(September 15, 2021 at 11:32 am)Spongebob Wrote: I think UU counts as a religious community. It is quite open and accepting but still based on religious tenets, at least ostensibly. And no, Catholics do not discourage atheists from attending. When it's time for communion they always state that its for Catholics only, I don't remember the exact words they use. But if you walk down there, no one is going to tackle you and drag you outside. Now, Scientologists? That's another matter entirely.
I'm UU, and it is a religious community, but there are no tenets of belief -- only a set of liberal principles. Yes, the set of "sources" include the bible (owing to the historical Christianity of the precursor Unitarian and Universalist religions), but it also includes everything else under the Sun.