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Like
everything else in life, this process is
Not
for Everyone: This
pathway to "The Source of Creation,"
combines: head and heart -- faith and
reason -- emotion and the intellect --
past beliefs and present research data -- the
physical and the non-physical worlds -- what's known
and what can't be known. It looks at
the basic teachings in all the major religions on the
planet including the usually ignored Eastern
religions. And like every other
pathway to "God," it's not for
everyone. It's for two major groups
of people. First,
it's for open-minded people who think for themselves and
who no longer
practice or follow any of the major religions
but still acknowledge a Divine Source. We refer to these people as The
Reasonables.°
Second,
it's for people who still follow any one
of the Christian-based religions but are appalled at
what the ultra-conservative Christian leaders are doing in
the name of God. It's for open-minded, free-thinking Christians who think
it's time
to take Christianity back from the ultra-conservative
right-wing extremists.°
It's for those who
think we ought to pay much more attention to
the teachings of Jesus (See the ignored
quotes section°
and the page titled:
The Quintessential Jesus° .
) and much less attention to the ego-centric,
politically motivated, male-dominated, right-wing
Christian leadership.
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Distinctions:
Regarding the
Christian religion, we want to make a clear
separation between the millions of loving, kind,
well-meaning Christians and the minority of highly
vocal, right-wing,
Christian-extremist leaders. We honor and
respect the multiple millions (both leaders and
lay Christians) who follow their heart and honor the
teachings of Jesus, but, unfortunately, not
everybody is open and honest. Our objective is to bring awareness to
the distinguish between those with honorable
intentions and those few with very different intentions.
(See the page titled: hidden agenda
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the page titled: How
to find the Wolves in Sheep's Clothing.°
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Christianity
is getting a bad rap because we (all Christians) are all being defined
by a highly vocal minority of right-wing extremist leaders: Who don't honor
the separation of church and state,°
Who ignore major, life-altering
passages`
in their own
Bible, Who think any
view of religion other than their own is bad,
Who declare war on everyone and anything they don't
like, Who
claim to be "pro-life" and then spend huge
amounts of money promoting their
political agenda° and extremely little to care
for the thousand of already-born babies who starve to
death every day. If one looks
closely at the fruits of their labor, one can easily
conclude that they are the wolves in sheep's clothing°
that Jesus warned us about. We can
say that because deception by lies
of omission°
is their stock in trade. Again we
say, don't believe us. If you
have any doubt about the veracity of our statements,
you are invited to examine
the evidence and draw your own conclusions.
We suggest you start with these three
pages: The
Purposes of
Religion,°
The God of Fundamental Christianity,°
and Lies
of Omission.°
Again
you have two choices:
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the last train to nowhere:
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Become
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