Unitarianism

I'm studying Trinitarianism right now, which has brought me into contact with Unitarianism. I had come across the term Socinian several times this semester, but I hadn't been motivated enough to follow up on it. But then I hit the term Latitudinarian and I knew it was time to stop being lazy. Now I know that Fausto Paolo Sozzini was a 16th century Italian theologian whose doctrines were largely responsible for the Unitarian movement in Europe.

What I already knew was that the Unitarian movement merged with the Universalist movement, and created a church that is about as Progressive as you can get. I won't elaborate more on that here. The thing I keep getting wrapped around the axle about is if you believe that the bible isn't infallible and that all religions have value, what is the motivation to devote yourself to a church? I don't have an answer to that yet, but I read two articles from Unitarian ministers that piqued my interest: Why You Should Not Be A Unitarian Universalist by Rev. Dr. Tony Larsen, and Why Agnostics Go to Church
by Rev. J. Mark Worth. That is all.

The slide towards deconversion

I got an email about an article getting a lot of attention on Twitter, and I decided to take a look.  The article getting everyone worked up was from the Gospel Coalition, authored by Alisa Childers, entitled 3 Beliefs Some Progressive Christians and Atheists Share. I made the mistake of reading lots of angry tweets about it before reading the article itself. Generally speaking, I agree with Childers. I don't think I can say that I spent any time with Progressive Christianity itself. I flirted with it for a bit, but my ultimate problem with it was the same thing that Childers said, I could already see where it led. It was basically just a slow boat out of the faith.

In my opinion, that's the reason why progressive churches are stagnant, while evangelicalism still have some life in it--Progressive Christianity isn't really Christianity. I know many would take exception to that, but I think the evidence stands for itself.

To recap, the three beliefs are:

1. They May Adopt a Belief That the Bible Is Unreliable
2. They May Have an Unresolved Answer to the Problem of Evil
3. They May Affirm a Culture-Adapting Morality

For the record, my issues with leaving the faith are almost totally wrapped up in 1. I have no issues at all with 2. I agree with Childers that 1. leads to 3. I had no issues holding fast to a morality wholly grounded in the Bible until I lost my faith in it.

I should also add that I do not consider myself an atheist. I also note that most of the people commenting on twitter didn't consider themselves atheists either. I don't see myself ever becoming an atheist. I'm somewhere between deism and agnosticism, and I see myself being here for a long time.