Just curious.
(did I spell it right?)
2006-07-26 05:09:33 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
With a small "u" it is someone who doesn't believe in the Holy Trinity. A couple of small Christian denominations are unitarian.
The "capital U" Unitarian Church has changed over the years. Five or six presidents (Jefferson admired Unitarianism, but believing in it was a criminal offense in Virginia, so he went to the Church of England) have been Unitarians. We merged with the Universalists in 1961 to become Unitarian Universalists.
No one says "Unitarian Universalist" any more than anyone says "Sears-Roebuck" or "Rolls-Royce"; you just take the Rolls to shop at Sears.
A Unitarian today is someone who belongs to a Unitarian congregation. They tend to be well educated (The average educational level is 14 - college sophomore), stingy (A 5% pledge is awesome), devilishly handsome and poor singers. They may believe anything they want; we don't demand your thoughts march in lock step. They band together for socialization and to explore spiritual and moral issues. There are only 250,000 in the US, although in eastern Massachusetts there is a UU Church in every village.
Look at our congregation's site if you are curious:
http://www.stanuu.org
2006-07-29 14:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
A Unitarian believes that there is only one in the Godhead, not three as the Bible teaches.
Years ago, the Unitarian church merged with the Universalist church, which teaches that everybody will go to heaven. Makes you wonder about the point of having a church, doesn't it?
They tend to be on the far liberal side of the spectrum, even by their own estimation.
2006-07-26 12:14:08 · answer #2 · answered by flyersbiblepreacher 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's changed thorugh history
Isaac Newton was more like a dissenting anglican who was more a theist but cited as a unitarian and was maybe closer to an eastern orthox view in some respect than a modern unitarian
in early america, it was closer to deism and theism than today
today it tends to be on the humanistic liberal side
so its changed
there were two schools of though
unitarian AND universalist
unitarian usually arent trinitarians
universalists have everyone saved
2006-07-26 12:14:18 · answer #3 · answered by whirlingmerc 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An adherent of Unitarian Universalism.
A monotheist who is not a Christian.
A Christian who is not a Trinitarian.
2006-07-26 12:14:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are very, very hard to define. In general, they believe that some sort of Divinity exists, that Jesus was a cool guy but not God, and the rest of their beliefs vary so greatly from member to member it is almost impossible to sum it up.
2006-07-26 12:16:11 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not one, but from what I understand...
They're basically a Judeo/Christian religion that doesn't believe in the trinity and doesn't think Jesus was a divine being.
2006-07-26 12:14:06 · answer #6 · answered by Eldritch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a person who accepts the moral teaching of Jesus, but does not believe that He was divine.
2006-07-26 12:16:07 · answer #7 · answered by lucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great question. Check out their website at www.uua.org
2006-07-26 12:13:39 · answer #8 · answered by AC 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Christian Cult.
2006-07-26 12:13:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋