Why rejoice in the misfortune of others
One way to feel my social status improving is if someone else lowers theirs. And so, when I see someone mess up in ways that cause them to lose face, and thus lose social status, I can feel a burst of satisfaction as my own status is raised, at no cost to me.
A modest proposal about popes...
So, another pope has died and his ashes will soon be emitted from the chimney on the Sistine Chapel. It is time to select a new pope.
But the pope has presided over a seemingly endless series of scandals for generations. They keep electing new popes, but the problems never go away. Why can't they solve these problems?
Looking for commonalities among all the popes of the last century or so, one stood out to me: they're all Catholic!
Maybe they should try choosing a nice Unitarian, or perhaps a Wiccan? They'd have at least as good a chance of solving the problems as the last umpteen Catholic popes. Maybe even better.
It's worth a shot.
(V jbaqre ubj znal ercyl thlf jvyy rnearfgyl rkcynva gb zr jul gur cbcr zhfg or Pngubyvp.)
The Interesting Three Hundred Years
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://inaniludibrio.com/2025/04/19/the-interesting-three-hundred-years/
Trans Day of Visibility is today. Love and support from my UU church yesterday, where all are welcome, and visible as their full selves. https://www.uua.org/lgbtq #trans #transgender #uu #unitarian #UnitarianUniversalism
The North Shore Unitarians, Vancouver, Canada - living by 8 principles - no dogma, deity optional. We just got a new sign and are wondering what y'all think of the tag line "Diverse beliefs - Shared values"? Does that work for you as a Unitarian? #unitarian
#uu
#unitarianuniversalist
#liberalreligion
Beautiful, meaningful and funny Christmas/seasonal reflection from our "no dogma, deity optional" lay led North Shore Unitarians congregation in Vancouver, BC #unitarian #unitarianuniversalist #UU @DougMuder @McPatrick @milkman https://youtu.be/94ivEKNg-XU?si=LBM8UI2tnzc8AeJb&t=2721 Link starts just before the reflection. Please boost/share onward if it resonates
Readings from #Christmas Eve worship service at Davies #Unitarian Universalist Congregation:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RBlHx4hbABbIsinM1XsxxSY6rjko91VdlF3sEmAM5C0/edit?usp=sharing
Luckily for everyone, I’m an autodidact #Unitarian 
@currentbias @JosjeT @justinfarrimond
I rather like the notion forwarded by Richard Rohr - that there are three shells of story: my story, our story, *the* story.
Getting stuck in any shell is an issue and turns one into an idealogue — one who replaces real experience with predetermined conclusions.
(Ideas I have found in ‘Things Hidden — Scripture as Spirituality’ by Richard Rohr)
So the escape from the ‘our story’ groupthink and its irrationality (“such groups are highly malleable and very subject to fear and violence from supposed threats to the group”) is either through the self-knowledge of ‘my story’ or the wider perspectives of ‘the story’ eg astrophysics, metaphysics
#StarCityChorus has been invited to perform at the #Unitarian Church's Sunday morning service on the 17th. It's their Trans Day of Remembrance service. It's at 10AM I don't know who is speaking or anything else about the service. I'm not a churchgoer and I don't expect anyone to come to a church service just to see me sing but I still wanted to get that news out there.
The Fundamentals of Tawheed (Islamic Monotheism) by Dr. Bilal Philips Foreword | #Audiobook Preview
#islam #audiobooks #theology #religion #spirituality #monotheism #tawheed #tauheed #tawhid #tauhid #aqeedah #sunnah #internationalopenuniversity #bilalphilips #islamicstudies #christianity #judaism #hinduism #astrology #witchcraft #blackmagic #magic #sorcery #jinn #devils #demons #superstition #sufism #unitarian #trinity #god #faith
5 Nov 1579: d. Ferenc Dávid, theologian & preacher, founder of Transylvanian #Unitarian church. Died in prison. #otd
One thing about volunteering in a #Unitarian #Universalist church community is that you realize that you can’t cite your ancient age of 53 years old as an excuse for not helping out more— not when there are people 20 years older than you that are lapping you, volunteering-wise.
(Inspired by @synkr3tyk ‘s post about stamina…)
Today in Labor History October 1, 1851: 10,000 New Yorkers busted up a police station in Syracuse to free William "Jerry" Henry, a craftsman who was fleeing slavery in the south. He had been arrested by a US Marshall during the anti-slavery Liberty Party's state convention. Citizens of the city stormed the sheriff's office, freed Henry and helped him escape to Canada via the Underground Railroad. There were a lot of abolitionists living in New York, especially in Syracuse, including Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and a large number of abolitionist Quakers and Unitarians. Consequently, Syracuse became known as the great central depot on the Underground Railroad. Jerry Rescue Day was celebrated every October 1 in Syracuse, until the start of the Civil War. The annual event included speeches, poetry, music, and organizing against slavery. They also collected funds to keep the Underground Railroad running in central New York.
I taught Sunday School at the church where Barak's grandmother also taught Sunday School.
I'm #Unitarian (#UU). Looks like we have a mission! 
