Jewish progress

Vinnieosophy Blog © May 2011 (Blog-posted 03Oct2011)

 Spectrum of Judaism

Which “organ, arm or leg” of our Israelite-Jewish body

can we afford to amputate, discard & disown?

“World Jewish population drops by 300,000.”                    http://www.simpletoremember.com/articles/a/jewpopdrops/

“Jewish population growth worldwide is close to 0%.”

                    http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/world-jewish-population.htm

At only 13 million (out of 7 billion Earthlings = 0.2%),

 “We can’t afford to split the Jewish people.”

            (Conservative Rabbi Leonid Feldman 20Jan1996)

Have we gotten so big and mighty that we can afford it now in 2011?

The Roman Empire was not destroyed by attacks from the outside.

I was destroyed by divisions within.

Will it one day also be said about the Jews?

Event the Nazis couldn’t destroy the Jews from the outside,

But Jews destroyed themselves by divisions within.

All the raising of funds to support Israel must continue and even increase.

Only instead of sending the funds to Israel, they ought to be placed in an escrow account

to be held there until Israel fully recognizes as valid

ALL the schools of Judaism.

Thus all Jews would be eligible for aliyah immigration to the Land of Israel.

Otherwise the faster growth of non-Jewish population in Israel will outnumber the Jews, and Israel will become a non-Jewish state.

Anyone touched by the spark of Judaism 

who is considering joining the Jewish people ought to be able to do so.

To make an impact for peace,

it is imperative that a constructive group like the Jews

be UNITED & STRONG!

No mitosis should take place

until the Jewish numbers reach 1%-Critical-Mass of world population,

70-million Jews worldwide.

At that size, Jews would no longer be the world’s scape-goat.

Only then may the world Jewish community amiably mitosize into 2

and ONLY 2 "sister" (or "mother-daughter") organizations/denominations

of 35-million Jews each,

so they can pursue different approaches to Judaism.

To do so now is way premature and greatly weakens the mishpucha.

(Mishpucha = Jewish-family. I define it here ‘cause I have met so many Jews who have no idea what this word means.)

To accomplish such numbers,

Jews need to compose a simple short unified statement of faith

and make it known far-&-wide,

so that people of like mindedness can choose to associate themselves.

13 Articles of Jewish Faith proposed by Maimonides:

1.       Eloheinu is.

2.       Eloheinu = unitarian unity ehad.

3.       Eloheinu can seem incorporeal.

4.       Eloheinu = eternal.

5.       Pray to Eloheinu only.

6.       Prophets spoke truth.

7.       Moses was the greatest of the ancient Israelite prophets.

8.       Torah-Law was given to Moses.

9.       There wouldn’t be a need for another Torah if this one was followed.

10.    Eloheinu is cognizant of the thoughts & deeds of humans.

11.    Eloheinu will reward the good and punish the wicked.

12.    Messianic age is coming.

13.    Dead can be scientifically-reincarnated (re-constituted, cloned).

Yes, it’s time once again to open the rabbis’ minds to the concept of

recruiting new members (reinforcing ranks), instead of playing the game or 3-rejections.

All flavors of Judaism need to cooperate (w/o-compromise) to achieve

a world Jewish population of 70-million = 1%-Critical-Mass.

Only after 1%-Critical-Mass (70million) has been reached,

would it be safe to have 2 separate wings of Judaism, for example:

Right-wing:

 Haredi-Jews,

 Orthodox-Jews,

 Samaritan-Jews,

 Conservative-Jews, 
 Jewish-RENEWAL,

 Karaite-Jews.

Left-wing:

 Jewish-RECONSTRUCTION,

 Reform-Jews,

 HUMANIST-Judaism,

 Jewish-SCIENCE,

 LDS-Jews,

 Messianic-Jews.

If/when those 2 wings grow to 70-million each (140-million total),

it would ONLY-THEN be safe to mitosize further

into a 3^rd & 4^th wing/denomination, for example:

Latter-day 12-tribes of Israel:

1

 Haredi (Hasid+Lithuanian & Sephard-Oriental)-Jews (http://lubavitch.com/),

 Modern Orthodox-Jews (http://www.ou.org/,

 Samaritan-Jews (only 700 left).

2

 Conservative-Jews (http://www.uscj.org/; http://www.conservativejudaism.org/),

 Jewish-Renewal (https://www.aleph.org/),

 Karaite-Jews (http://www.karaites.org).

3

 Jewish-Reconstruction (http://jrf.org/),

 Reform-Jews (http://urj.org/),

 Humanist-Judaism (www.shj.org).

4

 Jewish-Science (http://www.appliedjudaism.org/),

 LDS-Jews (http://www.mormonsandjews.org/),

 Messianic-Jews (http://www.iamcs.org/).

So when each of the 2 wings/schools/denominations of Jews

reaches 1%-Critical-Mass of world population,

they each again mitosizes into 2 and ONLY 2

"sister" (or "mother-daughter") organizations.

So when there are 140-million Jews in the world,

there would be ONLY 4 Jewish schools/denominations.

That would be one way to be effective in building

a PEACE-INDUSTRIAL-COMPLEX strong enough to out-compete

the exiting military-industrial-complexes

(e.g., Global-Cooperative-Space -Industry).

Weak disorganized splinter groups only shame

the great strides forward that which Moses, the prophets & the rabbis brought.

Another might be to get all of Jewish organizations to become active supporters & participants in http://www.WorldJewishCongress.org

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 SJS = Society of Jewish-SCIENCE -- www.AppliedJudaism.org
 AJR = Alliance for Jewish-RENEWAL -- www.aleph.org

            Torah, tradition, Kabbalah, Hasidism, modern-consciousness, politically-progressive, 

            egalitarian, environmentally-aware, embraces singles, GLBT, interfaith-families.

               Or-Ahavah, Lutz OrhaAhavahTampa@att.net Rabbi Debrah & Phillip Shenefelt             (813) 968-7850 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (813) 968-7850      end_of_the_skype_highlighting      

            www.aleph.org/documents/AffirmationsFinal4-08.pdf

 SHJ = Society for HUMANISTIC-Judaism -- www.shj.org

            Embraces human-centered philosophy that combines celebration of culture & identity

            w/adherence to humanistic values; offers non-theistic alternative in contemporary life,

            to provide a home for humanistic, secular, & cultural Jews.

 JRF = Jewish-RECONSTRUCTIONIST Federation -- http://jrf.org

            Progressive, contemporary approach which integrates deep respect for

            traditional Judaism w/ideas of contemporary social, intellectual & spiritual life.

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 LDS-Jews, B'nai Shalom Est. 1967; "Ephraim with Judah...and they will be one in mine hand."
               "There are no people in the world who understand the Jews like the Mormons."- David Ben Gurion

               www.MormonsAndJews.org
 Messianic-Jews,

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 Reform-Jews,

 Conservative-Jews,

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 Orthodox+Hasidic-Jews,

 Karaite-Jews (30,000 mostly in Israel)

 Samaritan-Jews,             To be treated as Jews in matters where practice agrees with mainstream - Talmud

                    Regard themselves as descendants of Ephraim & Manasseh. Genetics has suggested truth to the claim. 700 in Israel.

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Some of my Jewish research (05Mar2010) Jews: Black, Chinese, dot-Indian, feather-Indian,             Marano-crypto-Jews-of-Spain-&-Portugal, Japanese, etc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.blackjews.org Lemba Black-in-appearance tribe in So-Africa & Zimbabwe who have claimed to be Jews  who left Israel @ time of Babylonian invasion, which claim has been verified by DNA testing.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtDHkwYXI6k African-Israelites = African-American Jews living in Israel for over 36 years, 2,000 strong, 900 children born in Israel, recently granted permanent residence leading to citizenship, they are vegan, practice plural-marriage up to 4 wives max: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOSJVfbgxdo  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0R8TzpqHdg  Church of God & Saints of Christ (Africa-American Jews; not Christian/Messianic as the name might imply. I fellowshipped with them when I lived in Providence).             (401)861-4933 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting            (401)861-4933      end_of_the_skype_highlighting       105 Dodge Street, Providence, RI 02907 www.cogasoc.org/  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ar6OGMEx-I  Rabbi Capers Funnye, Jr. is a cousin of First Lady Michelle Obama. He is a member of: Brit Tzedek v’Shalom – Jewish Alliance for Justice & Peace. He attended his in-law’s inauguration. He is the spiritual leader of: Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethopian Hebrew Congregation in Chicago. http://www.bethshalombz.org/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZEDr8Hl6-Q  http://www.forward.com/blogs/bintel-blog/14998/  Jews of Nigeria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZllE4NfbG0A  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethiopian Jews = Beta Israel = (p.k.a. "Falasha") These are now accepted as fully Jewish, have Israeli citizenship, have been air-lifted to Israel, and serve in the Israeli Self-Defense-Force. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFhWkJQ_L5I Kaifeng Chinese Jews http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Brh8AgnW5TA  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PYJhPpLfYw&NR=1  Celebrating Chanukah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8x1bW_fF7A  Bnei Menashe (House of Manasseh) of NE India & Burma accepted as real Jews by Israeli authorities, making aliya (return) in large numbers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHvUcfB_B0c&feature=PlayList&p=DACD06DEB0D4DA85&playnext=1&index=2           An Israeli agency called Shavei Israel is establishing contact with isolated or forgotten Jews in 9 countries, offering them support & opportunity to make aliya (return). Shavei Israel – literally, ‘Israel returns’ www.shavei.org          Jewish people are currently facing a demographic crisis. Numbers are shrinking, commitment is waning, and more & more are leaving the fold. Simultaneously, extraordinary awakening is taking place. From India to Spain, from Portugal to Brazil, countless numbers of people are trying to make sense of Jewishness, wrestling with profound questions of history, identity and self. Many are literally knocking on our collective door, looking for a way to enter. This presents Jewish people with a tremendous opportunity to reinforce ranks and reinvigorate its spirit by extending a courteous hand to all those who wish in. Shavei Israel is the only Jewish organization today that is actively reaching out.           Activities focus on: • Descendants of Anousim Marano-crypto-Jews of Spain, Portugal, So America, etc.; • Descendants of 10 Lost Tribes such as the Bnei Menashe of NE India & Burma; • Subbotniks (descendants from a group in Russia who converted); • Kaifeng Jews (descendants from an assimilated Chinese community); • Hidden Jews of Poland (adopted by Catholic families during WWII,    or Jews that hid their Judaism during Communist era); • Moroccan Jews of Amazon (descendants of assimilated Moroccan Jews that arrived to the area for commerce); • Peruvian Inca Jews (Peruvian community from the Inca area of Peru that converted to Judaism); • San Nicandro (Italian community who decided to convert, today most of them live in Israel.) •  Descendants of assimilated Jews, who wish to rekindle their connection to Judaism; • Anyone touched by the spark of Judaism  who is sincerely considering joining the Jewish people and requires assistance along the way. Shavei Israel's aim is to ensure that  anyone wishing to join Jewish people is be able to do so. Japanese-Israelite connection www.makuya.or.jp/eng Gion (Zion) festival: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-8y96LVlsc&feature=PlayList&p=DACD06DEB0D4DA85&index=6  www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLbjUegzCII&feature=PlayList&p=DACD06DEB0D4DA85&index=7      MAKUYA. The word "Makuya" is the Japanese translation  of the Hebrew phrase Ohel Moed   the meeting place between God and man,  the dwelling place of God's Shekhinah (Ex. 29:42-43),  and refers to an indigenous Japanese group of Bible Believers,  strongly identified with the cause of Israel. Makuya was founded in May 1948  by a charismatic leader, Abraham Ikuro Teshima(1910-1973),  who was then a successful businessman and ardent believer.  He emphasized the importance of the personal encounter  with Ruah HaKodesh (Spirit of G-d)  and the return to the dynamic faith of the original early Hebraism,  as opposed to the dogmatic, institutionalized,  Europian-dominated religions. He tried to revive the devastated spiritual condition of postwar Japan  by proclaiming the words of the living G-d (Amos 8:11).  He said "Tenah (Bible) is the light to all peoples  and the biblical faith perfects all religions.  Even today the G-d of Israel is living  and vividly intervenes in the human society  with his abundant goodness and mercy."      A commentator on the Bible and prolific writer,  Teshima maintained that deeper understanding of the Jewish faith,  its people and history, is essential to the full comprehension of the Bible. The religious thinking of Rabbi A. H. Kook, Martin Buber  and Abraham Heschel are among the cherished elements of their belief. Their fervent love of the Bible and firm attachment to Zion  brings hundreds of Makuya pilgrims annually to Israel.  Over 250 Makuya students have been sent to Israeli kibbutzim  to work together with the people of the Bible,  and to study Hebrew and the biblical background.  Some of them continue their academic studies in universities.  They have published their first Hebrew-Japanese dictionary.

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All genetic, married-in, absorbed & adopted children …

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… of Noah = Noahites
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… of Shem = Semites

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… of Ever/Eber = Ivri/Hebrews

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… of Abraham  =  Hebrews = “opposite side of river”

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                           … of Lot =  Moab-----àMoabites---absorbed-into-Arabs

                                           Ben-AmmiàAmmonites-absorbed-into-Arabs

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… of Ishmael = Ishmaelites-Arabs

              First use of word Aribi is found in an Assyrian inscription of 853BCE, later Arabu or Arimi, as people of Aram

… of Isaac = ½ Edomites-absorbed-into-Arabs, ½ Israelites

… of Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, & Shuah = Canaanites-absorbed-into-Arabs

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… of Esau-Edom = Edomites-absorbed-into-Arabs

… of Jacob-Israel = Israelites

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… of Judah (+Benjamin, some Ephraimites & Levites, 10% of Romans who converted, Khazars, etc) = Jews

No peace while military-industrial-cmplx is bigger

26Mar2011 -- Vinnieosophy blog

There cannot be peace as long as the military-industrial-complex is bigger, more heavily financed, and more profitable than the peace-industrial-complex. How can there be peace when millions of people are employed directly or indirectly in the industry of weapons and killing? If you brainwash and train millions to kill, how could you expect that no one would then act on that brainwashing & training? Movies like War Inc, Wag the Dog, Lord of War, etc, illustrate that wars are for profit, and how multitudes are brainwashed to kill and die for those profits going to others.

What can be expected when 100-million AK47’s are manufactured and thrown on the world’s arms market, and are supplied to as many dissatisfied religio-fanatics?

As long as those desiring peace have the attitudes like: “I’m spiritual but not religious,” or “I’m not a joiner,” the military-industrial-complex will perpetuate the industry of killing & destruction. The puppet-masters who orchestrate wars-for-profit, often put the blame on religion, the very tool they themselves use ever-so-successfully to ignite the gullible to go and kill each other. 

Prayer = empirically-duplicatable results?

Prayer either produces empirically-duplicatable results, or is BS opiate-of-the-masses, as I believe 80% of all religion is. And it seems that the empirically-duplicatable approach to prayer is being independently discovered & experimented with by adherents of different faith-groups, hence different labels for the same thing. It's like an idea whose time has come. 

Seems that 

Glenn Coon's Christian ABC approach, is the same as 

SGI-Nichiren-Buddhist Daimoku approach, 

Noetic-Sciences approach, 

NewThought approach, 

The-Secret approach, & 

What-the-Bleep-do-We-Know approach.

Taaffe

Thank u for all the quotes. Yes, I’m more than intimately familiar with all those contexts, and not only in English, but also in the original Koine-Greek (which I also had to learn for my Theology-Bachelor’s and Religions-Master’s). And I also spent decades in Christian apologetics defending and defending and defending Christian atrocities and the scriptures they were based upon. But as much as one may wish to believe only the best about one’s own chosen religious path, an unbiased mind eventually has to admit to itself that facts are facts no matter how much one might wish to explain them away. And the facts of history are that Christians have committed more atrocities than ANY other faith-group (including the Islamo-Nazis). There’s just so long that a fair-minded individual can close his eyes to the facts and keep trying and keep trying and keep trying to explain them away. Facts are facts.
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“Jesus was … telling the disciples that they had a rough road ahead of them“

So did Buddha and his disciples, and Nichiren & his disciples -- also “had a rough road ahead of them,” (all new movements do), but what a DRASTIC difference as to how Buddhists, once in power, treated everyone else and different denominations within Buddhism.
By their fruits ye shall know them.
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“they were being protected by the Father despite the hardships they would endure at the hands of other people. “

Hmmmmm?!? And just how did that work-out for them as they burned alive?
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“He was emphasizing that his presence would lead to non peaceful situations and that they would make enemies of their own household.”

So just how is THAT conducive to “PEACE”?
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“you have to understand the culture of Buddhism, the culture of the times during Christ in the middle east needs to be understood.”

Having a 2ndary major in college in history, one might suspect that I just might have some little understanding of
“the culture of Buddhism, and the culture of the times during Christ in the middle east.”
Is it really being objective to keep-on and keep-on and keep-on making excuses for the BLOODIEST religion of all time?
Compare OBJECTIVELY the atrocities of just 1700 years of Constantinian-Christian dominance
and all 2500 years of Buddhism.
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“when God [Allah] would order people to be killed. He had given all of the people plenty of times to repent and [convert to Islam].
Many of these people were not free of sin. They performed malicious sexual crimes.”

Notice that with just 2 slight detail modifications, this statement sounds just like today’s extremist Islamist Nazis?
Should Christians today also go and kill all who are not “free of sin, who performed malicious sexual crimes”?
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“The New Testament is all about Grace and what Christ had done on the cross to atone for the sins of mankind.”

Hate to disillusion u, but this story was not new with the New-Testament.
It was a retelling of a number of ancient pagan myths (with 1 name-change),
of ancient pagan deities who did the exact same thing.
“Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it.”
  Edmund Burke (British Statesman and Philosopher, 1729-1797)

I am not writing-off the awakened—born-again teachings of enlightened Yeshua Ha-Mashiach (Jesus-Christ), or of the saints of the 1st 300 years. I am taking issue with the next 1700 years of Constantinian-Christianity which has been a holocaust.
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“I would actually love to go to a Buddhist get together. It would be interesting to learn more. I will also ask Joe if he would like to come.”

Please do come visit.
The next get-together is the 3rd Mon = 19Sep 7-8:30pm
@ a residence
1794 Harbor Cir W, 33770-4562
Largo
when my wife Smantha will be presenting a topic for discussion.

Purpose of Life = GNH = Gross-National-Happiness

"We were all born to become happy
and to bring happiness to others."
World Tribune 02Sep2011, p1
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Zqdqa4YNvI

What is "Gross National Happiness" ? Explained by Morten Sondergaard

www.youtube.com

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"The main purpose of life is to learn to live happily."
3:00--3:32 section of this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyHLZgdc06U

Our Heavenly Father's Plan - Part 1

www.youtube.com

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‎"The point of this whole thing is to keep getting smarter, to keep growing
[physically, mentally, socially, financially, recreationally & spiritually],
to use as much of your brain as possible."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQmJl1CQx2o

Defending Your Life

www.youtube.com

Quantum-Vinnieosopy-Evolvers Creed 07Sep2011

Quantum-Vinnieosopy-Evolver (Happyist) Creed 07Sep2011
(perpetually under construction)

We believe that both not having a creed and having one which is not amendable is counterproductive. Therefore we do have one, but it’s 1^st point is that change, advancement, growth, increase-in-knowledge are desirable.

We believe that to be effective in correcting the downward-spiral towards an Easter-Island-like calamity on a global scale, what’s needed is joint cooperative action of at least 1% of Earthlings. 4% or 20% would be even better, but no single organization should ever exceed 1% Earthlings in membership. That would encourage a stifling monopoly which (historically) always results in abuse.

So every time we reach 1%, we amiably mitosize (de-monopolize) into 2 organizations.

We believe that to be effective in correcting the downward-spiral towards an Easter-Island-like calamity on a global scale, what’s needed is lightning-speed recruiting of the top 1% of the big-brain-geniocracy, the best entrepreneurs, scientists, leaders, economists, achievers, Mensans, etc into our powerful action-thinktank building toward sustainable-progress in unison.

Every time a vote is taken on some position, the minority vote is saved to later become the position of the new organization which mitosized from its parent org.

In mitosis, nuclear families are to be kept together according to the home-head’s convictions. General membership is polled on strength of convictions one way or the other and divided accordingly, which is usually c. 20% one way or the other. The 60% in the gray-zone are divided so as to come as close to 50-50% mitosis as possible.

All leadership positions are to be presided over by a triad,

president (age 30-65), 1^st counselor (age 65+), and 2^nd counselor (age <30).

Until females prove themselves actually equal to males

(50% of Olympic-records, Nobel-Prizes, & Forbes-Richest-Lists),

the president and either 1 of the counselors must be male

while the other counselor must be female.

We accept (until proven wrong) the Drake-Equation,

the Human-Potential-Movement “HPM,” and Quantum-Physics.

We believe that all bring upon themselves the natural effects

of causes they put, or fail to put into motion.

We believe that through the At-one-ment of many Great-Eternals

(e.g., Jacque-Fresco’s Venus-Project,

Peter-Joseph’s The-Zeitgeist-Movement-“TZM,” etc),

Gross-National-Happiness "GNH" of all humankind may be improved,

by cooperation with natural-laws (doing what contributes to happiness,

and avoiding what detracts from happiness).

We believe that the prime-directives of the Good-News are:

first, Quantum-Faith in what the Great-Eternals started;

second, Letting-go of stupidity which causes un-happiness;

third, Ritual-washing to demonstrate leaving behind stupidity and reaching forward toward Gross-National-Happiness "GNH";

fourth, Laying on of hands as symbolic acceptance of Quantum-Physics.

We believe in organization.

We are open-minded about investigating psychic abilities talked about in the movie Men Who Stare at Goats; e.g., talent for languages, premonitions, intuition, distant-viewing, quantum-touch-healing, etc.

We believe that various sacred books are limited human words attempting to describe progressive civilizing concepts, which may be used as starting points

for ever-ascending-spirals up-the-bridge of eternal-progression.

We believe that many great and important things pertaining to the Commonwealth-of-Good will continue to be figured-out.

We believe that the earth can be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.

We claim the right of worshiping Good

according to the dictates of our own conscience,

and allow all the same right,

let them worship how, where, or what they may.

We believe in cooperating with kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates,

in cooperating with just laws.

We believe in being honest, true, benevolent, virtuous,

and in promoting the happiness of all;

We hope all things, we endure all things.

If there is anything virtuous, lovely, of good report or praiseworthy,

we seek after these things.

Some of the books & publications we consider worthwhile

(but not to be taken as infallible word of God) are:

Healing of America,

Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight,

Conscious Evolution – Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential,

Reworking Success,

Celestine Vision,

Politics of Meaning,

Future of Love,

Diet for a New America,

Conversations with God 1-3,

Forbes Magazine,

Sunstone Foundation Magazine,

All books by Donald Trump,

Quantum-Touch: Power to Heal,

Some orgs we believe to be in amity with:

Venus-Project,

Zeitgeist-Movement-“TZM,”

ReCreation,

Emissaries,

Natural Law Party,

American Renaissance Alliance,

Foundation for Conscious Evolution,

Mensa,

Sunstone Foundation,

Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions,

Zero Population Growth,

Institute of Noetic Sciences,

SGI,

UUA,

INTA,