Hello, I wonder if the UUA ever does any overseas contact or links or studying or anything with smaller world religiions, like for instance Alevis in turkey, or Cheondogyo in Korea. If so, would you tell me how that works?
this is a concept presented by someone that knows that there is religion to those that have not got the same level of proof. i cannot persuade because of the lack of evidence so I try to use intelligent design arguments, but those are pretty unconvincing to atheists or agnostic or materialists...
there's a cosmic man (woman) concept in Taoism, Hinduism, probably some others i missed that show that the human being, singular, is a reflection of the universe, in structure (whether esoteric or exoteric) and I was just goin to contribute, that most humanism out there ignores god and focuses...
does anyone here think that philosophy is inherantly unitarian universalist as u.u. is all about humanism? I find that comparing religious systems, like hInduism and bUddhism and cHristianity, is an endeavor that is greatly boosted by putting along side these, the complex and interesting...
a second question... google images are hard to find? which U.U. congregation
has the nicest / most opulent / impressive building? i am guessing it is one of the larger ones like all souls in new york or tulsa?
hello, I am new to unitarian universalism and slowly becoming one. I have a question if any one knows, which u.u. congregations out there have a strong strain of buddhism in their practice/theology/teaching? I am asking because I want to find a decent congregation to take sunday sermons online...
hullo, I was wondering if anyone on these boards knew of some scriptures for chinese traditional religion, as I am learning about it...
I have found one thing out, it is hard to find scriptures for it, maybe it is temple worship only. All I can find is the I ching and the Jade Calender.
I mean...
hello, I am studying hinduism, and I have noticed a certain feature of these religions which is very interesting to me, that is, the way that parts of hindu society correspond to hindu religious concepts. for instance in classical Hindu music many melodies are associated with different deities...
what do people on this board think of using "natural theology" i.e. unbiased reasoning rather than scriptural traditions to study God(s)?
my experience is, some kind of religion is what is going on in this universe, and many of the religions out there cover the same material. they cover the...
or are they... polytheist?
i mean the small minority that isn't smarta and still practices vedic yajnas in full?
i don't know any hehe so i thought i'd ask those who might know the answer?
another question - they probably are not all about temple worship, right? not puranic in any way? do they...
I have a difficult time understanding buddhist ethics... it seems strange to me how a tradition could be so ethical, as ethical as the most ethical western traditions, never kill, never harm etc., yet it's core goal is about ceasing to exist, not caring, becoming unattached, that seems out of...
hello, i am wondering about some mahayana buddhist traditions, and their concept of the afterlife... my understanding of Tendai buddhism, is that the lotus sutra is more suggestive of a real afterlife than say theraveda buddhism... that the pali canon in theraveda leaves open the question, will...
how common is the idea in indigenous religious traditions (even dead ones) of a distant benevolent sky father/mother/original/creator deity that no one really speaks of much or deals with, and more malevolent creatures that are APPEASED b/c on earth peoplem simply have to deal with them?
is...
I am trying to learn more about unitarian Uism. I have read a bit about it, and I cannot help but figure that most of the people sitting in the pews are liberals, vegetarians, yuppies, buddhists... (this is not that big of a problem to me - no offense - buddhism is fascinating I've read a few...
wikipedia is not thorough enough for what I am looking for, I've found a book at the library that is 500 pages on this, but I am not sure if it is that accurate and the terminology is really old style (academic, 1940's), so does anyone know of a good guide?
trying to figure out which sects use the vedas which don't...
actually If anyone knows of a resource that is comprehensive, shows all of the hard to find hindu sects like Kaumaras and Suryas etyc., indexed to scriptures, that would be REALLy really helpful...
hello, I had three questions about this Temple and I am finding it very difficult to find resources that answer them. So I am asking in the DIR politely...
1. would the suggestion that people not attached to the Temple of Set reincarnate in some fashion be .... un-Setian? i.e. the suggestion...
hello, I was wondering about a couple of Jain centered questions...
could Jain Tirthankaras intervene supernaturally in the mundane world, after death? what about the other 'deities' that are subject to rebirth?
thanks much if you know