10-22-2007, 12:54 AM
LoganNY has noted his membership with this group and looking over the website I find it is very similar to Unitarian Christianity and would be a good fit for many AUC members as well. Maybe we could have "ecumenical" contact between all three organizations....we have more in common than differences. By working together on common issues...sharing certain resources..be it essays, sermons, etc. we can help each other....just a thought.
http://www.christianuniversalist.org/
"What we believe
1. "We believe in a God who is Love, Light, Truth, and Spirit, the Creator of the universe, whom we are called to seek, know, and love; and whose nature was revealed to the world in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ."
("The historical man Jesus of Nazareth, our Teacher, tells us that God is personally interested in us and that we should seek to know Him and love Him (Mat. 7:7, Mark 12:30). If we wish to know God for who He really is, we can look at Jesus as the human manifestation of God's nature and character (John 14:10, Col. 1:15). God is not merely a remote, unapproachable deity who stands above the universe, letting it run like clockwork")
>> This is not too different from many of our members view.
2. "We believe that the universal commandment is to love and serve one another as each loves oneself."
>> This has been expressed often on this forum.
3. "We believe in the law of justice by which actions generate consequences, whether to be manifested in this life or the life to come."
>> This reflects the Universalist aspect.
4. "We believe in the ultimate triumph of divine mercy and grace: that no being ever created will be condemned or allowed to suffer forever, but God has arranged through a benevolent plan of learning and growth for all souls to attain salvation, reconciliation, restoration, and reunion with the Source of All Being, in the fullness of the ages."
>> Again, consisted with Universalism.
5. "We believe every person is the divine offspring of God, created in the image of the Heavenly Parent of all; and that every person is destined to be raised up from imperfection to maturity according to the pattern of the archetypal Christ, the Son of God, the Perfect Human in whose image all humanity shall be transformed."
>> Definitely a stronger Christology than many Unitarians hold...
6. "We believe in miracles and mysterious spiritual phenomena, such as the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which transcend materialistic views of reality."
>> Likely Unitarian disagreement on the particulars.
7. "We believe that God's Holy Spirit has inspired numerous prophets, saints, philosophers, and mystics throughout history, in a variety of cultures and traditions; and that by reading the Bible and other great texts of spiritual and moral wisdom with a discerning mind, and meditating to connect to the Spirit within, we may all gain a greater understanding of truth, which should be applied for the betterment of ourselves and our world."
>> Basically consistent with Unitarianism.
http://www.christianuniversalist.org/
"What we believe
1. "We believe in a God who is Love, Light, Truth, and Spirit, the Creator of the universe, whom we are called to seek, know, and love; and whose nature was revealed to the world in the person and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ."
("The historical man Jesus of Nazareth, our Teacher, tells us that God is personally interested in us and that we should seek to know Him and love Him (Mat. 7:7, Mark 12:30). If we wish to know God for who He really is, we can look at Jesus as the human manifestation of God's nature and character (John 14:10, Col. 1:15). God is not merely a remote, unapproachable deity who stands above the universe, letting it run like clockwork")
>> This is not too different from many of our members view.
2. "We believe that the universal commandment is to love and serve one another as each loves oneself."
>> This has been expressed often on this forum.
3. "We believe in the law of justice by which actions generate consequences, whether to be manifested in this life or the life to come."
>> This reflects the Universalist aspect.
4. "We believe in the ultimate triumph of divine mercy and grace: that no being ever created will be condemned or allowed to suffer forever, but God has arranged through a benevolent plan of learning and growth for all souls to attain salvation, reconciliation, restoration, and reunion with the Source of All Being, in the fullness of the ages."
>> Again, consisted with Universalism.
5. "We believe every person is the divine offspring of God, created in the image of the Heavenly Parent of all; and that every person is destined to be raised up from imperfection to maturity according to the pattern of the archetypal Christ, the Son of God, the Perfect Human in whose image all humanity shall be transformed."
>> Definitely a stronger Christology than many Unitarians hold...
6. "We believe in miracles and mysterious spiritual phenomena, such as the resurrection of Jesus Christ, which transcend materialistic views of reality."
>> Likely Unitarian disagreement on the particulars.
7. "We believe that God's Holy Spirit has inspired numerous prophets, saints, philosophers, and mystics throughout history, in a variety of cultures and traditions; and that by reading the Bible and other great texts of spiritual and moral wisdom with a discerning mind, and meditating to connect to the Spirit within, we may all gain a greater understanding of truth, which should be applied for the betterment of ourselves and our world."
>> Basically consistent with Unitarianism.
