You are 100% right, again. The religions all have love. And I believe in the genuine goodness inherent in most people. How it is that so many people have lost love for one another outside of their religion I don't know. I think perhaps, being so old and so easily manipulated, religion has become a creature of its own, with less than pure motives.

I don't believe that it is the religion that doesn't have love, it is the
choices of people who don't represent love

In most cases, you're right… it is. It's the other crap that seems to get in the way and causes the mess. This is really the fundamental core of UU.

Every Religion believes in Love. So… every religion is acceptable and right and good… as long as you strip away everything else that isn't love.

The core teachings of Christianity and the amazing man that was Jesus Christ are completely inline with UU “belief”. However, a “true Christian” generally wouldn't fit in UU environment since it would their belief that they were the only ones saved.

What's so hard for me is that, of all the prophets and teachers that ever got the message “right”, I feel that Jesus was the closest. It's sad that his message has been so distorted. Because I believe all he was ever trying to tell the Jews was “hey guys! You don't need any of that old crap and silly laws any more. Just LOVE one another, and believe that you each have it in you to see the eternal kingdom. God is in each of us. And if you should ever find yourself unable to see that, minimalize your life and you will find it shining there in your core once again.”

Basically… Jesus was a Buddhist. Sorta. Ha.

If you already have a platform for community, social action, shared belief, and fellowship, then UU won't be much for you. For me, despite the open nature of many of my friends, regular spiritual fellowship, and unified social action is not as focused or determined as it is as a UU.

UU seems similar to Hicksite Quaker. I still fear any organization of religion and consider my friends my church and the universe my God and love as the conduit through which we can improve the world and commune in a useful fashion with the meta.

I find that Christianity itself is not necessarily in conflict with this. The “Holy Spirit” as the universal consciousness, and love is espoused as the prime directive by Jesus as shown in Matthew 22, Mark 12, Galatians 5, Leviticus 19, Romans 13, Luke 10, and James 2.

Because of differences in the beliefs of the sources of the books of the Bible, many people do not share this belief that love is the key and binds us all.

Every time I look up UU, it seems good. Part of me wishes I saw a benefit in it for me, because of the communal nature.

I'm too sleepy to be writing, and my trashcan stinks.