Old FaceBook Note: My thoughts on the UU principles (for my fellow UUs)-Part 1.934

This should really come before my previous post. Anyway, it wraps up my series of old FaceBook notes (thankfully, perhaps). Now on to writing new material!

Just an interesting little idea that came up when I was thinking about all this--the seven principles can sort of be categorized into three groups, as follows. (I say "sort of"--obviously there are a lot of nuances and overlaps that this ignores. But it's still interesting.)

Inherent Worth Principles:
~Justice ("Justice, equity, and...")/Acceptance ("Acceptance of...")
~World Community

Responsible Search/Right of Conscience Principles:
~Spiritual Growth
~Democratic Process

The Interdependant Web Principle
(I've always thought the Interdependant Web principle was sort of the odd one out--it doesn't "follow" from or relate to any of the other principles in any direct way. So it's in it's very own category.)