by thomas | Feb 1, 2017 | FPS News, Religious Exploration
For this month we chose the topic: idealism /aɪˈdɪəˌlɪzəm/ noun 1. belief in or pursuance of ideals 2. the tendency to represent things in their ideal forms, rather than as they are 3. any of a group of philosophical doctrines that share the monistic view that...
by thomas | Jan 10, 2017 | FPS News, Religious Exploration
The old joke goes: “A Unitarian Universalist dies, and on the way to the after-life encounters a fork in the road. The left path has a sign “To Heaven” and the right has a sign “To a Discussion about Heaven” Without pausing, the UU turns right.” In January...
by thomas | Dec 6, 2016 | FPS News, Religious Exploration
Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. – Tony Snow Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel...
by thomas | Nov 4, 2016 | FPS News, Religious Exploration
All in all, I don’t think robots and greater automation can bring about a utopian world as I imagined it would as a kid 50 years ago. – Stanley Druckenmiller Last month we had a very fruitful discussion about how we feel about Christian elements in UU...
by thomas | Jun 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
The first choice occurred about 6 million years ago and was basically our ancestors’ choice to leave behind our tropical forest habitat for tropical grassland (savannah). This led us to evolve from beings very like modern chimpanzees to human, tribal,...
