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    Unitarian Universalism

    We're actually not very big — there are an estimated 6,000 of us in the British Isles. But we like to think that significantly more people actually share are views and values. :) LOL — very funny, Mandrake! I'm sure that was written by a Unitarian as well. Here's another funny one...
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    Unitarian Universalism

    That sounds similar to beliefs which are promoted by the following website: http://www.biblicalunitarian.com It also sounds quite similar to the beliefs of the Christadelphians — do those exist in Norway?
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    Unitarian Universalism

    *Looks at Acts 17 to remind myself of the sort of thing you want* — I hope you don't mind me basing it heavily on Paul's words. The God who both is and extends beyond the universe and everything in it, and who is the absolute reality of the universe, does not live in shrines made by men...
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    What do we need churches for?

    Within my denomination, Unitarians in Britain, congregations of about 20 people are the norm — which isn't particularly unusual by British standards. I like it small like that, although we do need to start thinking seriously about numerical growth because most members are aged 65+. We only...
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    Unitarian Universalism

    I'd say that we do generally believe in one God — at most, that is, lol. Anyway, I'm a Unitarian and I definitely believe in one God. Yes, that's right. Some of us are still like that — more so in Europe (except Germany) than in North America. We're back to the debate about what...
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    Christianity, Catholocism, or Jehovah's Witness?

    Whooups, posted on the wrong thread.
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    Unitarian Universalism

    Homie, you might like to know that a large proportion of Unitarians today do not claim to be Christians. Whether or not we have 'Biblical backing' for what we believe is largely irrelevant — no more relevant to us than the fact that you don't have 'Koranic backing' for your beliefs is to you.
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    Christianity, Catholocism, or Jehovah's Witness?

    I think that that is a common misconception of Unitarians in general, but that's for another thread. But then, I'm not American, and religion in general has a very different role in America than in Western Europe. So, in other words, you have reached your 'Unitarian Christian' belief through...
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    Christianity, Catholocism, or Jehovah's Witness?

    Yes, that's right. Unitarian congregations are more or less free to do what they want providing that it fits in with the general ethos of the denomination. So yes; some are essentially Neo-Pagan, whilst others would consider themselves liberal non-Trinitarian Christians. Bear in mind also that...
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    Christianity, Catholocism, or Jehovah's Witness?

    Incidentally, some Unitarian churches are quite literally 'non-Trinitarian Christian'.
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    What's your belief?

    I love this test. Whenever people post their results on forums, I always think that it demonstrates how we as Unitarians are right not to use the slogan 'we are outside the mainstream' anymore. :) 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quaker (97%) 3. Neo-Pagan (80%) 4. Mainline to...
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    Unitarian Universalism

    Incidentally, after reading that thread, the idea of television adverts for churches really surprises me. It's illegal here. Good. Congratulations. I'm not quite sure why you're mentioning all this in this thread though — you think that it gives you more credibility, perhaps? It is a...
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    Christianity, Catholocism, or Jehovah's Witness?

    I have to say that the idea of thinking of 'Christianity' and 'Catholicism' as separate things is usually completely alien where I come from. When I'd seen it used before, I usually assumed that it was meant to be deliberately derogatory against Roman Catholics. But the OP didn't seem to mean it...
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    Unitarian Universalism

    I just thought I'd come in and say hello — I'm a British Unitarian. We tend to call ourselves just 'Unitarians' here, but it's essentially the same thing, of course taking into account that it's in a different social and cultural context. I'm not aware of the percentage of British...
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    BNP Hate Speech Trial

    The unorthodox issue here though is that the individual whom I know is blatantly a white supremacist, even though most people would not consider him to be white himself. I do wonder what their attitude towards someone like that might be.
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