Researching Unitarian Universalism

My wife the other day suggested that we go to the local Unitarian church this Sunday, and while I wasn't over-elated at the prospect, from what I've heard about this group, they are much more closely aligned with my ideas of what study of the divine should be than any other church I've ever heard of.

So I'm going to research the church a little bit and document that search here:

http://www.uua.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Universalism

This guy Michael Servetus wrote against the idea of a Trinity and was burned at the stake in 1553 for his efforts. I've always thought that the trinity was more than a bit hokey and troublesome.

"Jesus was a man, but a man with a unique relationship to God."

Ralph Waldo Emerson had been a Unitarian minister

Emerson’s Unitarian Transcendentalism - He believed that we could have direct knowledge of God through our intuition. Emerson’s American Transcendentalism is the belief that we humans can intuit the existence of God. An 1828 dictionary defines intuition as "the act by which the mind perceives . . . the truth of things, immediately, or the moment they are presented, without the intervention of other ideas, or without reasoning and deduction."

We, the member congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association, covenant to affirm and promote

<> The inherent worth and dignity of every person;

<> Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;

<> Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;

<> A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;

<> The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;

<> The goal of world community with peace, liberty and justice for all;

<> Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.[17]

Their Hymnal

List of Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists