Zohran Mamdani is a masterclass in running a universalist campaign while remaining attuned to difference
Mamdani: "The dream of every Muslim is simply to be treated the same as every other New Yorker. And yet for too long we have been told to ask for less than that and to be satisfied with whatever little we receive. No more."
October 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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I love it when people insult me using language that I wholeheartedly claim.
The latest one is trying to slam me for saying God loves everyone. “Pastor Lura Groen, an admitted universalist…”
Ok, you got me. 🤷♀️
The latest one is trying to slam me for saying God loves everyone. “Pastor Lura Groen, an admitted universalist…”
Ok, you got me. 🤷♀️
October 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Like every community, American Jews have seen massive spikes in income and wealth inequality. However, left-wing uber wealthy Jews tend to donate to universalist causes, while right-wing Jews donate to Jewish ones. 2/
October 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Planks 3 & 4 are even more revealing; really comes across that this is for a whiter male Dem party, rather than one advocating on universalist values. It's more whom can they throw under the bus for votes.
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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Bi-lingual Canadian Pro-Women's Ordination Universalist Calvinist be like,
"Yeah, I'm TULIP
Total Depravity of Man
Unconditional election
L'ordination des femmes
Irresistible grace
Perseverance of the Saints"
"Yeah, I'm TULIP
Total Depravity of Man
Unconditional election
L'ordination des femmes
Irresistible grace
Perseverance of the Saints"
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Grokipedia: examples of "civilizational renewal via tradition and realism" include The Renaissance, the Meiji Restoration, Hungary under Viktor Orban, and Russia under Vladimir Putin
oh FOR SURE man
oh FOR SURE man
![Pathways to Renewal via Tradition and Realism
Proponents of civilizational renewal posit that societies facing internal decadence or external pressures can revitalize by recommitting to core traditions—such as religious, familial, and communal norms—that historically fostered cohesion and resilience, coupled with realist strategies prioritizing empirical security, demographic sustainability, and national sovereignty over universalist ideologies.[240] This approach contrasts with progressive narratives that view traditions as obsolete, instead drawing on evidence that cultural anchors enable adaptive responses to crises, as seen in historical recoveries where abandonment of roots correlated with fragmentation.[241] Realist elements emphasize power balances and causal incentives, rejecting illusions like borderless integration amid competition from rising powers.[242]
A paradigmatic historical case is Japan's Meiji Restoration of 1868, which dismantled the feudal shogunate and reinstated imperial authority under Emperor Meiji, thereby preserving Shinto rituals, samurai ethics, and hierarchical social structures while selectively adopting Western military, industrial, and legal reforms.[243] This fusion propelled Japan from isolation to defeating Russia in 1905, establishing it as Asia's first modern imperial power with GDP growth accelerating from near-stagnation to industrialization by 1910, demonstrating how tradition provided legitimacy and motivation for pragmatic modernization without cultural erasure.[244] Similarly, Europe's Renaissance from the 14th to 17th centuries revived Greco-Roman texts, philosophies, and artistic techniques, sparking scientific advancements like Galileo's 1610 telescopic observations and economic expansions that lifted per capita incomes in Italian city-states by up to 50% over two centuries, countering post-plague malaise through renewed classical humanism.
In contemporary contexts, Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán since 2010 …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:yn75hmwkitdshnylue6d3grk/bafkreid7ctzlji6zppikgy54ejchyoakafwmpm4e6h2iwtepf6bwzfwywi@jpeg)
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Do they say UU or do they just say "Universalist"? I was assuming they didn't mean a particular current denomination / faith organization so much as that they're inclined towards a universalist theory of salvation.
October 30, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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hate to put this account on blast but the (elder) rav kook was much much more universalist in perspective than the rambam. the rambam's "universalism" is skin-deep and in his actual halakhic rulings he is usually much narrower and uglier than the kabbalists who yeshayahu leibowitz despises
I was looking for some theoretical / philosophical materials on Selichot סליחות, pre-Kippur prayers for forgiveness.
And I found this in Yeshayahu Leibowitz. The coexistence of deep wisdom about human condition and superficial cruelty about earthly matters in some of the best minds (rav Kook, e.g).
And I found this in Yeshayahu Leibowitz. The coexistence of deep wisdom about human condition and superficial cruelty about earthly matters in some of the best minds (rav Kook, e.g).
October 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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I repeat - I regard myself as a Catholic (though with a strong Unitarian Universalist streak), and I do not see anything remotely Christian is his speech or the policies he advocates. He does not "Speak the Truth out of love".
October 29, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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its perfectly coherent: an individualism that isnt universalist denies individual freedom to those on the wrong side of some arbitrary line like a national border or gender assigned at birth; theres no universality without individual agents to move across contexts while holding perspective constant
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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READINESS, RESILIENCE, AND RESISTANCE: A Workshop For What Lies Ahead
Saturday, November 8
9:30am – 12:30pm EST
First Church Unitarian Universalist
15 West St
Leominster, MA 01453
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Leominster Massachusetts
READINESS, RESILIENCE, AND RESISTANCE: A Workshop For What Lies Ahead
Saturday, November 8
9:30am – 12:30pm EST
First Church Unitarian Universalist
15 West St
Leominster, MA 01453
www.mobilize.us/mobilize/eve...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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Some Churches of Christ are surprisingly liberal. I always get them mixed up though because different denominations use the phrase "Church of Christ" and they basically go from more-or-less Unitarian Universalist all the way to basically Pentecostal.
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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We're talking to folks across the U.P. about what it'll take to fix our broken healthcare system. Join us tonight in Houghton for the first stop of our Open Our Healthcare town hall tour at the Keewanaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 6:30 PM!
October 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Wednesday, 11/5/2025: David Pepper Live Q&A, 6-8pm, 1st Unitarian Universalist Church, 93 W Weisheimer Rd, Columbus. Join ICO in welcoming David Pepper, author of Laboratories of Autocracy and Saving Democracy for an evening of questions and answers.
October 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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I'm aware of that. I "crusade" against Unitarian Universalist #ClergyAbuse that includes child rape. Valérie Plante & #ProjetMontréal have been quite dishonest about this matter. I decided to give Craig the benefit of the doubt based on what little I know. Some women do make false accusations.
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Me in a nutshell! The Church matters too much to me to be ‘woo woo universalist’ (lol love) but the reality is I come from a non-Christian culture - not even post-Christendom! That complicates things! soteriology, eschatology, whatever I just know Jesus saves in his love and mercy 🤷🏻♀️
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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Y'all wanna see why I started saying this?
October 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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We show Twilight Zone episodes as part of our teen curriculum at our Unitarian Universalist Congregation. They actually like the old programs and get the lessons within. Rod Sterling was a UU. Amazing writing and acting.
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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I gave a public educational seminar on the history of vaccines yesterday sponsored by @gain-indivisible.bsky.social. I encourage all scientists to give public educational seminars a shot. You’ll learn something and you will be surprised (in a good way) by the people you meet.
October 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Employee: "You know. The temple."
Readers, he meant my annual pledge to the Unitarian Universalist church I'm joining. But I do appreciate his determination to keep me budget-oriented.
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Readers, he meant my annual pledge to the Unitarian Universalist church I'm joining. But I do appreciate his determination to keep me budget-oriented.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Slavery is, of course, the blight on the framer's vision, but is striking how far they went to make clear that - no really - they intended their universalist principles to be, y'know, universal.
The same thing comes out if you look at how birthright citizenship was understood for the 14A.
The same thing comes out if you look at how birthright citizenship was understood for the 14A.
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I mean, Ganz is literally nbding the Nazi tattoos to avoid uttering the words "Will Stancil was correct." The death wish bit is some bullshit he wrote about Israelis being inferior to American Jews for not having soi-disant universalist American values. Apparently those values include Nazi tattoos.
October 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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i'm seriously considering going to a Unitarian Universalist church, which sounds wild for me to say as an atheist, but everything i've learnt about them recently has me intrigued & wanting to go. Progressive church that's got a lot of atheist + other members, & a place to find community, let's see!
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Thinking a lot about having been Unitarian Universalist for a while & how you'd try to explain 7 principles &c,
& whoever asked you what it is would immediately go "So you'd a Kl*nsman in?"
& then "So you WOULDN'T let them in?
Turns out people fundamentally don't understand principles & covenants.
& whoever asked you what it is would immediately go "So you'd a Kl*nsman in?"
& then "So you WOULDN'T let them in?
Turns out people fundamentally don't understand principles & covenants.
October 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Pedocon theory went mainstream between last No Kings and today. So many folks with "Trump is a pedophile" and similar signs out today in the hands of people who volunteer at the Unitarian Universalist bake sales.
October 18, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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