Sinkford responds, “I did not call for the Principles to be rewritten. I spoke of the need for individuals to consider supplementing the language of the Principles with religious language in describing their own faith.”
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Author: Chris Walton
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First steps toward Saudi reform.
The Christian Science Monitor reports on internal efforts to bring democratic reforms to Saudi Arabia. May there be second and third steps, too.
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Revirginization.
In America, you can put the toothpaste back in the tube.
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Arts & Letters Daily.
My second suggestion to the fine people at Arts & Letters Daily appears in tomorrow’s edition.
President William Sinkford tells a Texas newspaper, “We need to be able to say Unitarian Universalists believe there is one God, and that God is a loving God who would condemn no one out of hand.”
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Afghanistan’s new suicide bombers?
Al Qaeda and the Taliban are finding new recruits among relatives of Aghans killed by U.S. bombs, according to the Christian Science Monitor. Some mullahs — including one who used to be anti-Taliban — are recruiting survivors and relatives of victims of inadvertant U.S. strikes for revenge missions. The primary advocate of the revenge missions […]
Americans vote their aspirations, not their short-term self-interest.
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Instant ministers!
When I first told co-workers that I was heading off to divinity school to study for the Unitarian Universalist ministry, two friends thought they’d prove that I was wasting my time and money. Within half an hour, both were fully ordained ministers in the Universal Life Church, empowered to forgive sins and — more lucratively […]
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When Buddhists go to war.
Every religion has a potential for violence. No religious tradition is immune.
Religious art, including worship, helps us confront and find meaning in aspects of experience that are not in themselves confrontable or meaningful.