Karen Tse's human rights ministry is helping to eradicate torture

Seeded on Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:48 AM EST (uuworld.org)

Tse took a break from her international human rights legal work to attend Harvard Divinity School. She had been deferring admission to HDS for a decade, choosing to attend law school first and work in the trenches as a public defender.

'Twilight Zone' writer defeated TV censorship by writing science-fiction scripts

Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:26 PM EST (uuworld.org)

Advertisers demanded censorship rights — changing the race or religion of Serling's characters or watering down plots they deemed controversial.

history, rod-sterling, twilight-zone, censorship, tv, science-fiction, television, uu, unitarian-universalist, liberal

The idea of Jesus as a sexual being, sheer blasphemy to most Christians, has a certain fascination

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 3:39 PM EST (TIME)

The idea of Jesus as a sexual being, sheer blasphemy to most Christians, has a certain fascination for some modern writers. In The Man Who Died, D. H.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, jesus, sexuality, heretical, kazantzakis, liberal, morality

The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle over Church and State

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:40 PM EST (uuworld.org)

Thomas Jefferson is best remembered for seven words, the unalienable rights he enumerated as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.

history, uu, unitarian-universalist, separation-of-church-and-state, puritan, congregational, deist, protestant, founding-fathers, constitution

Should we thank the turkey?

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:31 PM EST (clf.uua.org)

In many hunting and gathering societies the custom is to thank the animal itself for giving its life to become food for the family or the tribe. In this way, one could argue, the middle man is eliminated.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, liberal, turkey, thanksgiving

Are You Scared of Scarcity?

Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 10:02 AM EST (clf.uua.org)

For those who live lives of abundance, it is easier to defer to voices of doom, leaving the poor to fend for themselves.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, liberal, scarcity, thanksgiving, social-justice, poverty

Jazz Theology

Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 9:11 AM EST (uuworld.org)

"It's a way to open the door a bit wider, to people who might not show up for church at ten a.m. Sunday but would at six p.m." He says the Sundown attendance is much more ethnically diverse than Sunday morning's.

arts, jazz, unitarian-universalist, uu, worship, music, church, liberal, democracy

I was tempted to imagine that a falling leaf had landed where it would work best poetically, not where nature had placed it

Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 1:03 PM EDT (uuworld.org)

To write haiku I've had to tame old habits. My first effort, before I'd read much about the practice of haiku, came as I waited for a ride home from the commuter train station one autumn night. It went like this:

arts, uu, unitarian-universalist, nature, haiku, poetry, spirituality

Dealu Frumos / Schönberg, Sibiu

Seeded on Tue Oct 23, 2007 5:56 AM EDT (sibiupeople.ro)

Dealu Frumos, a medieval village on the Hartibaciu Valley (Harbachtal), near Sibiu.

world-news, romania, village, medieval, sibiu, transylvania, saxon, siebenbuergen, harbach, hartibaciu

Scientific American's 15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense

Seeded on Sun Oct 21, 2007 6:58 AM EDT (Sciam)

When Charles Darwin introduced the theory of evolution through natural selection 143 years ago, the scientists of the day argued over it fiercely, but the massing evidence from paleontology, genetics, zoology, molecular biology and other fields gradually established evolution's t …

religion, creation, evolution, arguments, darwin, creationism, evolutionism

A Whole Tower Just for Bacon, Ancient Hooks and Abandoned Graveyards near Sibiu, in Eastern Europe

Seeded on Sat Oct 20, 2007 12:42 PM EDT (sibiupeople.ro)

Bacon used to be a favorite food of all Transylvanians. Among them, Medieval and Early Modern Saxons famously reserved entire towers for its secure preservation in the event of a siege.

travel, sibiu, agnetheln, agnita, hermannstadt, europe, romania, europa, monuments, bacon

ASTRA Film Fest, Sibiu 2007

Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:11 PM EDT (sibiupeople.ro)

The ASTRA Film international festival of documentary film and visual anthropology has become, after only fourteen years and eight editions, a cultural brand for Sibiu and a film festival unparalleled in Central and Eastern Europe.

arts, film, festival, anthropology, documentary, sibiu, romania

Is God Keeping You From Going to Church?

Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:41 AM EDT (YouTube)

Is God Keeping You From Going to Church?

religion, unitarian-universalist, uu, humanist, humanism, nontheism, atheism, reason, liberal

A Liberal Faith (video)

Seeded on Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:37 AM EDT (YouTube)

Voices of a Liberal Faith - Unitarian Universalists

religion, unitarian-universalist, uu, video, ad, reason, spirituality, evangelism, humanism, humanist

George Soros: Capitalism vs. Democracy

Seeded on Wed Oct 3, 2007 10:03 AM EDT (project-syndicate.org)

Capitalism creates wealth but cannot be relied upon to assure freedom, democracy and the rule of law. Business is motivated by profit; it is not designed to safeguard universal principles.

politics, capitalism, democracy, soros, left, liberal, fascism

Unitarian Universalist Buddhist Fellowship

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 12:42 PM EDT (www25.uua.org)

Since the introduction of the first Buddhist texts to America in the mid-nineteenth century, Buddhism has been as extremely influential force among Unitarians and, over the last thirty years, Unitarian Universalists.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, buddhism, buddhist, liberal, zen, spiritual, faith

The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 12:39 PM EDT (cuups.org)

The Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans (CUUPS) is an organization dedicated to networking Pagan-identified Unitarian Universalists (UUs), educating people about Paganism, promoting interfaith dialogue, developing Pagan liturgies and theologies, and supporting Pagan-identif …

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, pagan, earth-centered, polytheism, wicca, gods

Books That Fit Your Values: UUA Bookstore

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 12:07 PM EDT (secure.uua.org)

The online bookstore of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, books, online-bookstore, liberal, left

Carolyn McDade's "Spirit of Life"

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 6:23 AM EDT (uuworld.org)

Spirit of Life, come unto me. Sing in my heart all the stirrings of compassion. Blow in the wind, rise in the sea; Move in the hand, giving life the shape of justice. Roots hold me close; wings set me free; Spirit of Life, come to me, come to me.

religion, uu, unitarian-universalist, spirit-of-life, carolyn-mcdade, music, gospel, church

So let's all agree: down with book banning. No more challenges to Beloved, Harry Potter, and the rest.

Seeded on Tue Oct 2, 2007 6:17 AM EDT (beaconbroadside.com)

So let's all agree: down with book banning. No more challenges to Beloved, Harry Potter, and the rest. But then come the harder questions: how and what do we teach, in a responsible, loving, and honest manner?

education, uu, unitarian-universalist, beacon, press, censorship, books, banned, literature

Enclosing the Commons and Enslaving the Minds: the imperceptible impoverishment of the people of Sibiu

Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 8:15 AM EDT (sibiupeople.ro)

In the city of Sibiu, like in all normal cities, we have parks, public squares, parking lots, places that are simply green, and places that are simply empty, suitable for biking, walking, skating, or playing soccer.

world-news, sibiu, romania, europe, urbanism, commons, church, monument

Unitarian Universalist Christians

Seeded on Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:45 AM EDT (uuchristian.org)

Through all the din of fundamentalism, let's not forget our Liberal Christian UU friends.

religion, unitarian-universalist, uu, christian, liberal

Unitarian Universalists launch ad campaigns in Time magazine and in San Francisco Bay area

Seeded on Sun Sep 30, 2007 4:42 AM EDT (uuworld.org)

Earlier this month, the Unitarian Universalist Association announced the launch of its first nationwide advertising campaign.

religion, unitarian-universalist, uu, liberal, spiritual, religious, ad, ads, campaign, time

Christmas is not a Christian holiday: the real history of Christmas

Seeded on Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:09 AM EDT (history.com)

The middle of winter has long been a time of celebration around the world. Centuries before the arrival of the man called Jesus, early Europeans celebrated light and birth in the darkest days of winter.

history, christmas, pagan, christianity

Albert Einstein: There is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely the establishment of a socialist economy

Seeded on Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:03 AM EDT (update.uu.se)

This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future career.

politics, einstein, socialism, liberal, left, justice, competition, market, capitalism, social

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