Ten tenets, one covenant.
These are not a creed to sign but a compass to share. We hold them lightly enough for humility and firmly enough for courage.
- I
The Sacred is One, though named many ways.
We honor the many ways people understand the sacred, including devotion to one deity or many, nontheistic spirituality, and meaning grounded in life and nature. Humanist, atheist, and agnostic perspectives belong equally; no shared theology is required.
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- II
Every human being carries an inviolable dignity.
Regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, income, nationality, immigration status, or religious or nonreligious belief. Every person has inherent worth.
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- III
Reverence and reason are not enemies.
We embrace scripture and science, prayer and inquiry, tradition and doubt. The mind is a gift; so is the awe that outstrips it.
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- IV
Compassion is the universal ethic.
Teachings of compassion appear across many religious and secular traditions. We seek to treat others with care, listening to their needs rather than assuming they are the same as our own.
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- V
The Earth is holy ground.
Care for the living world connects many religious, spiritual, and humanist approaches. We welcome both sacred and secular reasons for protecting our shared home.
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- VI
No creed is a wall.
We do not require assent to any doctrine. You need not renounce your tradition to belong here, nor adopt one to be welcome.
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- VII
Justice is worship in action.
We stand alongside people facing hunger, displacement, incarceration, grief, or exclusion, respecting their agency and the priorities they identify.
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- VIII
Doubt is a form of devotion.
The honest question is holier than the dishonest answer. Seekers are our people.
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- IX
Beauty matters.
Music, poetry, silence, ritual, and art offer many ways to reflect and connect. People experience beauty through different senses and forms of expression.
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- X
We belong to each other.
This is the whole teaching. The rest is commentary.
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Be kind. Everything else is footnote and firelight.