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*[[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]] are both considered by many to be Unitarians.
*[[Isaac Newton]] and [[Albert Einstein]] are both considered by many to be Unitarians.
I'd like to see sources for these before reinserting them in the article. Albert Einstein just sounds wrong, as he was Jewish; he certainly did not have associations with the American Unitarian Association. Newton sounds possible, but I think there should be a source. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:03, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
I'd like to see sources for these before reinserting them in the article. Albert Einstein just sounds wrong, as he was Jewish; he certainly did not have associations with the American Unitarian Association. Newton sounds possible, but I think there should be a source. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith]] 13:03, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:http://www.famousuus.com/science.htm claims Newton. I offer that as a reference to the actuality, but to the existance of the claim. [[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 13:08, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
:http://www.famousuus.com/science.htm claims Newton. I offer that as a reference to the actuality, but to the existance of the claim. I have never heard Einstein claimed before. One thing to keep in mind is that the connotational meaning of "Unitarian" has changed, especially over the past 40 years or so, from something like "A Christian who rejects the trinity" (a sense in which Newton "might" be a Uniterian) to something like "a religious humanist from a Christian tradition" (a sense in which Newton undoubtedly would not qualify). [[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 13:08, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
== AUA name ==
== AUA name ==
In "The American Universalist Association was founded in 1825", that should be "Unitarian", not "Universalist", no? The Universalists in America organized in 1793, but I'm not sure what the name of the organization was at the time. I'm not Just FIxing This because it looks like Dpbsmith is currently editing and we'd likely conflict with one another. [[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 13:06, 1 April 2007 (EDT)
In "The American Universalist Association was founded in 1825", that should be "Unitarian", not "Universalist", no? The Universalists in America organized in 1793, but I'm not sure what the name of the organization was at the time. I'm not Just FIxing This because it looks like Dpbsmith is currently editing and we'd likely conflict with one another. [[User:Jtl|Jtl]] 13:06, 1 April 2007 (EDT)