It's very close to 10 years since I
made my last substantive post. My mind has been elsewhere. Now I am
moved to post again.
Since 2009 my two daughters have both
grown to independence as flourishing young women. At the end of 2012
I retired from my career as a software engineer, and fill my time
with a lot of online activities, along with games, books, movies, and
friends. I also ended a long-term relationship at the end of 2012 and
do not expect to be romantically involved with anyone again.
As for FUSN, I was a Coming of Age
mentor in 2009-2010. I've been in four separate Chalice Circles since
then (each runs a year) but tired of them. In 2017 I argued
passionately against FUSN changing its name to FUUSN (the one U for
"Unitarian" becoming two Us for "Unitarian-Universalist").
The name change needed a two-thirds vote to pass and met that
standard with a single vote to spare.
I feel alienated from FUUSN in part
because of the rising emphasis, both within the congregation and the
larger UU denomination, on identity politics, known in its general
form as "intersectionality". Future posts will expand on this. On a more personal level, I
was a spiritual seeker of sorts when I joined FUSN in 1993, and
wanted a religious community for my family to belong to. I never
really was anything but an atheist, but I did find the Protestant
form of religious service comforting and satisfying. Starting in 2010
if not before, that was true less and less. Now I find it
unsatisfying and even irritating instead. But FUUSN is still full of
people who I shared the bonds of community with for many years, and I
still value those bonds.
I reviewed all my old posts. I didn't
find any where I said, "Wow, I would never write that now!"
I guess it's not that surprising that my views haven't changed very
much.. I did find five that I thought were especially worth
rereading.
Human nature:
Mortality issues:
Religion:
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