What is Unitarian Universalism? (Jesus, ritual, beliefs, translation, attend)

[Colin_Admin]

Originally Posted by funky and fresh

my agnostic father has been going to UU church and ive been skeptical of going because the whole idea of church and church service kinda of scare me, seeing as im agnostic, but now i really wanna check it out, i think im gonna go with my dad next time he goes to a UU service.

It cant hurt to check it out. I have never been to a UU service but it sounds like something i could try out.

[Runt]

my agnostic father has been going to UU church and ive been skeptical of going because the whole idea of church and church service kinda of scare me, seeing as im agnostic, but now i really wanna check it out, i think im gonna go with my dad next time he goes to a UU service.

I encourage you to do so. The services are nice... I don't want to say "better" than other religions' (because that would be arrogant)... but certainly nice. The minister or lay people who give sermons present topics that are barely religious... they are more social-spiritual, and nobody expects you to believe that the sermon is valid simply because a minister is telling you that "this is truth". Instead, they explore a subject from a unique point of view to encourage the congregation to explore further and decide for themselves. Very refreshing.

[funky and fresh]

sounds nice

[Mal]

Hi Gaurick,

In my own search for the truth I have found that there are two ways to find it
1. Try and climb to the truth using mental speculation and
2. receive the truth from those who know.

The first method is difficult because of our limitations. eg: our senses are limited, we make mistakes and some of us have a tendency to cheat.

The second method is easier, for example if we want to learn how to be a doctor it is much quicker to learn from someone who is already a doctor. Religion is based on this second method of receiving truth from those who know Jesus, Buddha etc

Now if the truth was represented by a nice juicy mango at the top of a big tree and it was being passed down from person to person sitting on the branches of the tree then history has shown us that the Mango or truth can or damaged or changed on it's way down. Sometimes we might be getting a walnut instead of a mango. Even though the walnut may be presented to us very nicely it is still a walnut.

So may I ask you and anyone else who would like to respond how do you personally sort through the mangos and walnuts.

Best regards,
Mal.

[Lightkeeper]

I think there are universal truths. Something deep inside of you will know if it is right.