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 thinkingbear rated 41 months ago - "We believe that personal experience, conscience, and reason should be the final authorities in religion. In the end religious authority lies not in a book, person, or institution, but in ourselves. We put religious insights to the test of our hearts and minds.
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- Enku reviewed 13 days ago
- Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations -Good people, indeed!
- carolsim rated 8 months agoreligion
- I grew up in the Unitarian Church during the repressive 1950's. Their flaming chalice helped keep hope alive during the dark days of McCarthyism, Jim Crow and the Cold War. I'm still keeping the faith at our local UU Church.
- nails58 rated 19 months agoreligion
- I keep hearing positive things about this denomination and their open acceptance of all
- toxicvarn90 reviewed 21 months agoreligion
- Looked it up, found out that anyone can join and believe in whatever they want...to a point that it's pointless.
- ShelbyMeyerhoff rated 21 months agoreligion, uu, unitarian-universalism
- The website of the Unitarian Universalist Association, with resources for members, visitors and leaders. Learn about this welcoming, inclusive, free-thinking faith.
 Seolyk rated 32 months ago- UU is all about what makes one feeeel good. its waay too relativistic. Someone is either right or wrong. I am open to the consideration that what I believe might be false, but there cant be any middle ground.
I visited and the sermon was on how you can plan your own memorial service! come on! and one of the people had the audacity to say in reference to a song she wanted sang at her memorial service, "I believe that it is truer to my and her spirituality of we change the last word of the song to 'god.'" I mean come on! she essentially said, "I know her better than she knew herself so Im gonna change it."
- burningtongues rated 32 months agoreligion, spirituality, uu
- UUism offers its followers religious freedom. Our principles state that each person has a responsibility to seek out spiritual knowledge, to constantly question what we believe, and to share our knowledge with our fellow UUs in an open, respectful format. Though many UUs are humanists, there are also a great number of Theist, Christian, Pagan, and Jewish UUs. To be a UU means living without the comfort of the "absolute truths" other religions claim to offer. Being a UU means being brave enough to ponder and question religious texts and institutions and take what truth from them you find. It's not easy, but it's very rewarding. Stop by a congregation sometime if you're interested.
- Fidi rated 39 months agoreligion
- From the page: "In Support of Marriage Equality:
No Discrimination in the Constitution
In response to debate on the proposed "Marriage Protection Amendment" set for Congressional vote this spring, the Unitarian Universalist Association has launched Standing on the Side of Love 2006: No Discrimination in the Constitution, a campaign focused on mobilizing Unitarian Universalists to speak out against this hurtful and discriminatory amendment. The UUA has opposed discrimination against gay, lesbian, and bisexual people since 1970. We know from our religious experience of worshipping and being together that what unites us as families and as people is much greater than what divides us. We need policies that will help create as many stable, healthy families as possible--not impose definitions of what constitutes a family. As a religious tradition dedicated to promoting democracy and justice, we believe that the proposed amendment would hurt thousands of families and children, turn the Constitution into an instrument of religious discrimination, and eviscerate the principle of equal protection."
I like this group.
- Lovefro rated 39 months agoreligion
- sweet my church i love being a UU
- thinkingbear rated 41 months agoreligion
- "We believe that personal experience, conscience, and reason should be the final authorities in religion. In the end religious authority lies not in a book, person, or institution, but in ourselves. We put religious insights to the test of our hearts and minds.
We uphold the free search for truth. We will not be bound by a statement of belief. We do not ask anyone to subscribe to a creed. We say ours is a noncreedal religion. Ours is a free faith.
We believe that religious wisdom is ever changing. Human understanding of life and death, the world and its mysteries, is never final. Revelation is continuous. We celebrate unfolding truths known to teachers, prophets, and sages throughout the ages.
We affirm the worth of all women and men. We believe people should be encouraged to think for themselves. We know people differ in their opinions and lifestyles, and we believe these differences generally should be honored.
We seek to act as a moral force in the world, believing that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion. The here and now and the effects our actions will have on future generations deeply concern us. We know that our relationships with one another, with diverse peoples, races, and nations, should be governed by justice, equity, and compassion."
I have been a Seeker since I outgrew Catholicism around age 17. Now I have two small kids and have been looking for a way start their spiritual education, but free from my personal dogma as much as freedom from any institutional dogma. I may have to check these guys out.
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