Lizard Eater is on vacay right now, but just wanted to put out a request into the universe:
Please stop the meme of "only people who chose Unitarian Universalism" (and weren't raised UU) are brave, smart individuals. Being dismissed because I was born into this religion makes me all stabby.
Can't blame you - I would be, too! I guess I haven't seen that meme. I actually really appreciate that you were born a UU. Your comments on my post a while back really helped me focus that we are doing the right thing by raising the kids UU and not our parents religion.
I think it's easy for those of us raised in other (sometimes harmful) traditions to romanticize what it is like to grow up within the UU tradition. I know it is for me. Frankly, I'm envious of the born-UUs.
Maybe if we come-outers spent some time talking about the gifts our former churches gave us, and the born-UUs shared stories of how the UU tradition has been less than perfect, we might discover common ground. UU salon topic?
How awful! I was raised U and then UU, and I have not come across that attitude. Mostly I think I have been considered lucky and privileged by being raised UU. And, I myself consider myself to be very lucky to have been raised in such a great tradition.
Can't blame you - I would be, too! I guess I haven't seen that meme. I actually really appreciate that you were born a UU. Your comments on my post a while back really helped me focus that we are doing the right thing by raising the kids UU and not our parents religion.
ReplyDeleteI think it's easy for those of us raised in other (sometimes harmful) traditions to romanticize what it is like to grow up within the UU tradition. I know it is for me. Frankly, I'm envious of the born-UUs.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if we come-outers spent some time talking about the gifts our former churches gave us, and the born-UUs shared stories of how the UU tradition has been less than perfect, we might discover common ground. UU salon topic?
How awful! I was raised U and then UU, and I have not come across that attitude. Mostly I think I have been considered lucky and privileged by being raised UU. And, I myself consider myself to be very lucky to have been raised in such a great tradition.
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