Aligning yourself with an ideology

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I can't bring myself to align myself with an organization that advocates for any particular ideology. Whether it be athiesm, christianity, budhism, or any political party.

Whenever people ask me: "So.. are you christian?" I reply with "No." And they can pick through all the other religions, political parties or groups that exist. Even if one group does meet a majority of my personal philosophies, I refuse to align myself with one.

Well, atheism isn't much of an ideology, and it isn't an organization, certainly. Atheism is nothing more and nothing less than the belief that a god does not exist. Atheism can be a component of a larger ideology (such as a materialistic, rationalist one), but atheism can align with everything from secular humanism to Ayn Rand's objectivism to Marxism-Leninism.

Well, the issue, Neanthumain, is that any organization that identifies as atheist will likely be an expression of a particular culture, which includes an ideology. So, while it is correct that MANY beliefs can be atheist, it is not correct that all beliefs are equally prone to it, and it is correct that atheists generally do agree on a number of issues beyond a mere notion that God doesn't exist.

Well I'm actually curious about the Universalist Unitarians.

They sound like they will deliver sermons from any worthwhile book or view point. They accept the bible but will look for passages that have merit from any other book like the Koran, the Torah, teachings of the Buddha, or even Science. They embrace christians or pagans, buddhists, jews, hindus, taoists, or even athiests. Straight people or Homosexuals or Transgenders. I think they allow women ministers and gay marriage to.

Do to budget reasons and the fact the closest one is an hour away I haven't seen them in person yet but out of any religious group I feel most comfortable with the ideas they present.