As some of you know, the UUA has to update the 7 Principals (as per the requirements when they came up with them). Jeff Wilson ran the below on "Peace Bang" blog, and I quote them without out his permission, because I like them so much. (Jeff, if you object - let me know and off it goes) http://peacebang.blogspot.com/2006/06/seven-uu-principles.html
"Knowing that no words shall ever be used as a creed among us, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association do covenant together to uphold these religious principles:
Every person is worthy of love; thus we seek that all are treated with justice, dignity, and compassion.
The religious journey is as old as humanity, as fresh as each new birth, and lasts an entire lifetime; thus we remain always open to the wisdom of one another.
Love, reason, and liberty are the lifeblood of liberal religion; thus we manage our communities by them so that we may be a light upon the hill for others.
Openness, fairness, and honesty are our guiding ideals; thus we promote them amongst ourselves and stand firm against authoritarianism in every realm.
Our love embraces all life and the whole Earth; thus we approach all living things with humility, reverence, and awareness of their worth.
Revelation is ever-flowing; we receive its grace from many sources. Gratefully we remember that our denomination was founded upon the rock of liberal Christianity, and joyfully we believe that we are each free to swim in the ocean of humanity’s spiritual richness. As interdependent congregations we freely enter into this covenant; we pledge to one another our mutual trust and support."
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Hi Steve, don't worry, I don't have any objections. But I do have two requests you might consider. First, my post was actually a response to Dan Harper's initial attempt at a P&P retooling at his blog, Yet Another Unitarian Universalist. Since he started it all, could you give him a little credit by including a link to his post: http://www.danielharper.org/blog/?p=517 ?
Second, is it possible to space my attempt out like it is at PeaceBang's site, so folks can see that it is "bullet-points," not a long paragraph?
Thanks for taking note of my words, I put some effort into crafting them, though I won't claim they're beauteous. I'm most interested in seeing the conversation continue.
Jeff
(By the way, I thought that link on pscyhological neoteny was really interesting)
Ok, finally fixed this - odd since I couldnt fix it when i originaly did it.
And my salute to Dan (which reminds me I have more typing to do for him on his Ballou project).
I have to admit that I quoted your words because I liked them so well, I thought they needed a space upfront.
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