I too am a Unitarian Universalist, and my answer is that we believe in God,
but we refuse to speculate in detail on what She's like. This invariably
draws an interesting reaction whenever I say it. 

Scott Gassler


At 23:45 22/02/02, you wrote:
>>From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>I was raised as a Unitarian, a "faith" that believes that there exists at
>>most one god (and argues about whether or not to capitalize). So my
>>question: is why believe in the existence or non-existence of "god"?[*] why
>>not simply express ignorance on this question?
>
>Why not indeed!  One of the things I find most annoying about religion is 
>each faith's insistence: (a) that G/god is ultimately unknowable, and (b) 
>that it, as a particular faith, knows perfectly well what G/god is and what 
>G/god wants.  So much avoidable agony has resulted throughout history 
>because of these preposterous claims to certain knowledge of a subject that 
>is, by definition, beyond understanding.
>
>Carl
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