CANARY IN THE COAL MINE
Although the Unitarian Church in the United States arose, for the most part, out of Congregationalism, not too many people are aware that one of the first openly-Unitarian churches in this country started out Anglican. In 1785, James Freeman of Boston’s King’s Chapel, which had been founded a century before, removed all references to the Trinity from the Book of Common Prayer.
When you think about it, no finer description of the Episcopal Organization exists than Unitarian (we believe in one God; everything else is up to you) Universalist (ah, hell, who are we kidding? None of this garbage matters in the slightest anyway). And on its web site, this is how King’s Chapel defines itself:
We are Christian like those who founded our church; and we are willing to continue deeply exploring the astonishing implications of Jesus’ teachings in our world today. Imagine how different our world would be if we really lived out Jesus’ teachings about compassion and justice for all, peacemaking, and forgiveness.
We follow an old form of worship known well to Catholics, Episcopalians, and Lutherans, in a beautiful prayer book passed down by our forebears; and we unabashedly keep asking big, new questions, relevant to today, trusting that God loves us and welcomes all our questions, however big or small.
Sound like any church you know? Damn right it does. But sometimes, life in leftist heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seems that many of the Yoonee-Yoonees have frowny faces these days:
Within the ranks of the UUA over the past few years, there has been some quiet unrest concerning a small but activist group that vociferously supports threesomes on a regular basis. That is to say “the practice of loving and relating intimately to more than one other person at a time,” according to a mission statement by Unitarian Universalists for Threesome Awareness (UUTA). The UUTA “encourages spiritual wholeness regarding threesomes,” including the right of people who enjoy threesomes to have their threesomes blessed by a minister.
But as the issue of same-sex marriage heads to the Supreme Court, many committed Unitarians think the denomination should have a position, which is that polyamory activists should just sit down and be quiet. For one thing, poly activists are seen as undermining the fight for same-sex marriage. The UUA has officially supported same-sex marriage, the spokeswoman says, “since 1979, with tons of resolutions from the general assembly.”
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But notice Unitarian “morality.” These people shouldn’t keep quiet because what they believe is wrong. They should stick a sock in it because they’re hurting the cause and making us look like bad. Which, to me, anyway, suggests three words.
Wait your turn.
The Yoonee-Yoonees will come to grips with this issue at some point, during which we will all know whether Yoonee-Yoonees can say no to anyone. No sentient being believes that the Yoonee-Yoonees will say no, of course.
You know the drill. Biblical precedent. Jesus never explicitly condemned the practice (although He did). Spirit doing a new thing. The Bible writers didn’t know about long-term, committed threesomes. How does that fact that I get to boink two women (or two men. Or a man and a woman. Or two women and a man. Or two men and a woman. Or…) every night affect your marriage in any way?
Episcopal Organization? If I were you, I’d start getting my theological ducks in a row right now. Because if the Yoonee-Yoonees decide to get all “prophetic” and crap, which they will, whatever’s left of you will have this argument shortly thereafter.
When you think about it, no finer description of the Episcopal Organization exists than Unitarian (we believe in one God; everything else is up to you) Universalist (ah, hell, who are we kidding? None of this garbage matters in the slightest anyway). And on its web site, this is how King’s Chapel defines itself:
We are Christian like those who founded our church; and we are willing to continue deeply exploring the astonishing implications of Jesus’ teachings in our world today. Imagine how different our world would be if we really lived out Jesus’ teachings about compassion and justice for all, peacemaking, and forgiveness.
We follow an old form of worship known well to Catholics, Episcopalians, and Lutherans, in a beautiful prayer book passed down by our forebears; and we unabashedly keep asking big, new questions, relevant to today, trusting that God loves us and welcomes all our questions, however big or small.
Sound like any church you know? Damn right it does. But sometimes, life in leftist heaven isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Seems that many of the Yoonee-Yoonees have frowny faces these days:
Within the ranks of the UUA over the past few years, there has been some quiet unrest concerning a small but activist group that vociferously supports threesomes on a regular basis. That is to say “the practice of loving and relating intimately to more than one other person at a time,” according to a mission statement by Unitarian Universalists for Threesome Awareness (UUTA). The UUTA “encourages spiritual wholeness regarding threesomes,” including the right of people who enjoy threesomes to have their threesomes blessed by a minister.
But as the issue of same-sex marriage heads to the Supreme Court, many committed Unitarians think the denomination should have a position, which is that polyamory activists should just sit down and be quiet. For one thing, poly activists are seen as undermining the fight for same-sex marriage. The UUA has officially supported same-sex marriage, the spokeswoman says, “since 1979, with tons of resolutions from the general assembly.”
Content edited slightly.
But notice Unitarian “morality.” These people shouldn’t keep quiet because what they believe is wrong. They should stick a sock in it because they’re hurting the cause and making us look like bad. Which, to me, anyway, suggests three words.
Wait your turn.
The Yoonee-Yoonees will come to grips with this issue at some point, during which we will all know whether Yoonee-Yoonees can say no to anyone. No sentient being believes that the Yoonee-Yoonees will say no, of course.
You know the drill. Biblical precedent. Jesus never explicitly condemned the practice (although He did). Spirit doing a new thing. The Bible writers didn’t know about long-term, committed threesomes. How does that fact that I get to boink two women (or two men. Or a man and a woman. Or two women and a man. Or two men and a woman. Or…) every night affect your marriage in any way?
Episcopal Organization? If I were you, I’d start getting my theological ducks in a row right now. Because if the Yoonee-Yoonees decide to get all “prophetic” and crap, which they will, whatever’s left of you will have this argument shortly thereafter.
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