# Who are the other UU dopers? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723 "2001-08-03T01:51:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/1 "2001-08-03T01:51:04Z")
I’ve seen a couple of you around. But I wanna know who the other ones are. ---
**Author:** ![Gaspode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gaspode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gaspode)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/2 "2001-08-03T02:50:58Z")
UU= Unseen University, Arkham? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/3 "2001-08-03T03:00:07Z")
I assumed UU was a pictorial for breasts, and that he was looking for Dopers with nice racks. ---
**Author:** ![Girl\_Next\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@Girl\_Next\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girl_Next_Door)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/4 "2001-08-03T03:00:14Z")
I am. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/5 "2001-08-03T03:05:38Z")
I am a Unitarian Universalist ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/6 "2001-08-03T03:23:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gaspode \* > \*\*UU= Unseen University, Arkham? 😕 \*\* Unitarian Universalist. I figured the people whose responses I wanted wouldn’t need an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/7 "2001-08-03T03:26:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Snooooopy \* > \*\*I assumed UU was a pictorial for breasts, and that he was looking for Dopers with nice racks. \*\* Well, yes, but that’s a quite different thread. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/8 "2001-08-03T03:33:35Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/9 "2001-08-03T03:38:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tabithina \* > **Actually I’m a hybrid mix of UU and liberal quaker, if that makes any sense.** Having heard of Christian pagans and the like, I have no trouble accepting that. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/10 "2001-08-03T03:45:01Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Having heard of Christian pagans and the like, I have no trouble accepting that. \*\* And that’s why I love UU’s! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/11 "2001-08-03T03:46:38Z")
I’ve been a member of the UU Fellowship here in Yuma since 1990, and have served as its moderator (lay leader) four times. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/12 "2001-08-03T04:14:57Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/13 "2001-08-03T12:43:44Z")
UU’er here. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/14 "2001-08-03T12:49:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/15 "2001-08-03T13:54:01Z")
I’m an atheist Unitarian-Universalist. Those familiar with the church will understand there’s no conflict there. Put another way: UU, here, here. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/16 "2001-08-03T14:25:52Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/17 "2001-08-03T16:33:56Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/18 "2001-08-03T17:01:43Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![hedra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@hedra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hedra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/19 "2001-08-03T19:58:10Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![hedra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/779978/32.png) [@hedra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hedra)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2001, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723/20 "2001-08-03T20:00:55Z")
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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-the-other-uu-dopers/74723.md?page=2)