ohmiya of the day

religious ceremonies are creepy / unitarian universalism... thingies

it came up today how weddings are creepy (by no means an unusual occurrence, actually) and everyone involved agreed that yes, they really are. later i said to wax i think that even without the whole "father transferring ownership of daughter to another party" element they kind of are, and this is because religious ceremonies are inherently creepy. even thinking about my favourites from my childhood, which all come from a unitarian universalist (which is to say, basically irreligious, vaguely 'spiritual') background, there's something about those symbolic acts performed on actual physical symbols which can be both moving and still vaguely, well... creepy.

( public uu ceremonies: the flower communion, the ingathering, the candles of joy and concern )

then this post turned into talking a bit more about my experience of unitarian universalism and my childhood. ( uuism and the war between liberal humanism and 'spirituality' )