Symbols
 

 
  The Fellowship of Free Souls    
       
  We believe in a fellowship that shall unite people, not in the bonds of Confucian, or Muslim, or Christian love, but in the holier bonds of human Love;
       
  Going down, beneath all that separates and estranges, to the principles of freedom and understanding; below religions to religion;
       
  Beneath all sacraments to the universal impulse that bends the soul in reverance an awe;
       
  Beneath all forms to the faith that strives to express itself in and through them;
       
  Thus touching common foundations and securing a common fellowship, each helping the other by whatsoever his deeper insights may reveal;
   
  A union not of religious systems but of free souls, united to build, on the basis of truth, justice, and love, the commonwealth of humanity.
       
      -- Alfred W. Martin
       
  The symbols at the front and on the outside of our church represent the major religious traditions of the world.
 
Unitarian Universalism The lamp of knowledge and compassion, with two circles representing Unitarianism and Universalism.
     
Judaism The Star of David
     
Christianity The cross honors the ethical life and teachings of Jesus.
     
Humanism A progressive lifestance that, without supernaturalism, affirms our ability and responsibility to lead meaningful, ethical lives.
     
Hinduism The Sanskrit letters spelling, Om, which is a name of God and a meditational mantra, or chant.
     
Buddhism The Wheel of Law, symbolizing moral consequences and rebirth.
     
Chinese Religion The symbol of yin and yang, which signifies balance or harmony and the concept of complementary opposites that are necessary to form a whole.  This symbol pertains both to Taoism and to Confucianism.
     
Islam The Muslim's Profession of Faith; There is but one God, and Muhammad is the Prophet of God.
       
 
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