{"id":153,"date":"2005-07-09T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-07-09T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=153"},"modified":"2005-07-09T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2005-07-09T17:38:00","slug":"universist-movement-the-future-of-religion-is-faithless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"Universist Movement: the Future of Religion is Faithless"},"content":{"rendered":"

Universist Movement<\/a>: “Universism is the world’s first rational religion. Reaching to the heart of humanity’s religious impulse, we have uncovered not faith, but mystery. Not complacency, but awe. We have found an essential element of the human experience in harmony with reason – not in spite of it. Universists know the fuller our understanding of the universe, the greater our appreciation for a reality beyond our imagination. We celebrate individual reason, inspiration in nature, and hope in progress.”<\/p>\n

It’s not what you believe, it’s how you believe it! The future of religion is faithless. “<\/p>\n

I wonder if they know about American Gothic Witchcraft? Sounds similar, but I’ll bet that the witches have more fun at their meetings.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Universist Movement: “Universism is the world’s first rational religion. Reaching to the heart of humanity’s religious impulse, we have uncovered not faith, but mystery. Not complacency, but awe. We have found an essential element of the human experience in harmony with reason – not in spite of it. Universists know the fuller our understanding of … Continue reading “Universist Movement: the Future of Religion is Faithless”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-post"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-2t","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1454,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1454","url_meta":{"origin":153,"position":0},"title":"Our Overlords Are Not Our Friends","author":"Jorah","date":"February 13, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"I've lately been pondering how many of the ills that beset the ordinary poor, working class, and middle-class person in the world can be linked directly to the power that the ultra-rich have & will do anything to protect. 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