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        <![CDATA[ From a comment posted to the Peacebang blog (by the eponymous author) and elevated to the topic of  a whole new post...




  In recent years, the Sunday Services at my UU church had degenerated into a carnival-like atmosphere with antics such as guess the minister&#39;s weight,
  someone turning cartwheels on the stage, and songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show. Every week there skits with people dressed in silly hats or animal
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">sgttomas wrote:</strong>
  <hr>
  Well, how about thinking about it in terms of ....like Maslow&#39;s hierarchy of needs?
  <br>
  <br>
  What do you need most? It seems that one thing you need is authentic spiritual presence and mystical truths sought above literal truths?
  <br>
  <br>
  You haven&#39;t expressed a clear idea of worship, so I&#39;m guessing that while worship is an important need that you are somewhat flexible with what
  authentic... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Well, how about thinking about it in terms of ....like Maslow&#39;s hierarchy of needs?
<br>
<br>
What do you need most?  It seems that one thing you need is authentic spiritual presence and mystical truths sought above literal truths?
<br>
<br>
You haven&#39;t expressed a clear idea of worship, so I&#39;m guessing that while worship is an important need that you are somewhat flexible with what
authentic worship will feel like and involve?
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<br>
It seems like you need your spiritual... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Sorry, I know the last post was long, but I wanted to have it in one place.  So, if you follow my blog and to a lesser extent my forums here, you probably have
some idea that:
<br>
<br>

<ul>
  <li>I was raised in a conservative fundamentalist form of Christianity which I eventually grew apart from into a default agnosticism and then a resentful
  atheism.  After becoming a mellow and sympathetic secularist I decided to go beyond just the appearance of a safety net of what appeared to be... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ <font size="4"><font size="2">More recent thoughts or reactions to the state and direction of UUism...
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<br>
From a blog entry I made on June 19th about my</font>
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<h3 style="margin-left: 40px;" class="post-title entry-title"><a target="_blank" href="http://peacefulturmoil.blogspot.com/2009/06/concerns-with-i-religiontuua-style-of.html">Concerns with the i-Religiont/UUA style of spirituality</a></h3>
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  There is a reason why... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ What i have personally found most frustrating is that there is a very narrow political/social view that is actively promoted above everything else (at least in
my congregation) and everyone is expected to hold that view or we can feel pretty uncomfortable and unwelcome. As a gun owner who isn&#39;t comfortable with
late-term abortion and who homeschools my kids, i often feel like i don&#39;t fit in. So, we just stopped attending and at the moment i am not sure we&#39;ll
ever return. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Yeah, I am not anti-UU, I just have found the places I&#39;ve gone to be frustrating.  I know there are plenty of places that aren&#39;t like what I&#39;ve
described from my personal experience.  In fact I regularly follow the blog of a UU minister who has a lot of the same concerns I do.  I don&#39;t mind the
talking and debating, but that&#39;s not what I see such services as being about.  I don&#39;t have a pat answer, but for one thing, I wish fewer UU ministers
would stop being... ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: UU Madness? Cartwheels and barbies and beachballs, oh my!  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I think in some UU congregations, the services are more about socializing and gathering with other people of like-mind rather than about religion or
spirituality. I know that there are some UU churches that are still very traditional and that are actually very Christian-like in their services and messages,
and i think it depends in part on the location of the church as to what type of services you might find there (liberal college town vs rural country location,
etc).
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The UU church... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ From a <a title="comment" target="_blank" href="http://www.peacebang.com/2007/07/06/recreational-debate-ouch/">comment</a> posted to the <span style="font-style: italic;">Peacebang</span> blog (by the eponymous author) and elevated to the topic of  a <a title="whole new post" target="_blank" href="http://www.peacebang.com/2009/06/05/a-recently-resigned-uu-speaks/">whole new post</a>...
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  In recent years, the Sunday Services at my UU church had degenerated into a... ]]></description>

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