South end Seattle Bubble meetup
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ira s
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 South end Seattle Bubble meetup This is not an officially sanctioned Seattle Bubble event, but some here have expressed a desire to have a meet up in the south end, and I have been requested to organize it, so...
Sunday, March 15th 11AM,
Columbia City Bakery 4865 Rainier Avenue South, Seattle
The company might not be too stimulating, but the coffee is.
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 7:32 am |
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sniglet
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup Sounds like fun. Unfortunately, I have to teach a Sunday school class for pre-schoolers that day, so I'll have to give it a pass (yes, an atheist like me CAN teach Sunday school without compromising his principles).
I do like the idea of having meet-ups on week-ends though! It is generally much more feasible that week-days for me.
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:14 am |
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Charles Dean
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup sniglet wrote: Sounds like fun. Unfortunately, I have to teach a Sunday school class for pre-schoolers that day, so I'll have to give it a pass (yes, an atheist like me CAN teach Sunday school without compromising his principles).
. So do you teach Sunday school in order to be Ironic then?
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:30 am |
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sniglet
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup Charles Dean wrote: So do you teach Sunday school in order to be Ironic then? Actually, my church is pretty open about accepting different beliefs. One of our pastors is an athiest. We just focus on teaching kids about values of being kind to yourself and others, and to appreciate all the different ways people look at spirituality. The goal is to equip our children so they might be able to find their own paths to enlightenment when they grow up. I have no problem teaching the kids about Hanukah one week and the winter Solstice the next. Even children raised by athiests need to learn that there are moral "laws" that we need to abide by in order to be truly happy.
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:39 am |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup sniglet wrote: Charles Dean wrote: One of our pastors is an athiest. 
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:04 am |
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ira s
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup I take it that Sniglet's church is not one of those fire and brimstone fundamentalist churches?
There may be others, but I know the Unitarians welcome and embrace atheists.
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:31 am |
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sniglet
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup ira s wrote: Unitarians welcome and embrace atheists. Yup, you nailed it. That's the crowd I hang out with. I may not agree with everyone else in my congregation on everything, (which isn't that much of a surprise considering how the primary creed is to accept others who have different beliefs), but who else would accept a wacko like me in their midst? 
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:05 am |
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Lake Hills Renter
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup sniglet wrote: who else would accept a wacko like me in their midst? Bubble bloggers?
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:17 pm |
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jillayne
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup sniglet you are in good company.
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:44 pm |
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Angie
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup I'm definitely in. The baked good at the CC bakery are absolutely divine.
Sniglet, we'll be sorry to miss you. Good on you for teaching Sunday school. I started a Girl Scout troop for the same reason.
What's that joke Garrison Keillor made about the Unitarians? You know UUs have it in for you when you wake up to find a burning question mark on your front lawn...
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| Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:09 pm |
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Alan
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup I went to a Unitarian church for a while in high school. The last time I went we had a new Sunday school teacher who started tellings us how Christianity was wrong and stupid and anyone who believes a man could walk on water or turn water to wine was crazy. I should have defended by beliefs, but it was hard with everyone else in the class nodding in agreement with him. Instead I just quit attending that church.
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| Fri Mar 06, 2009 5:51 pm |
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sniglet
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup Alan wrote: The last time I went we had a new Sunday school teacher who started tellings us how Christianity was wrong and stupid and anyone who believes a man could walk on water or turn water to wine was crazy. I certainly can't speak for all Unitarians, but I can say that there are many Christians in my own congregation (I suspect they are the majority). In fact, my wife is a Christian, and so far no one has attacked her beliefs in the trinity and so on. Heck, even I wind up telling stories about Jesus in Sunday school (although most Bible stories are left for older kids, not the pre-schoolers). That said, you will certainly find a wide spectrum of interpretations of Christianity within our congregation. This is NOT like most religions where there is a set dogma about how to interpret the bible, the saviour, or God. I can certainly imagine how an invididual could get carried away spouting off their own personal belief to Sunday school class. I could do that myself, if I wanted to, telling my class that there isn't a God. Instead I try to represent each different belief in a respectful manner. I know that most other Sunday school teachers in my congregation have a similar attitude.
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| Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:12 pm |
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rose-colored-coolaid
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup Alan wrote: I went to a Unitarian church for a while in high school. The last time I went we had a new Sunday school teacher who started tellings us how Christianity was wrong and stupid and anyone who believes a man could walk on water or turn water to wine was crazy. I should have defended by beliefs, but it was hard with everyone else in the class nodding in agreement with him. Instead I just quit attending that church. That's an awkward situation to find yourself in, though one could hardly argue that the Unitarians hold the monopoly on hard-lined dogma that other people might find offensive. One thing I find troubling is our current eagerness and ability to self organize with like minded individuals. Not saying this applies to you, but if I'm a Christian who believes the end times are very near, a Muslim who believes in jihad against all nonbelievers, or an atheist who believes all religious people are saps, then what I really need is to hang out with people who disagree with me or who contradict my disposition.
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| Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:00 am |
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Rhonda P
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup Drats! I wish I could come...my family's coming over for a bbq (my birthday). Next time.....
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| Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:46 pm |
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Hugh Dominic
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Re: South end Seattle Bubble meetup I would like to stop by as well - the one in Wallingford was great. Unfortunatly, I will be out of town - maybe next time. Seth
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