Worth and Dignity of Every Being?: January 2017

Monday, January 16, 2017

UPDATE

January 16, 2017

We now have 24 sponsoring congregations! Thanks to each and everyone who helped this happen! The vote to change the bylaws doesn't happen until General Assembly in June 2017 in New Orleans, but the chance for conversation and community building happens all year long. To become a part of it, please contact Rev. Dr. LoraKim Joyner, the First Principle Project Facilitator.

Between now and General Assembly we will be hiring a First Principle Project Coordinator and will be reaching out to congregations and regions to get involved in bringing our principles to life.

We also will have an ad running in the next UU World. You can use this add to distribute at your congregations, and please do!

Why This Blog?

This is a forum open to all for discussing the nature of life on earth. Specifically we are asking if species besides humans have worth and dignity. Aimed to be an open forum, we will invite authors to publish essays on a wide range of topics relating to the question, "Does every being have worth and dignity?" We also encourage comments and further discussion following each article. All viewpoints are welcome as long as they are written in a compassionate and respectful tone, and follow the spirit of the Unitarian Universalist Principles. This blog was inspired by the First Principle Project, and though originated by the Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry, seeks to involve the wider community into two of its goals:

1. The Conversation: Invite as many as possible into a conversation about the religious, spiritual, and ethical aspects of living in a multispecies world. One question we ask: How do we understand reality and what is our response to this?

2. Changing Ourselves: Guide people as they seek to improve their ability to participant in and sustain these discussions, reflect more deeply and broadly about what it means to be compassionate in a multispecies world, and in so doing, augment their faith development, deepen their spiritual lives, and empower their compassionate behavior at the individual and collective level.

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