{"id":6407,"date":"2022-09-16T12:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T19:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/?p=6407"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:04:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T01:04:57","slug":"where-unitarians-find-wisdom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/news\/blog\/where-unitarians-find-wisdom\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do We Find Wisdom? [#19]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">Unitarian Universalists believe there is some wisdom in all the world&#8217;s religions. Each has valuable views to offer about humanity and our life in the world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">Therefore, UU\u2019s keep their minds open regarding the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">For themselves, UUs regard personal experience, conscience, and reason to be the best filters of religious claims, not a particular book or person or institution.\u00a0 They explore religious beliefs within their own hearts, minds, and souls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">They also believe that religious wisdom evolves over time.\u00a0 Human understanding of life and death, the world and its mysteries, is never final.\u00a0 Revelation, insights, and discoveries are ongoing.\u00a0 UUs celebrate and study the unfolding truths revealed to teachers, sages, and scientists over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height: 16.5pt; background: white; margin: 0in 0in 6.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">They affirm the worth of all people, recognize that people have different opinions and lifestyles, and honor those differences.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; color: #222222;\">They seek to act as a moral force in the world, believing that ethical living is the supreme witness of religion. The effects of their actions in the here and now, and on future generations deeply concern them.\u00a0\u00a0They want their relationships with one another, and with diverse peoples, races, and nations, to be governed by justice, equity, and compassion.<\/span><b><span style=\"font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #333333;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unitarian Universalists believe there is some wisdom in all the world&#8217;s religions. Each has valuable views to offer about humanity and our life in the world.\u00a0 Therefore, UU\u2019s keep their minds open regarding the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places. For themselves, UUs regard personal experience, conscience, and reason to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sedonauu.org\/wordpress\/news\/blog\/where-unitarians-find-wisdom\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Where Do We Find Wisdom? 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