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Theocracy on the way
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#91
RE: Theocracy on the way
January 19, 2022 at 1:24 pm
(January 19, 2022 at 12:40 pm)Spongebob Wrote:
(January 18, 2022 at 7:54 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: As a Unitarian Universalist, I salivate at our upcoming world domination Razz 

UU is not the future.  Its numbers are trending better than most denominations, but is still relatively stagnant or declining. 

Fewer people want to do church, of any type, and UU is not for everyone.  It invites you to build your own philosophy and purpose.  It provides only 7 principles, and says "use any of the religious, humanist, or atheist sources you like". 

Most people prefer being told that an afterlife is real (and what is required to get there).  UU doesn't do that.

I agree.  The vast majority of religious modalities offer pretty hard and fast rules and this appears to be a feature people like in a religion.  People will leave a religion and migrate to a different one that they find more suitable, but few people are comfortable with the idea of "make your own philosophy".  This seems to also be a factor in keeping people from jettisoning religion altogether.  As an atheist, I can't count how many times I've heard theists argue that you can't just make up your own morals.  Sorry to disagree but I can and I have.

Does your morality say anything about sex with hamsters?
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RE: Theocracy on the way
January 19, 2022 at 1:54 pm
(January 19, 2022 at 1:24 pm)Angrboda Wrote: Does your morality say anything about sex with hamsters?

I'd say I'm agnostic on the practice in general but personally opposed.
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RE: Theocracy on the way
January 19, 2022 at 2:14 pm
Oh please, in the US and Europe it's on it's way out. Stop having a knee jerk reaction to the death throes.
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RE: Theocracy on the way
January 19, 2022 at 4:37 pm
(January 19, 2022 at 1:24 pm)Angrboda Wrote:
(January 19, 2022 at 12:40 pm)Spongebob Wrote: I agree.  The vast majority of religious modalities offer pretty hard and fast rules and this appears to be a feature people like in a religion.  People will leave a religion and migrate to a different one that they find more suitable, but few people are comfortable with the idea of "make your own philosophy".  This seems to also be a factor in keeping people from jettisoning religion altogether.  As an atheist, I can't count how many times I've heard theists argue that you can't just make up your own morals.  Sorry to disagree but I can and I have.

Does your morality say anything about sex with hamsters?

Hamsters are really cute and the first pet I had was a white hamster with pink eyes named - Pinky. What can I say...I was five or six.

Never found them alluring though.
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RE: Theocracy on the way
January 19, 2022 at 4:56 pm
Not that I've tried this, but I understand gerbils are the small critter of choice for sexplay.
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