{"id":6404,"date":"2022-09-09T12:00:39","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T19:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?p=6404"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T01:02:08","slug":"what-unitarians-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/news\/blog\/what-unitarians-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"What We Believe [#18]"},"content":{"rendered":"

What set of ideas characterize this faith tradition?\u00a0 Here is\u00a0what most UUs believe:<\/p>\n

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  1. Freedom of religious expression. They encourage individuals to develop and share their own personal theologies, without fear of censure or reprisal.<\/li>\n
  2. Tolerating religious ideas.\u00a0 They believe all religions possess intrinsic merit and have potential value for those who learn about them.<\/li>\n
  3. Primacy of reason and conscience. On religion, their ultimate arbiter is not a church, a document, or an official, but each individual\u2019s thoughtful choice.<\/li>\n
  4. The never-ending search for truth. They keep their minds and hearts open, having faith that new insights and wisdom will come.<\/li>\n
  5. The unity of experience. They trust that the sacred and the secular will align, since they spring from the same reality.<\/li>\n
  6. The worth and dignity of each human being. Everyone has an equal claim to life, liberty, and justice.<\/li>\n
  7. The ethical application of religion. Good works emerge from a good faith — inner grace is expressed in caring community involvement.<\/li>\n
  8. The motive force of love. Human life flourishes with love that seeks others\u2019 welfare, never to hurt or destroy.<\/li>\n
  9. The necessity of democracy.\u00a0 Records should be open to scrutiny; elections open to members; and ideas open to criticism — so people can govern themselves.<\/li>\n
  10. The importance of religious community.\u00a0 Peers provide a network of mutual support, along with a critical platform.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    What set of ideas characterize this faith tradition?\u00a0 Here is\u00a0what most UUs believe: Freedom of religious expression. They encourage individuals to develop and share their own personal theologies, without fear of censure or reprisal. Tolerating religious ideas.\u00a0 They believe all religions possess intrinsic merit and have potential value for those who learn about them. Primacy … Continue reading What We Believe [#18]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6404"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8780,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6404\/revisions\/8780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}