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Originally posted by Empty_One
I was wondering what you thought of the Universalist/Uniterian church. Both their historical origins, and how it has evolved to what it has come to believe today.
http://www.uua.org
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Dear Empty_One,
Several years back I had the pleasure of working with a Universalist Unitarian minister in a social concerns group and learned a bit about their beliefs.
All in all I can say that I very much respect their beliefs while knowing that their particular church is not for me.
I certainly can understand and appreciate the origins of those beliefs. Many many denominations and sects have started from a dissatisfaction with the current understandings and interpretations regarding religion in those times, usually coupled with the abuses that are inevitable whenever humans are involved in anything.
I especially appreciate the compassion that seems to be central to Universalist Unitarians. In that department, they are second to no religion/denomination.
Where I start to diverge from them is in my own preference for how I worship and in my general philosophy on religion and daily life in general. While I admire them, they are perhaps too hard to pin down on what they believe, (this perhaps being one of their greatest strengths). While I've been accused of similar, I still feel that some surity is necessary in daily life, even if it may be incorrect.
But that's just my own feeling.
