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IF NOT RELIGION, WHAT?

The Rev. Robert Eddy Posted on January 9, 2011 by Bob EddyApril 21, 2025

UUism is certainly not hostile to the best in Christianity as exemplified in the authentic life of Jesus of Nazareth and in millions of his followers. Some of us here accept the answer the greatest Christian theologians give to the great questions but not all. Some of here accept the answers some great Buddhist teachers give to the great questions. Some of us here accept the answers some of the great Greek philosophers or modern philosophers give to the great questions – but not all. As a group we accept no theologian’s or philosopher’s answers. If we did share a common religion or philosophy we would not be UU’s. Diversity is essential to the uu way of being religious. It is not answers that unite us, but the questions we consider most important and the methods of seeking answers. That’s why we recite a covenant each Sunday rather than a creed.

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Posted in 1-SERMONS | Tagged 1-SERMONS, liberal religion, Roman Religious History, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism

The Rev. Robert Eddy Posted on March 17, 2010 by Bob EddyApril 21, 2025

The Last Pagan: Julian the Apostate and the Death of the Ancient World. “Anyone thinking that the fourth-century BCE was a long time ago is both right and wrong. Right in that 1,700 years is a long time in human history, but wrong in that certain religious and cultural controversies of that era have loud echoes in our own.”

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Posted in 3-RECENT READING | Tagged Diversity, Polytheism, Roman Religious History, Universalism

COSMIC UNIVERSALISM

The Rev. Robert Eddy Posted on February 24, 2010 by Bob EddyApril 21, 2025

If your standard of truth is a book: the bible or the Koran – then there’s no resolution. But if you believe that the search for ever more consistent explanations and ever better predictive formulations is the best human minds can do then there is plenty of room for civil discussion.

For myself there is no way to derive ethics from cosmology. I call myself a Humanist because to me there is nothing more important than being humane; refusing always to treat persons as things; trying always to be kinder and more effectively compassionate where you live. Loving your neighbor – meeting the needs of the person left suffering in your path – be he of your tribe or not.

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Posted in 1-SERMONS | Tagged 1-SERMONS, humanism, liberal religion, Unitarian, Unitarian Universalism, Universalism, universalist, UUism

Rev. Robert Eddy, M.Div.

Robert EddyRev. Robert Eddy, M.Div. is minister emeritus of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Pensacola. He lives in Pensacola, Florida with his wife Gerry.

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