Comments on: Sweet Jesus. My Kid Went to Church. http://hegemommy.com/sweet-jesus-my-kid-went-to-church/ heg'e·mom'my (hěj'ə-mŏm'ē): noun • the social, cultural, ideological, and economic influence exerted by mommy over the ruling class Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Hegemommy http://hegemommy.com/sweet-jesus-my-kid-went-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-86 Hegemommy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:49:04 +0000 http://hegemommy.com/?p=458#comment-86 Eoin- Thanks for reading and thanks clearing that up. What's even funnier (to me, at least) is that I'm not quite sure what flavor of church my son went to--I picked Unitarian Universalist because, in my moderately-informed opinion UU's are the most of the "liberal" of organized belief structures and a denomination that, presumably, would jive with my world view. I do appreciate your comments and certainly hope you took no offense to what was intended as a good-natured ribbing. Eoin-

Thanks for reading and thanks clearing that up. What’s even funnier (to me, at least) is that I’m not quite sure what flavor of church my son went to–I picked Unitarian Universalist because, in my moderately-informed opinion UU’s are the most of the “liberal” of organized belief structures and a denomination that, presumably, would jive with my world view. I do appreciate your comments and certainly hope you took no offense to what was intended as a good-natured ribbing.

]]> By: eoin http://hegemommy.com/sweet-jesus-my-kid-went-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-85 eoin Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:23:38 +0000 http://hegemommy.com/?p=458#comment-85 This made me laugh too, but as a Unitarian Universalist I should note that we're not technically a Christian religion. We don't by and large think that Jesus was divine, or even necessarily that he was the best and wisest person who ever lived. There's no UU creed, but I suspect that most of us view Jesus as an imperfect human being who had some good ideas. As for God, a recent survey showed that only 13 percent of UUs identify themselves as theists or deists. Another 19 percent of us are atheists. The rest are somewhere in between, or totally off the spectrum altogether. Still, I see your point. No matter how open-minded I think my religion might be, I wouldn't take someone else's kid to Sunday school without a parent's permission. The bit about the Patagonia fleeces hits pretty close to home, too! This made me laugh too, but as a Unitarian Universalist I should note that we’re not technically a Christian religion. We don’t by and large think that Jesus was divine, or even necessarily that he was the best and wisest person who ever lived. There’s no UU creed, but I suspect that most of us view Jesus as an imperfect human being who had some good ideas.

As for God, a recent survey showed that only 13 percent of UUs identify themselves as theists or deists. Another 19 percent of us are atheists. The rest are somewhere in between, or totally off the spectrum altogether.

Still, I see your point. No matter how open-minded I think my religion might be, I wouldn’t take someone else’s kid to Sunday school without a parent’s permission.

The bit about the Patagonia fleeces hits pretty close to home, too!

]]> By: Laura Askelin http://hegemommy.com/sweet-jesus-my-kid-went-to-church/comment-page-1/#comment-84 Laura Askelin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 15:32:44 +0000 http://hegemommy.com/?p=458#comment-84 I love this post. I nearly spit out my eggs laughing. Been there with my family so it really hit home. I love this post. I nearly spit out my eggs laughing. Been there with my family so it really hit home.

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