Can Unitarian Universalists believe anything they want to?
No. One could not be considered a Unitarian Universalist without sharing the common values expressed in the Seven Basic Principles. A UU could not espouse that specific doctrines or creeds are necessary for access to God or spirituality or membership in our congregations. Unitarian Universalists could not believe that God favors any group of people based on any inherent qualities, such as skin color, gender, or sexual orientation, or that any group of people is more worthy of access to opportunities than any other as a result of these qualities. We don’t believe that autocratic, undemocratic or overly hierarchical systems are appropriate methods of organizing our congregations or the larger society. We don’t believe that humanity has the right or moral authority to exploit the environment, human life or other life forms with which we share this planet.
