Re: [UUPoly-L] Acceptance, tolerance and liberalism

["Earth Father" <earthfather@cfnc.us>]

> -----Original Message-----

> From: P O

> 

> It's just bad hospitality.  A good host should focus

> on how they can fulfil their guest's needs, not how

> the guest can fulfil the host's needs.  Otherwise it's

> treating the new people like some sort of trophy, like

> who can have the most diversity in their congregation

> or their religion.

> 

> I'm not sure I'm, saying this all the right way

> either, but it's something I've been trying to work

> out in my head for years.  Soemthing about many

> 'liberals' especially in large groups, has always made

> me uncomfortable.  It's why I won't call myself a

> liberal.  Something about it just feels... off.

 

To me, too.  There was a song about that many years ago, 

called "Love Me, I'm a Liberal!":

 

HYPERLINK
"http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/liberal.html"http://web.cecs.pdx.ed
u/~trent/ochs/lyrics/liberal.html

 

 

> But so far, UUism is the best religous group I've

> found.  It certainly isn't perfect, but it seems to be

> trying and strikes me as having the potential to

> become something really new and worthwhile.  

 

Agreed.

 

Michael Rios


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