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Unitarian Universalists
Unitarian Universalists number about 200,000 but have had influence on American society far in excess of their numbers. U.S. Presidents John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Fillmore and Taft were Unitarians, as were many prominent Americans like Susan B. Anthony, Horace Mann, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau. Unitarian Universalists believe in the oneness of God rather than in a trinity. They value the ethical precepts of Jesus rather than his spiritual leadership. They believe in a meaning of life here and now on earth.
Unitarian Universalists open their thinking up to all religions and ethical teachings and accept
all kinds of people into their church even atheists. It is the Unitarian Universalist believe that
the belief in God is a personal one. Because they do not accept Jesus Christ as "lord and
savior," many other Christian churches do not accept Unitarian Universalists as Christians,
though Unitarian Universalists consider themselves Christian because of the inspiration they
derive from Christ's ethical teachings.
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