tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post116604458865020829..comments2024-01-15T05:32:24.873-05:00Comments on The Jon Rowe Archives: Jonathan Rowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1166910758204890032006-12-23T16:52:00.000-05:002006-12-23T16:52:00.000-05:00Well today's Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us have...Well today's Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us have put God off to the side. In fact the fundamentalist artheist minister of the Unitarian Church of Montreal, Rev. Ray Drennan, preached Sunday services in which declared God to be a "non-existent being" and opined that belief in God "seems primitive". . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1166224911520005592006-12-15T18:21:00.000-05:002006-12-15T18:21:00.000-05:00But isn't a monotheistic, providential God uniquel...But isn't a monotheistic, providential God uniquely Abrahamic? And by that, we would mean Judeo-Christian, since I doubt the Founders knew much of Islam, and if they did, <A HREF="http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/EL02Aa01.html" REL="nofollow">they would not have been very congenial with it.</A>.<BR/><BR/>As I've previously opined, there's a pervading resonance with the Bible and its God that cannot be measured, boxed, and put off to the side.Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1166111884893351192006-12-14T10:58:00.000-05:002006-12-14T10:58:00.000-05:00That's why "theistic rationalist" is a better term...That's why "theistic rationalist" is a better term than "Unitarian." Washington, like Jefferson and Madison, and unlike Adams, had no connection to the Unitarian Congregational Church. However, their religious philosophy embraced theological unitarianism and theological universalism. This philosophy was held not just by Unitarian Congregants, but also by dissidents in the Anglican, Presbyterian, etc. etc. churches.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6564473.post-1166071070703661302006-12-13T23:37:00.000-05:002006-12-13T23:37:00.000-05:00If George Washington was even remotely connected t...If George Washington was even remotely connected to Unitarianism you could be quite sure that Unitarian*Universalists aka U*Us would have long ago claimed him as a "famous U*U". . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.com