TobyBartels comments on Positive Thinking - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TobyBartels 07 March 2011 02:34:27AM 0 points [-]

Is there a Unitarian Universalist congregation in your community? Pentacostalists can be more fun than UUs, but it's something. (I don't know where you live; I believe that UUs as such only exist in North America, but hopefully there's something similar wherever you are.)

Comment author: Swimmer963 07 March 2011 02:36:57AM 0 points [-]

My parents took us to a Unitarian Universalist church when I was growing up. I remember it being pretty boring. Then again, I had the attention span of the usual 7-year-old, so it might be worth going back.

Comment author: TheOtherDave 07 March 2011 04:49:28PM 0 points [-]

As it happens, I was at a U-U service yesterday morning for the dedication of a friend's child, and was reasonably pleased with it.

One thing I liked about it was the emphasis on community and mutual support and mutual attentiveness, and on being welcoming to whoever happened to be present regardless of their religious affiliation or lack of it.

But it wasn't the most fun morning I've ever spent, certainly.

Comment author: TobyBartels 07 March 2011 02:43:39AM 0 points [-]

If you go, I predict that it'll be more boring than the Pentacostalist church, but less boring than it was when you were 7. (In case there's more than one in your area, they can also vary considerably.)