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I honestly don't think Obama is Chrisitan, or religious at all. I definitely think he fakes it.
I mean, I get it. But wish somebody would have the balls to stand up and make it clear that they were not Christian and still run for office. We need an atheist president more than a woman president.
Interesting.
If you google Unitarian, you find this on Wikipedia: "Unitarianism is a Christian theologicalmovement named for its understanding of God as one person, in direct contrast to Trinitarianism, which defines God as three persons coexisting consubstantially in one being.[1] Unitarians maintain that Jesus is in some sense the "son" of God but that he is not the one God.[2] Unitarianism is also known for the rejection of several other conventional Christian doctrines,[3] including the soteriological doctrines of original sin and predestination,[4][5] and, in more recent history, biblical inerrancy.[6] In J. Gordon Melton's Encyclopedia of American Religions it is classified among "the 'liberal' family of churches".[7]
The Unitarian movement, although not called "Unitarian" initially, began almost simultaneously in Poland-Lithuania and Transylvania in the mid-16th century. Among the adherents were a significant number of Italians.[8][9] In England the first Unitarian Church was established in 1774 on Essex Street, London, where today's British Unitarian headquarters are still located.[10] The first official acceptance of the Unitarian faith on the part of a congregation in America was by King's Chapel in Boston, from where James Freeman began teaching Unitarian doctrine in 1784, and was appointed rector and revised the Prayer Book according to Unitarian doctrines in 1786.[11]"
Well, Wiki tends to be simplistic, and sometimes that's OK. But they kind of got it wrong here. Unitarian Universalism - Profile of the Unitarian Universalist Association "The religion distinguishes itself from Christian denominations in that it welcomes but does not require belief in God or the Trinity. . . . A further distinction of the Unitarian Universalist Association is that the group does not teach the divinity of Jesus Christ nor require belief in him as savior."
The link about John Adams was interesting. It seems he personally believed in Christ, and the Unitarian Church itself had not yet come up with that doctrine.
And then there were some of our best ones. The ones with no formal affiliation: Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson!
Time for another President with 'no formal affiliation'
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That would be ok. There are many excellent Christian Churches in US which are non-denominational. I go to one myself.
Aside from the fact that there were few, if any, non-dom churches in Lincoln's time, Lincoln attended church very infrequently, and he often mocked religion. He did not believe in the divinity of Christ, and he did not belong to any church.
He doesn't have to be a preacher, but he does have to share my BASIC Christian views and principles.
Other than believing in Christ which principle do you think are solely Christian principles? If they're not then wouldn't someone simply sharing those principles be enough?
You need to read through the posts put up since you last were here. Unitarians CAN believe in the divinity of Christ, but they need not. They don't even need to believe in God.
Not really. It came out of Christianity, but it does not affirm the things about Christ that are asserted in the New Testament or any of the creeds.
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