Core values

Core values

Unitarian beliefs

There is no Unitarian creed - i.e. there is no specified list of things that Unitarians must believe.

Unitarians are sceptical about any one person or tradition possessing the whole truth. They are also increasingly aware of the inherent value of diversity for the wellbeing of the natural world.

With these points in mind, Unitarians suggest that human differences of opinion and lifestyle should be seen as potentially creative and enriching, rather than necessarily destructive.

Gender

Unitarians firmly believe in gender equality, and gender inclusive language is common in the Church.

Core values

Despite the lack of a creed, Unitarianism does not allow members to believe anything. All Unitarians:

• support freedom of religious thought
• base their religious ideas on rational thought rather than external authority
• form their religious principles from conscience, thinking and life's experiences
• tolerate a wide range of religious ideas, including humanism

The role of the individual

Unitarians believe that:

• everyone has the right to seek truth and meaning for themselves, using: their intellect; their conscience and their own experience of life
• the best setting for finding religious truth and meaning is a community that welcomes each individual for themselves, complete with their beliefs, doubts and questions.

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• Beliefs about God