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I am a Unitarian Universalist. I’ve been a UU for 27 years. I belong to their atheist club. Any others out there?

AdamFinkler 4 Apr 20
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My wife and I started attending about 6 months ago. We haven't joined yet, but I think we will.

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I have no need or desire to be in a structured atmosphere that smacks of woo, even if called an "atheist club". It just does not ring my chimes.

All I can say to that is, we don’t believe in “woo.”

@AdamFinkler -- Didn't say anything like that, and that is one of the problems in this world of ours. Read the content. Think about it for a bit. Read it again. Then react. The UU I understand varies greatly from one church to the next, but the notion of an organized group of freethinkers meeting in a church-like setting smacks of woo, whether or not woo exists in that setting, and that's not for me. Others may get on fine in such gatherings, but that's for them.

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No, sorry.

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That's me too. I've been going to the fellowship here in Raleigh on and off for decades ,but I recently officially joined . They're a very active group and I miss the fellowship/social aspect of religion.

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Provisionally yes for the past couple of years my wife and I have made a couple of runs at the local UU as atheists, with mixed results. As I've said elsewhere there's a tendency to substitute political ideology for religious ideology, there are, as in any group, a few noxious asshats, and some other stuff to put up with; but we're looking for community and a way to make friends and to stretch ourselves in good ways. So ... something may come of it, or not.

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I did not know they would have an atheist club...interesting. I am working on meeting local UU people to start an athiest club with not affilation with any church outside of huminist causes.

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Could one be a UU and not know it? Asking for a friend.

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I’ve been cyber stalking the local UU congregation for a while. (I guess I kinda miss the community element of church going). I haven’t gotten the nerve to actually show up.

Essie Level 6 Apr 21, 2018

You should go. The people at our local UU church are very friendly and nice.

I have heard theories that a sizable minority of churchgoers are atheists (or at least agnostic) and only go for the community aspect. Not sure how much I believe that (especially in the current climate), but I guess there would be some potential of truth there.

@Ozman With UU’s, we are more than a minority of the congregation.

I've gone to my local UU for the past three months and I can honestly say I enjoy it. I missed the choir, and our religious education classes ( UU version of Sunday school) is having a discuision based off Bart Erhmans writings. Erhmans an atheist new testemant scholar and we've been talking about Christianity from a historical context. If you've been cyber stalking the UU I would really encourage you to go.

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Ive been going for a couple of months, and trying to get my mind around what they are all about.

Good luck with that one! Usually you'll find that thery are a very diverse group of people. One Sunday I sat next to a person who consider themselves to be a very liberal Christian. After the service I had coffee with the lady who is a practicing Wiccan. I myself am atheist /ignostic. Unlike many anti-theists, I don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. there's a lot of positive things humans could contribute to our communities and society as a whole. I found the Unitarian universalists to be very close to trying to fulfill that mission.

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