Maintaining UU Principles When We Can't Agree on Facts
Maintaining UU Principles When We Can't Agree on Facts
Speaker: Matt Harlow
Dear ASWUU Family and Friends, Please join us this Sunday. There will be a potluck meal after the service. Please bring a dish to share. The service will be available on Facebook Live for those who prefer not to gather in person. Go to the ASWUU Facebook page and click the Live link. The service will begin at 11am.
How does the UU First Principle, which calls us to value "the inherent worth and dignity of every person," be preserved, especially when we struggle to see the good in people who defend some of even the most heinous words and deeds? How do we maintain and uphold our political principles, UU principles, and principles of basic decency, even as we find ourselves wanting to snarl at people whose fundamental assumptions, facts, values and policies seem so antithetical to ours? How do we hold our ground and avoid "going low" in a world where we can't seem to agree even on the facts that may be used to create law and inform public policy?
