Which part?
I didn’t say Catholicism was a cult, I said using
your definition, it could be considered so.
I also get the impression you seem to think that Unitarians are somehow lost and need to return to the fold.
“Some do, and in fact I recently read an article about a female Unitarian pastor who was motivated to steer her congreation in a less secular direction toward a more Christian-like relgious experience.”
The minister may be “motivated” however she feels drawn. Whether her congregation follows her is another question. We have no creed or doctrine and some congregations would show a minister the door for advocating anything resembling a creed or doctrine.
“Christians don’t claim to be Jewish; Unitarians/Universalists have identified themselves as Christian historically - although it seems that some make no pretense of being Christian.”
Actually, Unitarians began removing references to the trinity from their services in the late 1700s. The American Revolution and American Unitarianism could be said to have been rocked in the cradle together.
About a century later, one of the first references to the belief in God without Christian emphasis was raised in William Channing Gannett’s,
The Things Most Commonly Believed Today Among Us, adopted by the Western Unitarian Conference in 1887, and which allows for non-Christian beliefs.
The importance of love for God and humanity, but without a Christian focus, was asserted by the national conference in 1894.
My point was that Christianity grew from Jewish roots, but, as you yourself said, Christians no longer claim to be Jewish.
Likewise, Unitarian Universalism grew from Christian roots, but has evolved into a religion unto its own.
There are still some Unitarian Universalists who consider themselves Christians, just as there are some who are Wiccan, Deist, Agnostic, etc. These are personal choices, not doctrinal requirements.
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