THE RELIGION OF THE SITUATION IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FREE WILL

1. There is at least one higher power called God.
A human being is not able to see if there are
more than one higher powers or gods. But the
dogma here is that the highest power(s) or God(s)
is absolutely loving and absolutely merciful
towards the life of this planet. After this
I will talk about only one God even if there might be
many of them. The essence of God(s) might be that of
the world-affirming panentheism.

2. The God is all-knowing at every moment but
the God has given us some sort of free will.
If God wants to interact the suffering world
God is able to do this. But mostly God lets everything
happen by the laws of nature and by the some sort
of free will by the human beings and animals.
If You want to pray, say for example: "Let the God's
will happen!" You may also want to pray for
forgiveness, if you feel, you may do so.
You can trust the God is merciful.

3. Why there is suffering in this world?
This is because we have been created directly
to "heaven". A human life is called a trip from
"heaven" to this suffering world. And after we die, our
souls will be returned to "heaven" where there is no suffering.
It is the purpose to live this life as good as possible,
not escape it. One of our mission is to experience what it is
to suffer. Another of our missions on earth might be try
live in Kingdom of God. For example, Jesus of the Gospels tells us
a lot about it. I think, if we really have some sort of
free will, it could be a good thing to try to safe the planet,
try to save the nature.

4. The "salvation" is not depended whether a person
believes in God or not in any way. Everyone is saved.
Because everyone is saved, do I mean that you can do what ever
you want? No, there might be some sanctions - even after
dead - if you use your free will in a wrong way intentionally.
However, there is no everlasting hell waiting as some of
religions claim. But God is very loving and merciful
towards the repentant.

5. Holy texts of this religion are all holy and sacred texts
of this world. However, the myths of the holy texts
must pass the moral critique of religions by atheists, agnostics
and skeptics. There is no meaning if the texts are
historically true or not. The texts and myths must live
this moment and the future, not the past.

6. How to find the God or the higher power? One commonly
used method is to live the myths true in your everyday
life. Many have experienced the existence of God by
this way. However, others may experience the existence
of God by some other methods. But if you don't find the
existence of higher power, do not worry. According
to this religion you will be saved anyway.

7. I, the founder of this religion, strongly believe
in God, to God's love and mercifulness. But I am not
sure if this religion is true. But
I have been told that God is absolutely loving,
absolutely merciful, and all-knowing. The God is
all-knowing to this situation and the past. I did not
find any other paths to fullfill these demands.
The highest God(s) maybe is also all-powerful. But
there might also be "lower" gods that are not
all-powerful. But as I said I cannot see if
there are only one God or many. It is impossible
for a human being to see or experience it.

The religion in reserve for me, if there is no
life after dead after all, is some kind of panpsychic
pantheism combined with nature-worship pantheism.
It is the purpose to live in the Kingdom of God
the rest of my life even if there were no life
after dead.

2005 Jarmo Antero Manninen


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