universism
English
Etymology
universe + -ism
Noun
universism (uncountable)
- (philosophy) a movement advocating personal reason and experience and over faith and dogma
- Universism is a modern rational religious philosophy that began in 2003 with princples laid out by Ford Vox. Universists choose their beliefs according to the dictates of their own life experience and reason.
- Universism is a philosophy of The Universist Movement. Universism, though not a definitive philosophy, is a progressive, naturalistic worldview in which all meaning and purpose is understood through personal reason and experience; thus, being a religion of reason.
- What Universism argues against is individuals believing that their truths apply to others - all of us are equals in terms of these enormous, world-shaping metaphysical questions. [http:// www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/faith/05/universist.shtml]
Related terms
- universist