American Unitarian Conference Forum

Wow; in a world where sixteen year old girls are executed for being adulterers (never mind that she was a victim of sexual abuse), presidential hopefuls need special protection because of skin color, and people who have performed well in their jobs are fired for having a sex change, Starr-King School for the Ministry (a school that my best friend attends) has addressed the timely issue of oppression via brown bag lunches.

If only we, humanity, would stop wasting our time being silly. Unitarianism has been described in past as "love to God and love to man" which are really two sides of the same coin. Sounds simple but good Lord it's apparently terribly difficult.

Well, the sad state of affairs in current UU theology schools shows no sign of abating...at least there are UUs who recognize the ridiculousness of this P.C. attempt....but they are forced to defend their position against the typical responses of the "orthodox" party line bloggers. As an outsider looking in, it just reinforces why I am here.

I think this line sums it up:

"Please, UU’s. Stop providing ammunition for the “UU’s are silly fruitcakes” file."

Comment by Lizard Eater — May 28, 2007 #

What's sad is that I've seen some good stuff come from SK since my friend started studying for the ministry; but this kind of thing definitely provides "ammunition for the “UU’s are silly fruitcakes” file."

Nathan....have you seen SK attempt to actually teach apply our theological Unitarian tradition? The last time I took a look at some curriculum info from the various schools there was about 1 semester of combined Unitrian and Christian history....while the bulk was about social action, group dynamics, etc etc

For info on Starr King "online" courses see:

http://online.sksm.edu/courses08.php

I see 2 UU history courses, several re Islam, World religion, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Transcendentalism and Sufism, some RE, congregational polity etc. Depending on how they are taught...some interesting content.

I haven't looked into the curriculum much; but I have come across prayers which are theistic and my friend says there is a much more open theistic tendency there than there might have been in years past. There are still some who have an allergy to the "G" word, but there are plenty who do not (or so I'm told).