Have any of you been to a Unitarian Universalism church? This is the description I found from Wikipedia:
Unitarian Universalism is a theologically liberal religion characterized by a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning".[1] Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a result of that search and not a result of obedience to an authoritarian requirement. Unitarian Universalists draw on many different theological sources and have a wide range of beliefs and practices.[2][3]
Contemporary Unitarian Universalism espouses a pluralist approach to religious belief, whereby members may describe themselves as humanist, agnostic, deist, atheist, pagan, christian, monotheist, pantheist, polytheist, or assume no label at all. As of 2006, fewer than about 20% of Unitarian Universalists identified themselves as Christian.
I have never been before but it sounds interesting to have people of so many backgrounds come together... I gave a presentation on the Atheist/Humanist perspective at a community event recently and was invited to speak at the Universalist church.
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it does sound interesting, because of the differents backgroundand points of view about life. I dont believe in spitituality or souls for that matter.
This is a very decent approach to religion if you ask me. It allows for a great deal of liberty to seek the truth based on logic. Spirituality is very much real, but we believe it to be something it is not. All that spirituality means is to be in touch with your humanity and respectful of others regarding the way they look or the beliefs they have.
Rob what you describe as spirituality; to me is just humanity....
Yes in many ways it really is simply that.
Spirituality and Humanism both go hand by hand. Some people interpret spirituality as something of paranormal nature, but this is not correct.
would yo be so kind to tell me what spirituality means to you?
The essence of spirituality for me is the search of our real self, in order to discover the true nature of our consciousness.
I just attended a Unitarian Universalism church for the first time in Southern California and wow is this the most unique "church" I've ever been to. I don't really know why it is called a church, it is like no church I know of. The group didn't pray or even have a minister! Apparently a minister visits once a month. The group also features speakers who share scientific related information and are planning to have a discussion in June on atheism/agnosticism. Very interesting group imo.
Not to mention they allowed me to speak (I did a presentation) about an online learning community I am developing and the audience even had lots of questions and support for me at the end. I have never felt so welcomed by a group of people and doubt that common churches (Christian, Catholic, Seventh Day Adventist, etc.) in my area would ever conceive of the idea to let me share this progressive movement with their followers.
They sound like unusually nice people who want to build a community, but it doesn't sound like a church or a belief system or anything. It sounds almost totally shapeless and formless. Why are they together, other than not fitting in with any of the other churches?