Why do you hate God?

[HappySkeptic]

Thank you for sharing your story with us I appreciate it very much! Question if I may. You say you are an atheist and are a part of a UU church? Can you please elaborate more on that so that I understand what you mean by UU church?

I mentioned in the post that UU is short for Unitarian Universalist.  You can google it if you like.

It is a set of self-governing liberal congregations with no creed or required beliefs.  Instead, we follow a set of 7 principles, of which most religions and humanists wouldn't find objectionable.  The UU church does not give out answers -- it merely provides a framework for people to ask questions and find their own beliefs.

The church was created in the 1960s as a merger of the Universalist and Unitarian churches in the U.S.  Both these churches had mostly grown beyond their (heretical) Christian roots, and were friendly to a variety of beliefs and non-beliefs.

Half of UU members identify as atheist or agnostic (though I dislike that word on its own -- as if someone can be half-way between believing and not believing).  My minister is an atheist.  Most other members are liberal versions of Buddhist, Christian, Deist, New Age or Pantheist.  Almost none have a traditional belief in God.

So, as an atheist, do I want to congregate with others who might have some sort of supernatural belief?  Sure.  I don't share any god belief, but most UU people think a lot about philosophy, cosmology, ethics, and whether anything mystical exists.  I can learn both tolerance and new ideas by having rational discussions with others.