would assume. It sounds very adult. Interfaith marriages do not have to decide which tradition to privilege if they join a Unitarian congregation.<br /><br />For those who get pleasure from breaking with a tradition, it does not offer an enemy. It reminds me of a minister in Paris I knew years ago who, when told by people they did not believe in God, he would offer a pamphlet on some cool gay atheist group.<br /><br />For those who wish to rebel it may take a while to get used to.<br /><br />A relative of ours who is a Unitarian told a rabbi one time that is a "fallen Unitarian," to which the rabbi said, "Where do Unitarians fall?"<br /><br /><br /><br />Gary Paul GilbertGary Paul Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12941698776126034822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-16539817987120802142011-02-23T16:10:47.295+01:002011-02-23T16:10:47.295+01:00I'll add that to 'Punk Blogger' and &#...I'll add that to 'Punk Blogger' and 'Terror Blogger'Pluralist (Adrian Worsfold)https://www.blogger.com/profile/01922153724523820866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5449677811690616608.post-75128120154679514202011-02-23T15:17:19.622+01:002011-02-23T15:17:19.622+01:00I think Pluralist, that your level of profundity p...I think Pluralist, that your level of profundity puts you in a class of your own.<br /><br />Perhaps it could be termed "Adrianism"<br /><br /><br />IconoclastAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com