Topic: Pantheism
Pantheism is the belief that all the forces in the universe are God. UU does not promote any particular answers to the ultimate questions about human existence. Unitarian Universalism and Pantheism are complementary and enrich each other. Pantheism supports the UU principles and melds three of UUs component traditions: Humanism, Pantheism, and Paganism of the symbolic kind.
Around the world there are two major threads of religion faith and experience; faith like a Christian’s belief in God and experience as in Buddhist meditation. There is a third way, knowledge. Not intellectual knowledge, but direct knowledge, like you know you exist. Richard Clarke and Carol Johnson have studied and practiced this for the … Continue reading Nonduality: The Third Way of Religion
Many of us who were raised in some traditional religions, have at some point asked (perhaps unconsciously) the question, “What is the character of my God?” Many of us found the character of God wanting, and rejected him (yes, that god was usually a “him”). Some of us live comfortably with that rejection as atheists, … Continue reading What is the Character of Your God?
The Jewish Passover holiday starts on sundown Friday evening, March 27, and continues for a week. The holiday celebrates the escape of the ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt. Thus this holiday is about freedom from oppression, touching larger themes of justice and fairness for all. Rev. Matt Alspaugh is the speaker and Dee Dee … Continue reading Passover