Travels to Freedom and Unitarian Universalism

I was recently asked to tell the story about how I came to be a Unitarian Universalist. I figure anything that involves this much writing needs to be shared on my blog.  I was reared an institutional catholic. This is a term I’ve coined to distinguish from faith catholics, many of whom I find to be heretical in catholic terms. As an institutional catholic, it makes all the difference what the institution of the church wants, says or teaches.  Part of my up bringing, as you can imagine, included a fair bit of homophobia in the form of the lie Continue Reading →

Dominionist Christians: Scary people who want to hurt others

It is certainly something more people should think about. What do Christians do when the theology of their sect differs from that of the Dominionist Court System? Does this mean all Christians should agree with each other now? That would be a first. And, no, I don’t believe you can draw a line below which all Christians will agree. If you think there is such a moral creed, put it forth and I’ll find you some Christians who don’t believe part of it. Continue Reading →