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Date Posted: 02:05:38 04/17/04 Sat
What is Universism (pronounced "universe-ism")?
1. It is a progressive, naturalistic worldview in which all meaning and purpose is understood through personal reason and experience. This allows for belief in a supernatural first cause, as in Deism, or a conception of the universe as explaining itself, as in Atheism. Universism truly embraces the individual Search - this could not occur if answers were preset. Universism reflects the reality of metaphysical questions, which is uncertainty. Universists do not always agree on details of our understandings, but we share solidarity in valuing the questions, we value reason and experience paramount, and we agree that no one knows for certain. Universists respect each person's efforts at perceiving reality as best they can, without reliance on any faith, holy book or teacher. The Universist (pronounced "universe-ist") worldview can be shared by all freethinkers, whether they have used the term Atheist, Agnostic, Deist, Pantheist, Transcendentalist or others to describe their beliefs in the past.
2. As an "ism" or way of thought, Universism might be defined as "the philosophy of the universe." It's a metaphysical philosophy, yet it holds out the possibility that there may be nothing metaphysical.
universist.org/
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