UU Humor

Q - What do you get if you cross a Jehovah's Witness with a Unitarian Universalist?
A - A knock at the door for no reason.

Borrowed from My Irony, a UU blog, which also had links to a somewhat toungue-in-cheek discussion about a new name to replace the ungainly "Unitarian Universalist" moniker. Best of the bunch: Church One. I like it, it's snappy, direct, and bold. I take it there's a theology subtext there (one god, one heaven for all) rather than the crassly competitive "We're number one" theme that leaps to mind for one accustomed to those who divide churches into two groups, the true and the not-so-true. I enjoy UU blogs--they are the only denomination I've come across besides Liberal Mormons whose bloggers are capable of self-analysis.

Anyway, we can't let a bunch of UUs take the high ground with "Church One." We need a new name. Embracing Bloom's vision of a post-Christian America, I would offer "Church of the Latter-day Saints," which also hearkens back to one of the official names of the Church in the 1830s, but I'm sure there are better options. Your suggestions?

Comments

[Grasshopper]

What, you don't like "The One True Church"? ;-P

[Ann]

I like the religious light bulb jokes. "How many Episcopals does it take to change a light bulb?" "Six - one to change the bulb, two to mix the drinks, and three to complain about how much better the old bulb was."

[Alaska]

My guess is that it's a reference to Bank One.