Disagree with them one time, ask too many of the “wrong” questions, or do something that isn’t white middle class normative and see how “loving” this low key leftist CULT is. Why did they have a book banning and burning? Why did they spend gobs of money scrubbing and burying negative info on Google? This is straight up authoritarian/cult behavior.

Alex Blue dear friend. Read the Bible. ❤ this is the best thing you can do. In doing so you will find truth.

@@angelwings241lol

are you still?

Elise3016 I'm happy to hear that you may give UUism a try. I can tell you that you would be welcomed. We've had atheists at our UU church. Everyone's spiritual path is unique and personal. It is very unlikely that you would have anyone pressure you to believe THEIR personal ideas about God. I wish you well on your journey.

Elise3016 I'm happy you enjoyed this video - I think it's one of the best. When you do make it to visit a UU congregation in person, bear in mind that each one has its own personality. Visit several! I always enjoy seeing how various congregations do things. So much variety in the human experience!

Elise3016 5 months late to the party here, oops. :-S I'm more or less atheist, and I attend UU services. It's really been a great experience - it helps me remember to be more selfless and to care more about justice, equality, and progress. And it's great to talk to a bunch of people who all come from different paths but aim for the same basic goals listed previously. And coming from an Evangelical upbringing, it's wonderfully refreshing to have some logic, open-mindedness, and honesty.

There's a difference between not tolerating intolerance, and not loving the intolerant

Who gets to define what's "intolerant"?

Contradiction lol

@@asdfasdf3989 Merriam-Webster

It's worked well for me and my wife for around 47 years now!

@@Vurbanowicz Congratulations, I just found the UU community and I finally feel like I belong ❤️

It's possible for a UU to believe that we have "fallen short of the glory of God" and that our natures are depraved because of the sin of our first parents. It's possible, but I daresay most of us don't. But our affirmation of "the inherent worth and dignity" of all persons gives our view of human nature a very different emphasis. This First Principle is not a denial of our human potential for evil. It does not entitle us so much as it obliges us. Our inherent worth and dignity is something we need to live up to.

@@Vurbanowicz Except for the inherent value of the unborn, I would guess.

Excellent!!!

***** What do you mean? What sort of assurance are you looking for that you do not see evidenced here?

***** amen.Ralph.

Hi *****, thanks for your response. As you imply, I don't believe that the Bible is 100% literally true, but do believe that it has truth imbedded in the stories it tells about humanity and our relationship with the divine. I also do not believe that it is prudent or possible to attempt to prove or disprove the claims of the Bible by using the Bible itself as your proof. Nor do I believe that it is prudent for someone like me to attempt to use the Bible as a tool to counter claims made by people who believe, as you appear to, that it is the infallible word of God. I'll make an attempt anyway, for the sake of argument. Genesis 1:26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness..." How can you say that "man doesn't know the things of the spirit and soul", when that is precisely what we are? Every human-being is a spirit-being in the likeness of God - every human is a divine being made incarnate. We know what is of God by what resonates within our very selves, because we are of the substance of God. Do you believe that we are all the children of God? If so, does it not stand to reason that we are of similar, if not the same, essence? And if we are, then who are we NOT to teach each other about the holy? Experience is a fabulous teacher, and whose experience is a better teacher than one's own? I believe that knowledge can be gained by the experience of others, but true wisdom and understanding come by living your own experience. Genesis 1:31 God saw all that he had made, and it was very good... Creation is inherently good. People have inherent worth and dignity. ALL was created good. The only assurance I need is to remember my origin, and to ensure that other people remember theirs too. "Only God is good"? But it says right there...ALL. It stands to reason, then, that since ALL is good, and "only God" is good, that ALL take part in the being of God-ness. I am glad that you have found a spiritual niche that works for you and brings you joy in life. I have done the same as a Unitarian Universalist.

***** Hi Ralph, Thank you for your response. I apologize for the long delays before answering your questions…I’m not yet in the habit of checking these things very frequently, but perhaps I ought to check more often. We both agree that humanity is made good, if I understood you correctly. I hesitate to call myself, or anyone, a sinner. I understand sin by its original meaning, that of ‘missing the mark’. And not just missing it, but doing so intentionally. We all make mistakes in life; but when we know what is good and right (which isn’t always so clear-cut) and we choose a path that veers away from that goodness, this is what I consider to be sinful. When we actively choose to behave in ways that do more harm than good, that do nothing to build up yet rather they destroy, that is when we sin. I prefer to think of sin as something that one does, not something that one is. You also mention the devil - I haven’t ever put it in these terms before, but thinking about it now I guess I would characterize “the devil” as any and all temptations to sin, as described above. So all in all, my guess is that our beliefs about these two concepts, although different, do not run counter to one another. When it comes to the knowledge of right and wrong, and of good and evil, I would probably say that you and I differ primarily on the arbiter of those distinctions - your source of authority being the Bible, and mine being experience (and culture). You then mention guilt. It seems to me that you would believe, rather than that people are inherently good, that we are interminably guilty - that something is inherently wrong with us. Again, our opinions diverge here. I believe that people make mistakes. When a mistake is made, the way to “repent” is to acknowledge that a mistake was made, to change one’s ways so as not to make the same mistake again, to mend relations with anyone that was hurt by the mistake, and to accept that you are already forgiven. (This is almost but probably not exactly the same as the Jewish concept of teshuvah. See @h/hh/gar/atonement/48954551.html) Forgiveness is already available to us - it is up to us to do what is necessary to right the wrongs we bring into the world, and then to move on. So, in short: Human beings are created good, in the image of God. Human beings can and do make mistakes. We sin when we behave intentionally in ways which we know are not good. Our experience, culture, and reason all help us to know the difference between good and evil and between right and wrong. Human nature is imperfect, but not inherently evil. God is not angry with humanity, although I do believe that God suffers with us when we do harm. Forgiveness is readily available to us when we sin. It is up to us to right our wrongs, and to seek and accept that forgiveness.

@Fubzilla a God willing to create hell is not worthy of worship

@Fubzilla You could also go to the plethora of other hells from other religions, because you choose not to partake in them. Furthermore Judaism doesn't have hell or an afterlife, there for jesus a Jewish rabbi wouldn't have a concept of hell or an afterlife. You know Who would? The former Roman and Greek pagans who wrote the gospels centuries after his life. Read up on the history of your holy book and the beliefs of the one you claim to follow.

@Fubzilla I'm Jewish ya fool, have you ever recited the shema or observed shabbat? If not maybe you need to fear the metaphorical sheol of Judaism :p

javnez 👏 you are not alone ✌😇

@@johnjones4604 hell isn't for mankind

Heidi Khatami can you explain that Unitarians don't say the Issa is not son of God ?

@@AliKhan-ke7kl they believe he is a son just like we are sons and daughters, not God literally birthed a kid. God is all energy.

Angel Shining God is one, And Prophet Essa P.B.U.H is not the son of GOD but he is Prophet.

You can’t work your way to heaven. God will reject that. It’s actually pride under the mask of humility. Pretense is a deceptive thing. It’s best characterized by trying really hard to be good enough instead of realizing that God is willing to do the work for you by changing your desires and gives you the ability to carry it out by being born again. Once you are born again, you will understand that we are very imperfect, but that’s ok. It’s a new relationship with God based on actual TRUTH that will make you wise. It will open your eyes to all the lies in the world and help you navigate what it actually means to LOVE people. Loving people involves telling them the truth, not just saying nice things or being all emotional and teary eyed about their struggles all the time. There’s a place for that too, but it doesn’t surpass knowing the truth, and when it comes to ANYTHING, there’s always ever only one truth regardless the category

closerthan abrother Keep in mind, there is no literal heaven

That is such a subjective bullc rap. What does a certain means? Everything is uncertain, undefined, foggy and misty, but there is a certain way of living!? That is the most controversial crap, honestly

@@NikolaGenchev-ov3bp “A certain way of life” as in “*this* kind of life instead of another kind.” Unitarian Universalists have a list of principles they agree with - none of which include adherence to dogma. When I say I have faith, it means I trust that living by principles like kindness and respect is better than living by principles like greed and superiority.

@@danielwiebe2123 in which universe do you live? Your statement is full of pride and self-righteousness. But you still lock your door, car,etc. Open your bank account and share your money. To whom you are kind and respectful? To those who treat you well, right? Well guess what, someone will push your buttons, or if someone harms your family, I want to see you kind and respectful. Don't play the harmless lamb, bro

Same for me!

Same as ME ..Welcome

Same

same for me ---Christian for 30 years, now a Bahia but I agree with this totally, had an awakening in 2016 that opened my eyes!!

Same

You went from the frying pan (Islam) into the fire (universalism). May God have mercy on your lost soul.

Hope you find peace in UU ❤

​@@Landis_Grant and this is the major factor why Christians have bad optics

Probably because he’s either cautiously or unconsciously pandering. He’s throwing away a lot of the fundamentals of scripture to be inclusive. Before I get attacked, I’m not a Christian - I’m just someone who is reading the Bible.

The most important thing is not how someone act or treat others but if they are filled with grace and TRUTH. You guys have grace which is good but absolutely NO truth. This religion does not line up with the word of God whatsoever and in fact, is the end times religion.

+Ziggy Lu 2022 the word of god doesn't line up with science, what makes you so confident? if you think that believing something is more important than treating others with respect, you are going against your OWN god's word. It doesn't matter if you believe in the Bible or not, god only cares about how you live your life and if you're actually living the way he tells you to. Have you ever even read the Bible you so strongly preach from because your words go against his. So it's best to stop preaching and start listening. It's called being humble and your god encourages it.

+Emma McKee Your response sure sounded like a lot of preaching in the form of absolute truth statements. How do you know you're right? Or rather, why should anybody listen to you?

@@BiggestBisonLover you got it emma!!

@@JudeOneThree it wasn't absolute truth statements, it was literally just based on the bible itself and the desired god expresses in it. You can't claim to support the bible and go against its word. You don't have to believe me, what i said was just simply facts. I didn't give my opinion, i just said what was factually in the bible.

Allesandra Orozco-Newton read the Bible and you will find the truth. ❤

But one thing that does seem to tie you all together is a belief in something beautiful. Just the great mystery that is life. And I personally think that when he refers to god he's trying to keep it broad and say "whatever that may be, just that special something were all bonded together with" be it love or evolution or a higher consciousness or spirits or humanity or whatever. I think he's trying to represent the whole of UUs but it's hard not to be biased. But I appreciate his constant "I don't speak for all UUs"😂

I am also a UU, and don't believe in the whole god thing. To put the beauty of life into a box with a name is a wild guess. My congregation very rarely ( every few months) mentions god, but then again, our congregational leader grew up in the UU faith.

How do u come to the notion of misleading? If not please state that as a personal opinion,

I feel sad for you.

just philosophy

It's really the only way to understand UU and how about individual themselves relate to it. UU is very hard to describe, though this Reverend makes it look easy.

Ryan Bertram no wrong. These were the accounts of the apostles. Don't know who's telling you this. Be careful of those who want to destroy the truth.

+Ziggy Lu 2022 you seem quite ignorant to the historicity of the Bible. The oldest complete Bible is dated to the 4th century when many church doctrines were interpolated into the Bible , these were written by Greek scribes not any disiple , the fact is there is no original text from the 1st century. The gospel according , was not on the original books either that was speculated by priests centuries later.

Be open to what I am about to share since you do claim to be an open religion.... This is the religion of the Antichrist or the Beast One World System happening now and progressing. It isn't a faith at all, faith means in the Words of Jesus Christ Who said that he is the way the truth and the life no one comes to God the father except through him. Jesus is the word. Are you guys going to ignore that? That's not faith. Jesus also shows that he was the word of God and became flesh (John ch 1). Your entire doctrine denies the Word of God. Faith in God means faith in the words of Jesus. Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that comes out of the mouth of God. This religion is NOT the truth NOR follows Jesus who is the word and truth. I pray you guys not ignore and suppress the truth of the Word of God but begin to read it and believe it and walk it out. In doing so, you will find the incredible flaws with the Unitarianism religion. Sadly, you are leading many away from salvation and towards doctrines of demons and doctrines of men. None of that will stand because God's word is eternal and true and tested and tried. Please repent and read the word of God and believe in it. And repent from making up your own policies and practices and beliefs. ❤ One last thing: These are the blind leaders leading the blind. This religion sadly leads people NOWHERE when it could be leading people straight to God. And teaching Christ the Word leads us to God so we have salvation. Also, This guy teaching these ideas is a millennial and they have been heavily indoctrinated by the globalists agenda.

+Ziggy Lu 2022 It is more likely that you have been affected by a specific agenda, not him. You believe in one absolute book that has barely any evidence to support it. He believes in the wisdom that is offered by all religion texts. There are over 40,000 religions that say the EXACT same thing you do, yet you believe that you are the only one that's right. First of all, faith is not specific to Christianity, faith is believing without seeing, point blank period. Second of all, god is NOT just a Christian god. God is a common noun, not a proper noun. There is no proof of one specific god existing and this man recognizes that. Please stop praying for people who're HAPPY. They are evil to YOU, they are unhappy to YOU, they are wrong only in your eyes. If someone is living a happy life without harming others and you put them down for not living the way YOU want, then shame on you. This religion is about accepting that there is more than one way to be happy and that your personal relationship with god can NOT be proven. It's only real to YOU, there MANY different way to interpret one experience and you have right to believe that these people, being kind and happy, are on any sort of wrong path. They have a PERSONAL relationship with god found through reasoning. You're being told about your god from a book. You don't know what god is or what he wants or what is 100% true, the Bible even says that. Being openminded means rejecting your closemindedness

The antichrist isn't real.

The antichrist will be here in seven years. Your UU church will lead you to worship the antichrist and if you're already under the spell of this delusion you will fall right for it!

Elinis S that’s crazy because I’m an ex Jehovah’s Witness looking into UU

So, you don't believe in God?

@@jasminmcgee3202 I am also an ex JW looking to UU!! 😂

www.questformeaning.org/clfuu/membership/

If a God thinks this man needs to go to Hell then that God isn’t worth hanging out with

Me, too! It's the best!

James Vanderheide thanks for the insight, I'm trying to get better with each interview. If you watch any of my other interviews, please leave some input there as well.

Vanity vanity all is vanity. UU is definitely vanity.

Lepewhi In Europe you might find a congregation or lay led group here: www.uua.org/international/affiliates/44318.shtml Or join the largest UU one online, Church of the Larger Fellowship, here: www.questformeaning.org/clfuu/

Amanda Bancroft Thanks, Found a UU fellowship locally. Will attend as soon as I can, it is lay led, but I don't care. Thanks again

Lepewhi You're welcome! Our congregation has been part lay led even during years when we have a minister. Those lay led services are often the most creative, inclusive and memorable for me. Enjoy!

Not surprised. It's called narcissism, do what you want religion aka satanism

Welcome!

same

I've asked Aaron White to do another interview so I can upload a proper full-length interview, but he has not responded. I'm currently trying to find another UU pastor to interview.

@@krisandketo I hope he does. And you answered another question-----i.e. are you still doing these? I hope so. Thanks! Blessings.

@@krisandketo There is a Denton Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in North Texas

It is the one in Dallas. I would not say it's downtown, though. More north Dallas

Aaron servers the First Dallas congregation in the "Park Cities" area of Dallas. Oak Cliff is a different congregation.

lol

where do you live? Just go online and find out if there is a Unitarian Univerlist church close by where you live. I love going to UU, I feel free, I feel like I can be myself and speak my mind, I don't find that at a christian church

monster? Or was that a typo for minister?

Monster? A Freudian slip!? 🤔

Jeffrey C. McAndrew unfortunately no...but I'm trying to get another interview scheduled with another Unitarian Universalist. I'll make sure the next one is properly edited.

EWWW I don't know which is worse, episcopalians or unitarians. Both are pretty awful.

You speak of the church of Unitology, Not Unitarian Universalism.

yes of course, as long as you would allow others the freedom to not have to believe the same as you. membership does not depend on your beliefs it depends upon your commitment to live in loving fellowship and service and to allow everyone the freedom to question and seek.

vacationboyvideos no he is interviewing and does not want interrupt

He was asking loaded questions and didn't respectfully listen to the response, even saying its was "a little bit wordy" ...I mean come on...this is a huge topic...lol

not tolerating intolerance is being tolerant!

Your just tripping over semantics and perceiving there is an illogical fallacy when there isn't one.

+Junto I so u are intolerant of intolerance?

Yes, I am. Nothing wrong with that. I'm also a peaceful person but to if I had to commit an act of violence in the form of self defense to protect my family or another innocent person, I would. I'm an honest person but I've lied before. We can have exceptions to labels that we place on ourselves, it is not a logical fallacy in the least. Let's go back to the intolerance subject. I will respectfully interact with people from all faiths, opinions, political affiliations etc. but if a person is belligerent or disrespectful I will cut off ties with that person and avoid them at all costs. I think this is what the pastor is saying. He welcomes all respectful and well-meaning people but he wouldn't open his doors to neo-Nazi's if they were only attending to cause a stink. Maybe I'm putting words in his mouth but I think this is what he's saying.

It's called the paradox of tolerance and was written about by Karl Popper in 1945. The paradox states that if a society is tolerant without limit, their ability to be tolerant will eventually be seized or destroyed by the intolerant. Popper came to the seemingly paradoxical conclusion that in order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.

Hello Robert McKay. Unitarian Universalists as a whole tend to self-identify, as you said, as post-Christian, at least in North America. However, there are many who hold our explicitly Christian heritage in high regard, and many who would still bear the name Christian for themselves - certainly outside of this continent - and look to the life of Jesus as the main example of how one should live. Visit www.uuchristian.org for more information.

Adrian L. H. Graham Kia ora Adrian, I live in Auckland, New Zealand and the UU are located in Ponsonby Rd in the city of Auckland. They have been there for over a 100 years. My theology is universalist through the atonement of Christ. The trinity is still a part of my theology but i am open to change if change is required. Thank you for replying to my message.

***** Yeer but what does that mean?

Robert McKay I wish you all the best! The 'unitarian' part of my Unitarian Universalism is of lesser importance to me than the 'universalist' part. I've come to understand that lately. If we are to truly embrace once another, despite differences of theological stances, then inevitably we must also accept within our ranks those who would maintain a trinitarian perspective. That's my opinion, anyway. :-) I care more about how people behave toward one another than what their theological positions are.

You know you're free to hold that belief AND be a Unitarian Universalist, yes? The point is just to consider, discuss, debate, and understand truth by looking at it from many different perspectives. To expose oneself to alternate perspectives as an important element of seeking truth, even if you have a perspective that you already hold to be useful or true.

I do have interest in what Aaron was saying, hence why i was interviewing him in the first place. And i did do plenty of research beforehand; if you were paying attention, some of the questions i asked him were about one of the most acclaimed UU books, A Chosen Faith, a book that i read completely from cover to cover before interviewing him.

You are quite right, Mr. Kindred. I viewed the interview again, and it is really very fine. I offer a sincere apology.

+loren Harding Thank you for this example here on youtube. I had to apologize awhile back when I realized I miss read a reply to me. Respect!

I get what you are saying, but ... I have preached 3 times at my UU Church and used the bible in 2 of the 3 services. “All religions are true but none are literal.” -- Joseph Campbell

Yes, this is what I like about UU, it respects all religious beliefs and we can learn from all beliefs

If they ignore the word of God then they're not real Christians. They sound more like new agers.

they don't claim to be Chrstians, there are all faiths at UU this is what I like. I think God made more then one religion.

Judi Treble God meant for us to follow Jesus.