>> the eternal flame of the search for truth which is the symbol of unitarian universalism. >> now i'm going to get pinned? >> you are going to get pinned. [laughter] >> because you are a professor of religious studies. >> and i can wear this? >> and you can wear this because it's got all of them on it. >> see it's a neutral pin. [laughter] [applause] >> there you are see and that's the end of the lecture. >> thank you. [laughter] >> roll in quickly. just couple of more things. but, thank you helen, there is a couple of reasons we wanted to do that; first off, we needed to hear some thing about the unitarian universalists, but also how interesting helen's reaction i think that, when we're looking at these categories, believers are going to have their own say and where they belong and we have to understand that also, but thank you, this is really nice. the rest of the presents, i hope you'll be forth coming. [laughter] let me move on to non-conventionality. we'll tie up this scene, see a couple of provocative roll-ins and already with the unitarian universalists we will see there is som

. >> well the fastest growing section, segment of unitarian universalism is the earth based spirituality, which is sometimes called-- neo-pagan and sometimes based on a study of indigenous religions. and we went through a several year battle in our annual general assembly to add the seventh principle to our principles like the first one is inherent worth and dignity of every person. is that american? >> yes. >> typical. but, the one we had such a struggle adding is respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are apart and then the source that we draw from is spiritual teachings of earth, centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature. so that introduced the indigenous religions of the world along with the ones we've been studying in this course they-- >> yes, i don't know if they can focus in on that, helen. >> the world's great religions. i want to give you this, could i come give it to you? >> yes. >> is this a good time? >> yes, if you can get down here with out falling. >> well, i'll try.