thread: 2007-03-02 : God Q&A
On 2007-03-02, Vincent wrote:
Charles S: I think that Unitarian Universalism has a history worth being part of. UUs have led the fight for same-sex marriage rights here in Massachusetts, for instance. That's a virtue of (one) religion.
It turns out that churchgoers live longer, statistically, than non-churchgoers. That's another.
I could get both of those without believing untrue things, I'm pretty sure; all I'd have to do is join the UU church.
Hey, you remember how you used to say that you're too mean a person to be Baha'i? Joining the UU church means admitting value to everyone's spiritual pursuits. I'm not capable of that; I may never be.
I think that there are almost certainly physiological and psychological benefits to personal spiritual practice. I think that there are certainly certainly physiological and psychological benefits to exercising, being vegetarian, taking up a sport, cutting refined sugar out of my diet. I'm not doing any of those things! I'm a moron that way.
