Comments on: Voices of Universalism http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism Religion and spirituality from a Unitarian Universalist perspective Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:54:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Shelby Meyerhoff http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11760 Shelby Meyerhoff Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:01:16 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11760 I love our UU humanists, agnostics, and pagans! And I welcome many different ways of interpreting and re-interpreting our Universalist heritage in light of these traditions. It's just that message I take away from Universalism is a message of God's love, and I believe that's a message many other Americans who are searching for a spiritual home would appreciate. That doesn't mean other messages drawn from our Universalist heritage and from the multiple faith traditions we embrace today aren't equally important and valuable. I love our UU humanists, agnostics, and pagans! And I welcome many different ways of interpreting and re-interpreting our Universalist heritage in light of these traditions.

It’s just that message I take away from Universalism is a message of God’s love, and I believe that’s a message many other Americans who are searching for a spiritual home would appreciate. That doesn’t mean other messages drawn from our Universalist heritage and from the multiple faith traditions we embrace today aren’t equally important and valuable.

]]> By: Tracie http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11727 Tracie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:19:49 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11727 By the way, for the record, I'm a UU Heathen. I walk with the Scandinavian old Gods - Odin, Thor, Freyr, Freyja, etc By the way, for the record, I’m a UU Heathen. I walk with the Scandinavian old Gods - Odin, Thor, Freyr, Freyja, etc

]]> By: Tracie http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11726 Tracie Thu, 06 Mar 2008 13:18:48 +0000 http://www.lookingforfaith.org/blog/2008/voices-of-universalism#comment-11726 Of course, you're assuming here that everyone who is a UU is a monotheist. This sentence said it all: "The message that God loves all people, that God is a God of mercy rather than punishment, and that there is more than one path to salvation is still a message the world needs." One God? Not Goddess? Not a pantheon of divine figures? It also assumes that God even exists at all. What of the humanists and agnostics? :wink: Of course, you’re assuming here that everyone who is a UU is a monotheist. This sentence said it all:

“The message that God loves all people, that God is a God of mercy rather than punishment, and that there is more than one path to salvation is still a message the world needs.”

One God? Not Goddess? Not a pantheon of divine figures? It also assumes that God even exists at all. What of the humanists and agnostics? :wink:

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