The following 15 principles are of the basic tenets of philosophy of those who see direct relationship between the deeds of people and their basic ideologies, and realize the need for a revolution in human thinking concerning religions, faith, and different ideologies in order to obliterate any kind of bigotry, prejudice, intolerance, and their consequent outcomes, putting an end to all kinds of abuse and misuse of religions and ideologies.
Churches, Mosques, Synagogues and other places of worship, stripped of all sacred, demagogical, and mystical features, turn into study centers to explore the facts about creation and the creator. Any tribune, pulpit, and platforms of one way sermons and decorated speeches turn into round tables of public discourse and free discussion.
Instead of worshiping, venerating, and glorifying a God of whom people have no clear knowledge, they start a serious search for whomever or whatever they call God. By so doing, they will come to learn the laws of nature and the best ways to manage their affairs, and only when do they get to know the God well, they will realize whether they should worship him or what:
1- The world we live in, including ourselves, has come into being and will continue
to exist in accordance with its specific laws and regulations, the origin of which is not yet known to anyone.
2- Recognition of, and familiarization with these governing laws and regulations is the only way to enable human beings to make the most of this being.
3- Obtaining true knowledge about the whole being is the only way of knowing the creator of this being, and cooperation of every individual human being in a systematic study of this being is the only way to enhance inventions of new ideas and technologies in order to achieve that goal.
4- From the time of realizing their power of contemplation, the thinking human have been engaged in the study of the origin of life, and have issued different theories in this respect.
5- As it is true about today, throughout the history, there have appeared a number of geniuses with brilliant ideas that have brought about more drastic changes in human life and have greatly advanced the knowledge about the being and the quality of life.
6- At the same time, it must be kept in mind that, throughout the history, a vast majority of the population consisted of those we may call populace, whom could have been influenced by the learned much less than the people of today can, because of the low level of communication and understanding between them.
7- A common belief among the ordinary thinking people from the early time could have been the idea that there must be a creator for this being with an unlimited power. Such a creator, with whatever name, has always been highly respected and worshiped by the believers.
8- What, in different human terms, is known as God, is that same creator of the whole being. This is the fact that all people of the world should be aware of, so that, they will at least not fight with each other over the use of this word. (It was recently in the news that in one country the Muslems protested against the Christians over the use of the same word for their God, claiming that they want to attract Mulems to join their religion!)
9- Those personalities whom, in the course of the history, have been known as prophets or messengers of God, and founders of different religions, have all introduced themselves as to have been talking about the same creator, and none of them have ever renounced or rejected another; though their followers might have been accused of deviation and having gone astray. This, of course, is true about the way different religious group think of each other today!
10- The idea that the so called prophets had been in special contact with the creator, having taken orders from him and being given special mission by him, has never been proved by today's standards. And what have been referred to as their miracles lack any strong grounds. And it is very likely that they belong to the same geniuses who had realized that relating their ideas to the one revered by all as the sole authority, would be the only way to influence such people. It is like some of what we consider superstition today, and might have one day been ways of making the populace do what had seemed to be right. Even in some today's societies, the authorities exercise their power this way by relating their aims to God.
11- Among the thoughts and opinions introduced by popular religions and the books attributed to them, there are valuable facts that can be utilized as achievements of humankind. Even those ideas of such religions that are not acceptable by today's standards, having been proved for their authenticity, can be used as sources to be studied, like any historical document, to find out why they had had utility then. Of course, to people who consider themselves men of God, with the belief that everything and everybody belongs to God, attributing religious ideas to God or to God's creature should not result in denunciation of the person who claims so.
12- Today, as a result of elevated level of people's knowledge and clearer perception of the world, and also availability of advanced technological means of education and communication, it has become possible to engage man in a real quest for the truth about creation, and start a universal journey in search of God; thereby, initiating an ideological revolution, letting the theists realize that they worship a god about whom they have no clear idea; as a result, they are usually engaged in ideological wrangles and disputes that sometimes result in annihilation of each other.
13- Instead of various elusive schools of theism and atheism, there should be initiated a school of thought concentrating on a struggle in search of God by all believers and even non-believers, who are naturally eager to know the truce about life. Such a struggle requires sincere cooperation and intimate communication and exchange of ideas among all members of human race. It is the realization of the need for such unity that brings about observance of the rights of every individual by all members of societies, leading to a real change in current "politics" referred to, even by politicians themselves, as "dirty politics" to what can be called "clean politics", putting an end to all crime and injustice in the world.
14- There should be no problem in choosing a name for this creator. People can use the same name that they use now in every language, like God, or any other name like the word "creator".
15- There are two other words: "heaven" and "hell", common among all believers, that may be as old as the word God. Heaven describes the man's wish for a perfect life, and hell is referred to as a life in torment and misery, a proportion of which has been and is experienced by some people and some nations. It is quite obvious that living in a perfect place like heaven requires people with perfect social behavior, and no slight mistake can be considered acceptable there. It seems quite paradoxical to believe that there is a heaven made ready for us sinful people to enjoy after death. The only way possible for humans to be innocent of any error is to familiarize themselves with knowledge of the laws and regulations that govern the world and the place we live. And it is this knowledge that enables the man to terminate mortality and enjoy an eternal life. This will also give the man the creative power of making the heaven they have in mind.
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