What we believe

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0a9fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Unitaris Universalistes  de  Catalunya</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Unitaris Universalistes de Catalunya"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id12.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="About Us"><U>About Us</U></A>   |   <B>What we believe</B>   |   <A HREF="id14.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Where we meet"><U>Where we meet</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact us"><U>Contact us</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Links"><U>Links</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" background="0aad2043.jpg"> <div> <IMG SRC="0ad8f8c0.jpg" border=0 width="143" height="140" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://uuhispano.blogspot.com" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://uuhispano.blogspot.com"><U><IMG SRC="0b1581f0.jpg" border=0 width="88" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>What we believe</I></div> <div> Declaración de Principios</div> <div> The Catalan Unitarian Universalists are committed to affirm and promote as its fundamental principles:</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The free and responsible search for truth and the meaning of life</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Acknowledgement of the worth, dignity and rights of all people</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Justice, equity and compassion in human relations</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Mutual acceptance and encouragement to spiritual growth of its members</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The use of the democratic process</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The goal of a world community based upon freedom, peace and justice</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Respect for the interdependent web of Life</div> <bR> <div>  </div> <bR> <div> But, what does all that mean?</div> <div> In plain words, our Declaration of Principles means:</div> <div>  </div> <div> 1) That we seek truth through our individual freedom (against dogmatism)</div> <div> 2) That all people deserve respect in their individuality and identity (against discrimination)</div> <div> 3) That justice, fairness and solidarity should rule human relationships (against injustice)</div> <div> 4) That we meet respecting our diversity (against intolerance)</div> <div> 5) That we are organized according to the democratic method (against totalitarianism)</div> <div> 6) That we want that humankind lives together in peace (against war)</div> <div> 7) That we want to live in a sustainable world (against the destruction of the environment)</div> <bR> <bR> <div> The Unitarian Universalists of Catalonia declare that this is the framework of ethical principles that defines our association and in which all spiritual opinions and affinities are accepted, and that we celebrate what is common and compatible among all of them in the spirit of mutual acceptance, pluralism, and openness. </div> </td> </tr></table></body>