For years, people have been telling me that Unitarian Universalists can believe whatever we want. And I find that notion intriguing, because for as long as I can remember, I have wanted to believe that I can fly.
I want to believe a lot of things about myself. I want to believe that I don't really need to sleep. I want to believe that if the plan depends on me being in two places at the same time, I can do that.
I want to believe things about the world, too. Those problems that you hear so much about -- climate change, poverty, war -- I want to believe that they're not really that bad. I want to believe that it will all be OK. And most of all, I want to believe that none of it is my fault, so no one has a right to expect me to do anything about it.
That's what I want to believe.
I'm sure there are many things that you want to believe too. ... (click on the link below to read the rest of this post)
Doug's Blog is Free And Responsible Search
The point is that we UU's trust in each other's self-discipline and the consistent impinging of reality on our beliefs to provide correctives.
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