The Quakers believed that righteousness would emerge from personal conscience; the Puritans believed that righteousness would be enforced (or “cultivated,” in the Unitarian version) by social institutions.
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An idea worth defending.
The Rev. David O. Rankin, in a ten-point statement of widely-held Unitarian Universalist beliefs, writes: We believe in the worth and dignity of each human being. All people on earth have an equal claim to life, liberty, and justice — and no idea, ideal, or philosophy is superior to a single human life. While I […]
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How Unitarian Universalists can help.
Paula R. cuts to the chase: So here’s the question: If peace is the ultimate goal, if we want Israeli children and Palestinian children (and Lebanese children, heck, all children) to have a fair shot at a future, what power do we have to make that happen? Great question. I think the most helpful thing […]
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Want to help the Palestinians?
The ultimate irony for human rights advocates is that taking up the Palestinian cause by condemning and isolating Israel won’t help the Palestinians and will certainly harm Israel and the Jews.
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Conflict and control.
There’s a proverb that says that any kind of peace is preferable to any kind of war, but I don’t think that’s true.