We seek to nourish our spirit with awe and wonder. We want to re-experience the sense of mystery and amazement we felt as children, surprised by each new experience. Our amazement fades with our naivety, and so many people expect that their awe and reverence for the Gods might fade as they learn to understand … Continue reading “Mysteries of Science & the God of the Gaps,” by Alec Peck
Since even before the dawn of science, humankind has sought to understand the natural world and our place in it. We have used the disciplines of study, evidence, and math to reveal the grand wonders of our world, but the practice of science has carried with it the same prejudices which science itself has shown … Continue reading “Pioneers of Science: Women Who Shaped History,” by Alec Peck
UUism is built on many religious traditions which describe some specific theology, like the Judeo-Christian God or Buddhist Nirvana; However, most UUs do not find any specific representation of god to be very convincing, and many identify as atheist or agnostic. UUism instructs us to “heed the guidance of reason” in our spiritual journey for … Continue reading “How would ‘god’ Manifest: A Rational Approach,” by Alec Peck
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Service video From our early primate subfamily hominin ancestors >3 Mya through origin of our genus Homo ~2 Mya, and the emergence of anatomical modernity ~315 kya in Homo sapiens sapiens, humankind and its forebears have used agency-detection, personification, representational symbols, and tale-telling to model ourselves and our World. As meaning-making primates, we have structured … Continue reading “From Mythos to Cosmos: From Representational Meaning-making and Mythmaking to Cosmology-making,” by Dr. Lee Greer
