Few Unitarian Universalists (UUs), lay or ordained, know much about Universalist theology. A related problem is that few UUs know much about Universalist history or culture, which is relevant because Universalist theology was shaped by Universalist experience. With the loss of Universalist perspective, our combined Unitarian Universalist religious movement is being impoverished. Universalism was different from Unitarianism. It originated among laypeople, not clergy. It drew on the experience of a less privileged social class. Its message was more radical, its scope was larger, and its taproot...

Epistemologie f. Das Studium des Wesens und des Ursprungs der Erkenntnis. Als ieh ein Teenager war, sptirte ieh, daB mieh die Erwaehsenen groBten Teils anlo- gen. Sie gaben dogmatisehe Aussagen von sieh, die sie nieht halt en konnten. "Gott wird dieh bestrafen, wenn du Seinen Namen leiehtfertig verwendest," behaupteten sie. "Ein Satz darf niemals mit einer Praposition beendet werden., 1 Zu der da- maligen Zeit leitete sieh mein Selbstvertrauen hauptsaehlieh aus meiner Fahigkeit zu argumentieren ab, daher reagierte ieh intellektuell. reh wurde besessen davon, herauszufinden, was wahr ist, wenn...

Richard Trudeau writes, I'm a skeptic. I don't believe in supernatural beings or miraculous events. I don't believe in a supernatural God, or the soul, or miracles, or an afterlife. I don't believe that Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day--or the fourth day, or any subsequent day. My skepticism notwithstanding, there are stories in the Bible that I return to over and over. They engage my mind. They strengthen my heart. They nourish my spirit. While seeking neither to encourage skepticism nor to undermine it, I want to share my enthusiasm about these stories with fellow skeptics...