C&D Section 4: Epistle to Flav-o-Dec-Justine et al 03Aug2011
Proclamation to the World #4
© The First Presidency of
The Corporation of the President of
The Religious-Movement of Quantum-Vinnieosophy-Evolvers
Founded 06Apr2002
QVE = Religion for the Future
QVE = Religion for the Future
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Yup, I am a Master-of-Religions (have a Master’s degree in religions from a fully-accredited post-graduate theological-seminary), plus 4 years of accredited Religious-Science curriculum.
I hold memberships in following faith-based-groups:
Hindu:
1) Self-Realization-Fellowship
with leanings toward Transcendental-Meditation;
Buddhist:
2) SGI-Nichiren www.SGI.org ;
Jewish:
3) Orthodox Bar-Mitzvah
with leanings toward Reform;
Constantinian=Christian:
(ordained pastor; Melchizedek-priest, TRH, V-worker)
4) Catholic,
5) SDA,
6) Congregational,
7) Presbyterian,
8) Episcopal-Anglican,
9) LDS http://lds.org ;
Islam:
10) non-sectarian
with leanings toward www.Bahai.org
and Sufi www.youtube.com/watch?v=0smj7l-nlaA ;
Interfaith:
13) Interntnl Association for Religious Freedom
previously on TampaBay committee www.iarf.net ,
FreeMasonry:
14) Blue-Lodge Master-Mason
Past-Jr-Warden,
15) 32° Scottish-Rite,
16) Shriner,
17) Order-of-the-Eastern-Star
Past-Patron,
18) Quatuor-Coronati
NewThought:
with leanings toward Institute-of-Noetic-Sciences www.Noetic.org ,
19) Religious-Science minister
Humanist:
21) Scientology
with leanings toward Unitarian-Universalism,
22) International Raelian Movement
scheduled for membership 06Aug2011 [did it as scheduled].
All religions have been my hobby since I can remember.
25Apr2010—01Aug2011
my wife Smantha & I made
119 visits to
26 different denominations of
8 very different faith-group-categories:
4 Christian
4 Buddhist
4 Jewish
4 NewThought
4 Humanist
2 Islamic
3 Hindu
1 Sikh
The word “religion,” defines as: people binding-together for some purpose. Somehow the word morphed to mean only the pursuit of transcendental ultimate values. The pursuit of ethics/morality is necessary in order to have a truly civilized society, in which people police their own thoughts, words, & actions individually, rather than needing a police-force to enforce proper behavior.
To be a truly well-rounded individual, development of the “Being” aspect of self is as important as developing the other 5 aspects (Body, Brains, Breeding, Bounty, & Bonvivance). Unfortunately, humans tend to go to extremes, and as a particular re-focuser (reformer) dies, his followers in time pile-on top of his advancements, a pile of b.s.
Then another reformer has to come along to re-focus, and again the movement-forward has to go through 3 stages:
1) ignoring & ridicule,
2) opposition, persecution, martyrdom,
3) acceptance as self-evident
(usually after death of founder/reformer).
Religions fall into 3 major types
(though there is a lot of overlap):
a) Those who believe they have been started by supernatural beings, God/god(s), angels, spirits, extra-terrestrials, extra-dimensionals, ascended-masters, spirit-guides,
e.g., Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, Cargo-cults,
Constantinianity=Christianity, Zoroastrianism,
Raelian-Movement, Spiritism.
b) Those who worship &/or try to manipulate nature & natural forces,
e.g., Shinto, Wicca, Sorcery, Thelema, Satanism, Paganism, Alchemy,
Santeria, Voodoo, Obeah, Palo, Hoodoo-conjure, Rootwork, Folk-magic,
New-Age, Taoism, NewThought, Noetics, Science.
c) Those who promote human potential & advancement,
e.g., Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Atheism,
Ethical-Culture, Humanism, Humanitarianism,
Unitarian-Universalism, Confucianism,
Free-Thought, Philosophy, Scientology.
"We are all atheists about most of the gods that societies have ever believed in.
Some of us just go one god further."
--Richard Dawkins, ethologist, geneticist
Some of us just go one god further."
--Richard Dawkins, ethologist, geneticist
And then there is Vinnieosophy. It combines all of the above and strives to discard the 80% b.s. which brings misery, and synthesize the 20% reality which advances happiness. Vinnieosophy teaches that the purpose of life is to learn to be, & be happy.
It promotes ever-ascending up-the-bridge of
eternal-progression towards more & more courage, intelligence, & happiness. Vinnieosophy stipulates that, though there is a need for dogma (code of personal values), dogma MUST be quickly changeable as new discoveries are made.
Holding-on blindly to the 80% b.s. of the “old-ways” impedes galactic progress.
“Who would let a first-century dentist fill our children’s teeth? But we’re letting first-century theologians fill our children’s heads every day.”
--Michael Dowd (www.TheGreatStory.org)
--Michael Dowd (www.TheGreatStory.org)
As soon as something is discovered as untrue, unworkable, non-happiness-producing, it MUST be dropped, discarded, deleted from dogma quickly!
I have been told by countless people that I ought to start Quantum-Vinnieosophy-Evolvers->QVE as an organized religion for the future, because it makes the most sense
However, I am not looking forward to the 1st 2
of the 3 stages I’d have to go through:
1) ignoring & ridicule,
2) opposition, persecution, martyrdom.
I do not have a “martyr-complex.”
I do not crave to have my future disciples crucify me before they deify me.
So instead,
I look around for what comes the
closest to Vinnieosophy
(what I know to be real 20% happiness-producing), and I associate with those.
Of all the highlighted above,
SGI-Buddhism is the best organized
and most motivating
international ethic-accountability-society
w/o idol-worship, w/o paid clergy,
and w/o demanding lots of money (www.SGI.org).
"Buddhism is the religion that is closest to the Truth."
—Intelligent Design; Message from the Designers, by Rael 360:5 (www.Rael.org)
—Intelligent Design; Message from the Designers, by Rael 360:5 (www.Rael.org)
Also, Buddhism has historically proven itself to be the least violent major international religion, promoting non-violence, tolerance, & acceptance.
It is more a technique for eliminating suffering and developing happiness. It doesn’t require one to believe in god(s) nor to disbelieve in God.
And why do I promote joining an organization instead of just practicing religion on one’s own …
“If we really care,
individually each of us can make a difference,
but collectively,
we can change the world.”
--character Huey Walker in 1990 movie Flashback
individually each of us can make a difference,
but collectively,
we can change the world.”
--character Huey Walker in 1990 movie Flashback
There is power in numbers. How many people have built a house from start to finish by themselves alone? On the other hand, how many buildings have been built by teams of tradesmen working in cooperation?
Buddhism means awakening, enlightenment, born-again-ness. Jesus spent a decade in central Asia studying & teaching Buddhism before he returned to Judea to teach it there. Humans being humans, piles of b.s. were piled-up even upon Buddhism,
so that every once-in-a-while some reformer had to
re-focus people upon the simple techniques now popularized via the book and video called
Some Buddhist re-focusers:
T'ien-T'ai Chih-che (538-597 CE)
Saicho = Dengyo (767-822 CE)
Japanese monk (posthumous title Dengyo Daishi)
founder in Japan of Tendai school
So until I find something better,
for the sake of humanitarian happiness, I promote:
SGI = Nichiren-Buddhism (www.SGI.org),
INS = Institute of Noetic Sciences (www.Noetic.org),
IRM = International Raelian Movement (www.Rael.org).
IRM = International Raelian Movement (www.Rael.org).
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