Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the Carolina Foothills

As Unitarian Universalists we accept a diversity of beliefs when it comes to God (or you may prefer, god, gods, goddess, goddesses) and we even accept unbelief, that is, atheism. In this reflection we will explore the “god” idea and its many and varied implications.

Hoori is the title of an old Japanese myth about a hunter who, in pursuit of a lost fish hook, descends into the depths of the sea and finds a real treasure, the treasure “hard to attain.” This myth from Japan offers a perfect example of the parallelism found in mythologies from around the world. The magic number in this myth and a later myth applied to Christ is the number three (3). We will see how these stories parallel and get at the core message and meaning they reveal.