I’ve seen a couple of you around. But I wanna know who the other ones are.
UU= Unseen University, Arkham? 
I assumed UU was a pictorial for breasts, and that he was looking for Dopers with nice racks.
I am.
I am a Unitarian Universalist
Unitarian Universalist. I figured the people whose responses I wanted wouldn’t need an explanation.
Well, yes, but that’s a quite different thread. 
I have strong UU leanings, does that count? I used to belong to a wonderful UU church in Racine, WI. I’ve since moved to a part of the country where UU’s arent very thick on the ground. There is a church in Springfield, MO, but it’s an hour away, so I haven’t been able to get there often. I’m the only UU in my family. Actually I’m a hybrid mix of UU and liberal quaker, if that makes any sense. My husband is a liberal quaker, and when we do go to church or first-day meeting, we take turns deciding where to go. I like both religions.
–Kris
Having heard of Christian pagans and the like, I have no trouble accepting that.
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And that’s why I love UU’s! 
I’ve been a member of the UU Fellowship here in Yuma since 1990, and have served as its moderator (lay leader) four times.
This is not meant to be a hijack…
My brother-in-law, in whose household I live, is a UU. Not long after I moved in he suggested that I come to services with him. I went and was surprised how churchy it all was. This was after he had told me how terrific and non-religious his group was.
Now this is in no way, shape, or form meant to be confrontational. And I admit I did only go that one time. But my idea of getting closer to the center(I am a spiritual person) is to go draw, or learn something, or laugh with friends.
I guess my question is “Is UU something other than a get-together of good, intelligent people for a scheduled meeting?” My sister, with tongue firmly in cheek, described it as “Church for Atheists.” I tried asking my BIL but he a little sensitive about this whole thing. Go figure…
UU’er here.
I’m becoming UU. I identify strongly with the philosophies and beliefs of the movement. Now I need to find myself a church (there aren’t many near enough to me) and start attending, to see if I feel right as part of a congregation.
I’m an atheist Unitarian-Universalist. Those familiar with the church will understand there’s no conflict there.
Put another way: UU, here, here.
I don’t count, but my ex-wife was recently ordained a UU minister.
On Beliefnet, I took the test to see what religion I should be (as distinct from the one I actually am), and twice it told me I should be a Liberal Quaker. Huh? I had never even heard of this religion before. I asked the Jeffster, who it turns out his wife is a LQ, and he explained it to me.
I always thought of the Ethical Society as the church for atheists. My ex-mother-in-law was an atheist and attended the Ethical Society religiously every Sunday morning. I am not making this up.
You know, back in the 40s and 50s church attendance was a more central part of American social life. It seemed to me the Ethical Society flourished so atheists wouldn’t be left out. Back in my wayward youth, my then-wife and I were freeblowing pot-smoking hippie crackpot mystics. Our position was: we liked religion without the organization. Whereas her mom’s thing was just the reverse: organized religion without the religion.
I’m a UU.
UU churches seem to be concetrated mostly in the New England area. The headquarters are in Boston.
MonkeyMensch, our church is also pretty churchy. That is to say, our Sunday morning services are very similar in format to the Presbetyrian and Methodist services I attended when I was a kid.
I like the extracurricular stuff at our church - the movie nights, discussion groups, classes, etc.
Since UUs all have their own individual ideas about spirituality, and there’s no ‘official’ doctrine, UU churches vary a lot in the way they look and feel. I brought a friend to a pagan service once. She thought it was pretty cool so she went looking for a UU church when she went home to California. She found one, but the average age of the members was about 60, and she found the whole church pretty sleepy and disappointing.
Somewhat UU. I haven’t signed the membership book yet, but of all the churches I’ve attended, it’s the one I usually come back to on a regular basis. I attend every two or three weeks or so. I find that not mentioning God during services to be a bit off-putting (I know every UU church is a bit different, some more humanist than others), but the lack of dogma is much preferable to the Christianity-by-rote I usually encounter in Protestant churches.
Unfortunately, it’ll be a bit of a haul for me to get to a UU church – I’ll be moving in a part of Orlando where a very large percentage of the residents are natives; in west Orange County, Baptist churches predominate by far. The nearest UU congregation will be about a half hour away.
Can anyone tell me more about Unity? What about the United Church of Christ?
Okay, just a near-duplicate (of Tabithina). I’m UU/pagan married to Liberal Quaker, with LQ leanings. I can’t ever be ‘convinced’, though - too much passion for a real argument for me to really be a complete fit with the Quaker side of the coin.
Also, we don’t take turns deciding where to go, since Sunday morning is usually spent at home, chasing a preschooler! (We’ve decided to start our son out as Quaker, so we’ll eventually end up going to Meeting more than anything else, I suspect.)
What was it my mom said about UCC (United Church of Christ)? I think it was “UU church for Christians” - that is, there are fewer non-Christians present, and more Christian teaching in general, but the overall feel is just as liberal.