tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post3402266622162036284..comments2023-05-16T08:21:43.605-06:00Comments on iMinister: UU's and GodChristine Robinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02291622244158872449noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-55620745764813062512011-04-05T09:30:53.022-06:002011-04-05T09:30:53.022-06:00I like the cheeseburger story! For me, it's ha...I like the cheeseburger story! For me, it's hard to separate "God" from the Christian "God." Partly because of the way the word is used like it's one particular diety's name. It's like the Christian God is hogging the name for himself, not letting others use it. Or something. It would be like me naming my kid "Human."Angie Andriothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01826995869718794258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-46687164847679171432011-03-08T10:53:00.979-07:002011-03-08T10:53:00.979-07:00Good point, Chris. I get so exasperated when I se...Good point, Chris. I get so exasperated when I see all those 1950s caricatures on tv shows and movies, when clergy are called in. Nuns, priests, Episcopalian-type grandfathers -- you name it, it's out of date! But this does tend to reinforce, in some ways, that mythic God Christine is talking about.<br /><br />On the other hand, it's worth pointing out that many UU kids wind up not believing in what someone once described to me as "the vague and watery" UU divinity. They go for something more solid, if not more judgmental.Elz Curtissnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-4123563525949616092011-03-01T20:43:36.035-07:002011-03-01T20:43:36.035-07:00I'm trying to work out the God with the imposs...I'm trying to work out the God with the impossible feet!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28809213.post-45298249565092923842011-02-28T12:00:30.123-07:002011-02-28T12:00:30.123-07:00"Tell me about the God you don't believe ..."Tell me about the God you don't believe in" is an interesting exercise for adults with religious pasts, but it's downright hilarious for UU kids unencumbered in that way. My daughter was asked in her Sunday School class to draw God, and when she said she didn't believe in God, the teacher dutifully asked her to draw the God she didn't believe in. My daughter replied that she didn't believe in any God, so she had no idea what to draw. The teacher then told her that she should draw something, so she drew a cheeseburger.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038400110753383819noreply@blogger.com