tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post5211828687999659051..comments2023-04-03T05:32:23.561-05:00Comments on DairyStateDad: A Passing Thought on Pro-Censorship UnitariansDairyStateDadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-31835934022829026662011-01-19T13:00:03.272-06:002011-01-19T13:00:03.272-06:00Steven, Universalist support for Prohibition strik...Steven, Universalist support for Prohibition strikes me as quite likely, but as the Times archive story I linked to indicates, there also was a Unitarian Temperance Society.<br /><br />In his book "Head and Heart," which examines the repeated pendulum swings between Progressive and Evangelical religion over the course of U.S. history, Garry Wills mentions in that temperance, although thought of mainly as a creature of the Evangelical wing, was also a Progressive (political) cause and refers in passing to support for it from Unitarians. <br /><br />(Indeed, one Evangelical temperance leader was criticized by Dwight Moody [as in Moody Bible Institute] because she "shared a platform with Unitarians," whom Moody considered heretics.)DairyStateDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-74003475114672095072011-01-19T09:43:48.534-06:002011-01-19T09:43:48.534-06:00i would actualy guess that Universalists (but not ...i would actualy guess that Universalists (but not Unitarians) were one of the most active denominations in the Temperance movement in the 19th Century. Benjamin Rush, the first noted American to support Temperance was also a supporter of the Universalist Church at the time. I'd have to do more research to see how they stood on prohibition as a denomination. <br />Based on anecdotal evidence, Americans drink substantially less now than they did in the 19th Century.Steven Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14302958901026684328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-87378855476121945822011-01-18T07:53:55.182-06:002011-01-18T07:53:55.182-06:00Steve -- I did catch that... and I liked your resp...Steve -- I did catch that... and I liked your response...DairyStateDadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100373589936758473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-72049991833881676972011-01-17T22:51:11.852-06:002011-01-17T22:51:11.852-06:00DSD,
I don't know if you've seen this blo...DSD,<br /><br />I don't know if you've seen this blog post by UU church consultant Mike Durrall:<br /><br />Porn.. <br />http://tenminutesorless.blogspot.com/2011/01/porn.html<br /><br />It sounds like he wants churches to do something to curtail porn usage in this blog post (I'm pretty sure he's not in favor of status quo or increased porn usage).Steve Caldwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333184436301854794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-553799694247296931.post-51454440813025443682011-01-17T09:48:00.889-06:002011-01-17T09:48:00.889-06:00"Perfection in Character" has long been ..."Perfection in Character" has long been a Unitarian pursuit. We haven't been above coercing it.Bill Baarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07095486926836836714noreply@blogger.com