tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post4818129051858481215..comments2018-07-29T12:43:27.476-07:00Comments on Calling Ministers: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the UU Principles VoteRev. Earl W. Koteenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10005561101579907650noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post-64051869271624363762009-07-14T14:37:30.307-07:002009-07-14T14:37:30.307-07:00"Many mystics have been hobbled and some have..."Many mystics have been hobbled and some have even by executed by the faith communities from which they sprang. May ours continue to be welcomed and recognized by our free faith."<br /><br />Well I can be properly described as a mystic and I was "welcomed" by having my revelatory mystical experience contemptuously dismissed as "your psychotic experience", having my monotheistic religious beliefs that were informed by that mystical experience belittled and maligned as being nothing but "silliness and fantasy", and having the inter-religious celebration of Creation that was inspired by that mystical experience being falsely and maliciously labeled as a "cult" by a bigoted "fundamentalist atheist" Humanist U*U minister. As if that wasn't enough the Unitarian*Universalist Associations' very aptly named Ministerial *Fellowship* Committee is on record as pretending that this intolerant and abusive, insulting and defamatory, "welcoming" of my claimed mystical experience etc. was "within the appropriate guidelines of ministerial leadership". . .Robin Edgarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06208142626285495635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post-90910650992754645772009-07-14T09:52:02.495-07:002009-07-14T09:52:02.495-07:00Thanks for the comment.
Yes, I read the "two...Thanks for the comment.<br /><br />Yes, I read the "two roots" the same way. <br /><br />There were many other roots, and the soil was much richer than a loam limited to our Judeo-Christian heritage. An unintended consequence of the metaphor is the image of our "movement" immobilized its heritage.<br /><br />Many mystics have been hobbled and some have even by executed by the faith communities from which they sprang. May ours continue to be welcomed and recognized by our free faith.Rev. Earl W. Koteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005561101579907650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post-33269799527456930532009-07-14T09:38:20.046-07:002009-07-14T09:38:20.046-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. Earl W. Koteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005561101579907650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post-41735149894475203562009-07-14T09:34:18.368-07:002009-07-14T09:34:18.368-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rev. Earl W. Koteenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005561101579907650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5299339483497354039.post-9879785193344508962009-07-14T09:21:56.411-07:002009-07-14T09:21:56.411-07:00Actually, I read the "two roots" as a sp...Actually, I read the "two roots" as a specific reference to Unitarianism and Universalism, rather than to Christianity and Judaism per se. Humanism and Mysticism are also a couple of nice roots, both of which are well represented in the Judeo-Christian tradition, and specifically within it's Unitarian and Universalist manifestations. And we could go round and round in circles on this for a long time. Something old, something new, something borrowed....Freedom of Conscience and Salvation by Character basically mean that there are going to be as many "Unitarian Universalisms" as there are individual UUs...and who knows where they've been to pick up their beliefs?The Eclectic Clerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12692982208236857534noreply@blogger.com