tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post7622879486288169851..comments2024-03-28T10:44:30.518-06:00Comments on American Creation: "I Think, Therefore I Am...a Unitarian"Brad Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-45281111942752217052008-06-15T18:02:00.000-06:002008-06-15T18:02:00.000-06:00This is a good subject area.I have been looking to...This is a good subject area.<BR/><BR/>I have been looking to see if anyone would be able to produce more information.<BR/><BR/>Is it really true that most of the Founders were Unitarians?<BR/>.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-7727247569080889402008-06-12T13:14:00.000-06:002008-06-12T13:14:00.000-06:00This is an excellent post. The "unitarian" philos...This is an excellent post. The "unitarian" philosophy (small U as Jon points out) is the most under appreciated religious influence on our founders.Lindsey Shumanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536959819608584779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-69991126976503535592008-06-12T12:23:00.000-06:002008-06-12T12:23:00.000-06:00I learned something reading your paper, Brad.. Tha...I learned something reading your paper, Brad.. Thanks for putting out the effort to write it.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-36581086281450918542008-06-11T14:04:00.000-06:002008-06-11T14:04:00.000-06:00Thanks for the praise, Pinky. Jon, you make a goo...Thanks for the praise, Pinky. Jon, you make a good point that I've never thought of before. "Unitarianism" v. "unitarianism" definitly makes sense. Thanks for the info. I could see some right-wing zealot trying to jump on that one!Brad Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17669677047039491864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-39281793757284931832008-06-11T13:30:00.000-06:002008-06-11T13:30:00.000-06:00Very nice. One thing I'd caution about is the cap...Very nice. One thing I'd caution about is the capital "U" in "Unitarianism." (I know spell check tells you to capitalize it.) When we call those Founders "Unitarians" and capitalize the "U" invariably some critic will take that out of context and note these Founders weren't members of "Unitarian" Churches. Washington, Jefferson and Madison were all likely "unitarians" in their theology, but none was a member of a "Unitarian" Church; all were members of the Anglican/Episcopal Church.<BR/><BR/>Even with John Adams who was a "Congregationalist." His own church according to his testimony preached "unitarianism" as of 1750. But I don't believe they were an official "Unitarian" Church until the early 19th Century.<BR/><BR/>Gary North notes this difference between unitarianism and Unitarianism in his Ebook. They were unitarians, not necessarily Unitarians. Likewise what Dr. Frazer terms "theistic rationalism" has unitarianism as an element (along with theism, Arminianism, universalim, syncretism, and rationalism). That might be one reason why "theistic rationalism" is preferable to "unitarianism." But I use both terms interchangeably and sometimes write to purposefully alter the audience that the two terms are interchangeable.Jonathan Rowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04079637406589278386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1237087217187172116.post-7810821092394384452008-06-11T13:09:00.000-06:002008-06-11T13:09:00.000-06:00Looks like one of the better papers that have been...Looks like one of the better papers that have been published here.<BR/>.<BR/>I'm going to study it.Phil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06756814849309388483noreply@blogger.com