What does the Universal Unitarian Church believe?
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What does the Universal Unitarian Church believe?
Unitarianism is a Christian religious denomination. Unitarians believe that God is only one person. Unitarians reject the Trinity and do not believe that Jesus Christ was the Son of God. Followers of Unitarianism also do not accept the concepts of original sin and of eternal punishment for sins committed on earth.
Is Unitarian Universalism a real religion?
Unitarian Universalism is a liberal religion born of the Jewish and Christian traditions. We keep our minds open to the religious questions people have struggled with in all times and places. We believe that personal experience, conscience, and reason should be the final authorities in religion.
Do Unitarian Universalists believe in God?
Unitarianism rejects the mainstream Christian doctrine of the Trinity, or three Persons in one God, made up of Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They typically believe that God is one being – God the Father, or Mother. Jesus was simply a man, not the incarnate deity.
Is the Unitarian Church atheist?
Unitarian Universalism is officially a religion without faith or creed: its foundational seven principles are only about acting morally, and none of them specify belief in God as a requirement.
What do Christians think of Unitarian Universalists?
According to the Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry (CARM), Unitarian Universalists generally agree that “human reason and experience should be the final authority in determining the spiritual truth. Social justice and serving humanity are two important interests of Unitarian Universalists.
Do Unitarian Universalists believe in heaven?
Some believe in heaven. Few probably believe in hell except for the hell that people create for themselves. Some UUs believe in reincarnation, and some believe there is no afterlife.
Can Christians be Universalists?
As a formal Christian denomination, Christian universalism originated in the late 18th century with the Universalist Church of America. There is currently no single denomination uniting Christian universalists, but a few denominations teach some of the principles of Christian universalism or are open to them.
