Here’s the deal with freaks and geeks: I love them because I am one. I play Civilization IV. I go to the comic book store now and again. I TiVo Battlestar Galactica. I listen to Belle & Sebastian, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Hem. I’m a Mac switcher. Hell, I even blog. So I’ve been asking […]
Jeff W. wrote in the comments to the last post, Maybe UU churches should try marketing themselves with banners that say “Come join the freakshow!†How would you market UUism online? This question has gone around the UU blogosphere before, so let’s make it very specific this time. We’re talking viral advertising, not broadcast. 1. […]
This one from the wife: Are we a movement that attracts more outsiders than most? Or as frequent commenter 4alarm puts it, are we a nerd party?
To follow up on my questions for non-Christian UUs, I’m wondering which version of the Christian story you are rejecting. This sort of gets to the post at Philocrites a bit ago that called out how the version of Christianity we say we reject is a good 300 years old. So what about the version […]
Just to go full circle, here are some questions for non-Christian UUs. Do you find the Christian story worse than other sacred stories? Is it no worse than others but just not the one that works for you? Do you buy that the Christian story can change and transform people? If so, why doesn’t it […]
Peacebang wrote a groovy post about what UU Chrsitians do. Here are some questions about why they do what they do, though the questions could be for any group really with a little adaptation. Do you find the Christian story better than other sacred stories? Is it the first among equals? Is it no better […]