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| View Poll Results: UU beliefs about God: Check the 3 statements that most closely match your beliefs. | |||
| There are probably as many ideas about God as there are people |
   
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3 | 30.00% |
| There's a spark of divinity in each of us |
  
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4 | 40.00% |
| I find God in nature |
  
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2 | 20.00% |
| God and the Universe are the same--God is in everything/everyone |
  
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1 | 10.00% |
| God is present in the relationships among people |
  
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1 | 10.00% |
| We can use science and reason to understand our Universe |
  
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2 | 20.00% |
| There's no way we can know whether or not there is a God |
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4 | 40.00% |
| God is my conscience calling me to make the world a better place |
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3 | 30.00% |
| Creation is ongoing, and we are co-creators with God |
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3 | 30.00% |
| God is like a loving mother who sustains us and all life |
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3 | 30.00% |
| God cares for us and listens to our prayer |
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1 | 10.00% |
| There's no such thing as God, and even the word is useless |
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1 | 10.00% |
| My beliefs about Jesus make me feel closer to God |
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2 | 20.00% |
| God created the universe and then left it to run itself |
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0 | 0% |
| Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 10. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#1
05-01-2007, 11:21 AM
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UU beliefs about God
I found this survey a congregation had done and thought it was interesting. I'd like to see what the UUs of RF believe about God.
The 14 beliefs in god were drawn from the UU curriculum, “Compass Points: a full year program for adolescents exploring their selves, their beliefs, their UU faith, & their relationships with others,” by Gaia Brown and Michelle Richards.
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Matthew 7:12, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" 
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#2
05-01-2007, 12:11 PM
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Basically, I agreed with all of the statements except part of two: There's no such thing as God, and even the word is useless God created the universe and then left it to run itself And the only one I would bother to argue about is the "even the word is useless" part.
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Hate has a reason for everything, but love is unreasonable. - V.R. Ahaefvthe wizdum.net - The Good News of Unitarian Universalism
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#3
05-01-2007, 12:16 PM
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It is hard, I still haven't voted because I can't decide. I have to think about it some more.
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Matthew 7:12, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
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05-01-2007, 12:17 PM
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 Thanks for posting this btw. The survey results were interesting. I seem to be unusual even by UU standards.
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Hate has a reason for everything, but love is unreasonable. - V.R. Ahaefvthewizdum.net - The Good News of Unitarian Universalism
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#5
05-01-2007, 12:22 PM
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OK, I pick:
I find God in nature God is my conscience calling me to make the world a better place God is like a loving mother who sustains us and all life I would still consider myself agnostic though. I think that contributing to my difficulty in me personally affirming some of those statements although I think they are perfectly valid points for others to hold.
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Matthew 7:12, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" Last edited by Green Gaia; 05-01-2007 at 12:25 PM.
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05-01-2007, 02:06 PM
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Does having all these (and likely more) differing views of God make it difficult to talk about God among UUs? Or does it make it easier because we all have differing views?
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Matthew 7:12, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you"
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#7
05-01-2007, 03:45 PM
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My beliefs about God are reflected in the following, and I wish our choices were not limited to three and this poll asked selected among the following that best applies. Spark of divinity within us I find God in nature, and beyond nature. God is present in the relationships among people God is my conscience calling me to make world a better place Creation is ongoing and we are co-creators with God God is like a loving mother who sustains us and all life My beliefs about Jesus make me feel closer to God Our individual beliefs and perceptions of God should not prevent us from speaking about the holy. To me God is one, and is known by many names or no name at all. |
