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 > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > >