http://loga-abdullah.blogspot.com/2009/03/dawah-biblical-errors.html

Thanks.

You wouldn’t want to have been caught dead at the UU church I used to attend in Alton, Illinois, during the mid 90’s if you were on the homeless side or (as I later found out about the second person) a sanitation worker. The homeless individual I’d seen entering First Unitarian Church was curiously ushered out within a minute or two of having entered…and NOT because the person ushering him out told him she’d give him an address or two for shelters. And the man who worked in sanitation was, except by me, flatly ignored. He couldn’t approach anyone nor get anyone to approach him if he’d been Henry David Thoreau himself. He slugged down his coffee and left.

I’m not talking about working class UU’s who thrive on discussions of “compatibility between religion and science” or whose “views and perspective are valued”. I’m talking about working class UU’s who are left out of those discussions and whose views are NOT valued because they don’t possess the same education and intellectual curiosity or wherewithal.

As for elitism, I just haven’t felt it. I am less educated than many others in my congregation (just a bachelor’s degree) but feel like a full participant whose views and perspective are valued. I’ve given a sermon. I’ve served on committees. I’ve organized projects. I’ve been asked to attend conferences. I’ve made dozens of friends at church. Sorry to hear your experience wasn’t the same.

I’ve go the old band on CD and the more we get into the next century the more precognizant that group seemed.

Wouldn’t it be cool if the UUA had a UU music concert and they reunited!