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Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
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Tue, 20 Jul 2004 22:42:59 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz wrote:
   While there may not be a “Church of Atheism”, I guarantee there are atheist clergy who can and do perform weddings. Unitarian Universalist churches are one of the best places to find them.

With its historical roots in the Jewish and Christian traditions, Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion -- that is, a religion that keeps an open mind to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places.

From Webster’s New World Dictionary, 3rd Ed.:

an atheist rejects all religious belief and denies the existence of God

Some members of the UUA may consider themselves to be atheists, but by simply joining the UUA, a religion (which developed out of Judeo-Christian beliefs, no less), they are, in essence, stepping outside of atheism (the UUA page uses the term “non-theists”). You can’t have a formalized religion that rejects all religious beliefs. It’s entirely contradictory.



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