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To better understand Christianity, we should view it as a fusion or amalgam of the several distinct religious elements that existed within the First Century Roman Empire : the Egyptian concept of the afterlife, Zoroastrian ideas of good and evil, and Platonic notions of the Trinity, Soul, and unknowable God—all framed within the context of Judaism, with the Old Testament as its foundation.
Judaism and Christianity, though often seen as connected, are fundamentally different. Judaism presents a war history and a guide for a "chosen people," while Christianity offers a messianic hope for the oppressed. Yet, both have been woven together into a singular doctrine that has shaped the governance of Western society.
The reason for this compilation of faith can be traced back to Josephus, Titus, and the many Jewish revolts of the First Century, but to explain this would side tract the point of this chapter.
The Old Testament gives us a dogma for a managerial-mercenary class, the “Chosen People.” The added Christian message serves to attract followers, and will indoctrinate a meek and well behaved servant class, thereby acting as the managing platform for the master servant paradigm our civilization has always had.
Of course Judaism is a completely separate religion, and Jews do not teach Christianity to their people. As for Christianity, by incorporating the Old Testament within the Jewish faith you include the "Chosen People" as part of the Christian dogma. Intentional or not, this enforces the idea of a separate and superior or chosen people that have greater authority, a managerial group that Christians must protect and respect.
Although the New Testament says:
But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. 1 Peter 2:9–12
Most Churches will preach the chosen status of the Jewish people.
As Pope John Paul II said,
"Jews are our elder brothers" in the faith.
Through this construct Jews can be placed in administrative positions and do the unpleasant tasks that would otherwise be done by the ruling elite, taxation, war, justice of the strong, interest and banking, etc. This method of obfuscation and governance permits the ruling elites, royal families and the like, to wipe their hands of the many dirty deeds that must take place when power acts as it must in the exploitation of the lower or servant class.
The original example for this is seen in the crucifixion of Christ where the blame is taken on by the Jewish authority, as Rome washes its hands of the killing. Today we can see this in Gaza, as the United States washes its hands of the genocide, blaming a rogue Jewish state for the killing. This methodology of governance is what has given us an unfortunate history of pogroms.
Here in essence is why I see Christianity as malicious. The message of the New Testament is a wonderful attraction for a servant-slave class as it promises benevolence along with an escape from servitude, albeit in an afterlife, or after some hoped for apocalyptic future time. By combining the Old testament with the New Testament into the Bible, we have created a recruitment tool within Christianity for the more sociopathic elements that are required to manage our master-slave social order. Christian congregants who show promise as "masters" can be selected for initiation into secret societies that will tend to be tyrannical, antinomian, and Old Testament in thinking. Either through conversion into Judaism or initiation into secret societies Christians can be selected for their propensity to not "turn the other cheek," and instill a “what do you care” attitude to its initiates. They will be introduced and indoctrinated into the world of the masters over others, thus producing a managerial elite. This gives us a hidden tyrannical order separate from our government, that lies within the military, police, finance, and corporate class. In essence this is what we sometimes call the "deep state," an occult and behind the scenes form of governance.
The phrase "making good men better" depends greatly on your definition of "good", and draws attention to the vast importance of the meaning of this word. For many, and for all of history power is seen as an important goal, and making men good is making them powerful, yet it has been established that power is not for the meek or kindhearted. In addition, consider that the meek are generally the same as the uneducated, kind, and law abiding fools that work hard to be good people, unaware that power is both ruthless and deceptive. Traditionally, power has been is intent on slavery, the cultivation, and harvesting of labor from a docile labor class. It may be more accurate say "the meek will not inherit the earth".
“Thus Abraham our Father, peace be with him, is the father of his pious posterity who keep his ways, and the father of his disciples and of all proselytes who adopt Judaism.” Rambam’s Letter to Ovadiah the Convert.
Judaism is not a race of Semites, but a religion of converts, which permits anyone interested in being “Chosen,” to simply convert. Over the years these two contrasting dogmas, Judaism and Christianity, have produced a sort of genetic selection mechanism, collecting traits of dominant personalities all into one religion, and the more servile into another. Excellent for the Master-Slave economies of the first and subsequent centuries, but inadequate for today.
Judaism is the religion of the Chosen People, chosen to be the mediators and mercenaries between power and servitude, Christianity on the other hand is the religion of the uneducated, meek, and kindhearted.
If you don’t want to be a master over others, or a slave to your master, the following suggestion for a religion may suit you.
Short Video Why Power, and a Master Slave Society is Absurd
Thomas Jefferson, in his “Jefferson Bible,” omits the Old Testament, believing that a new nation needs a religion that seeks equal justice. He saw any belief in a “Chosen People” as contradictory to the concept of justice. Long before Jefferson, Marcion, an early Christian theologian, creator of the first canon and evangelist, established a doctrine known as Marcionism. This doctrine, part of what we call Gnosticism today, asserted that the God who sent Jesus Christ was distinct from the “vengeful” God (Demiurge) who created the world.
“Marcion declared that Christianity was in complete discontinuity with Judaism and entirely opposed to the scriptures of Judaism.”
Throughout history, countless cults have emerged, creating various divergent religions. It is difficult to get two people to agree on anything, and faith in its natural state has a lot of variety, this is why a single state dogma would be enforced by torture and death. First Century Rome was far more tolerant of a variety of religions than we think. Christianity itself was a chaotic mix of religious ideas, often based on themes that were both similar and wildly different to our current dogma.
In order to have a belief that matches our hoped values of equality and justice, as well as to bring each of us closer to God, I suggest even more simplification than that offered by Thomas Jefferson.
Although most people are unaware, the Church and state have always been one institution, so, in order to keep things open and honest, lets make the Church an economic and political solution, this way the Church would never again ask for money, as it would make its own money. Congregants could work in common toward social and business goals. This could be any business, providing work for the unemployed, as well as education and training for its work force.
The Ekklesia, or what we call Church, would operate as an online, open, direct, and transparent democracy, where openness and transparency keep management honest and could help end corruption. Since so much of our lives revolve around making a living, this fundamental change in how business is conducted could, by itself, bring significant improvement
Understanding the meaning of the word "good" and seeking truth would be the core of this religion, founded not on dogma but on a rational and honest depiction of reality and the divine, through open debate.. God would be understood in the Christian- Platonic sense as unknowable. All we can say about God is the obvious, we believe in God, God is the creator, is infinite, and therefore is creating now, we exist by Gods grace, and God is good. It is understood that in an infinite evolving set there is no start point, therefore creation is seen as starting at any and every point. Now is always the first day of creation.
How we see or understand God evolves from child to adult, therefore the concept of faith, God, or the divine is personal and different for each of us.
Accept that God and the metaphysical is unknowable, yet we believe in God through faith, and that is always a speculation.
The core of this theology focuses on exploring what "good" means to God, how it relates to humanity, and how it should guide the way we live our lives. Through our collective an truthful contemplation of God each community can devise the most effective and best aligned code of conduct for its people.
This religion would have two principals, along with a Trinity. All other teachings, can be found in the Bible and elsewhere, all understood at the discretion of your local Home Church through the open collaboration of all.
THE PRINCIPAL OF DETERMINISM
“In nature there is nothing contingent, but all things have been determined from the necessity of the divine nature to exist and produce an effect in a certain way.” Baruch Spinoza
No free will, proof of determinism
To see reality as deterministic helps us escape our absurd existence, and will change our faulty concept of free will. I will not explain here why a reasonable person should see reality as deterministic, and free will as a very good illusion, but if you think you have free will, you can study the neurology and physics which has proven the deterministic nature of reality. If we accept that all actions are causal and deterministic, we cannot blame others for their transgressions, and therefore, if we are reasonable, we have no choice but to forgive others when they harm us. This will put an end to sin and convert the confessional into therapy.
Instead of a sense of vengeance against those who harm us, we can study the causal factors that produced the transgression, then engineer circumstances so that unfortunate acts will not recur, over and over again. No longer will we blame some metaphysical construct for our errors, nor falsely say we are forgiven, instead we will recognize our faults, then look for and apply solutions. thus improving society. Prisons will become institutes for personal growth, and police will become social workers.
We can love those who harm us, “for they know not what they do,” love becomes an infinite pity or compassion, a force for good, the motive for the repair of mankind. In essence, this is Christ’s message on the cross: our shortcomings stem not from a lack of technical or mathematical knowledge, but from a lack of self-awareness, personal skills, and a true understanding or purpose, and of how to live harmoniously with ourselves and others. .
If reality is deterministic, can we change what tomorrow will bring?
I believe that changes in awareness, and fundamental shifts in how we perceive reality, is as close as we can come to free will. Our self-perception and understanding of reality shape how we respond to future events. In other words, our beliefs greatly affect the deterministic path that we refer to as our future.
Repairing the human condition can be done through the ability to forgive, converting the idea of an “eye for an eye” to one of engineered solutions. If we believe that existence is deterministic, then there can be no sin, and forgiveness is unnecessary. The solution for what we had once called sinful or evil is to simply fix the problem, and we are certainly clever enough to do that.
THE PRINCIPAL OF SEXUAL COMPETITION
A key to improving the human condition lies in acknowledging the role of sexual competition in our evolution as the cause of our enslavement. As animals, our progress is shaped by the need to compete for reproductive success, driving us to survive and adapt. This struggle for sexual dominance not only motivates our evolution but also shapes the fabric of civilization, it's responsible for wars, fashion, art and almost everything we do.
A deterministic reality driven by sexual competition clearly points to a history of enslavement to desire and circumstance. Life produces a deterministic chain of events that enslaves us, this must be recognized before we can hope to be free.
Attempting to persuade a sixteen-year-old boy to suppress his sexual motivations would be both futile and misguided. We need to recognize that these motivations can be harmful; however, society often glorifies and encourages them, which only exacerbates the issue. Our behaviors are influenced by the desires we mimic or emulate, and if we become less preoccupied with sex and love, it would reduce the impact of this condition on human suffering.
"I wish that people who are conventionally supposed to love each other would say to each other, when they fight, "Please - a little less love, and a little more common decency" Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick
Human biology will not change, we will remain sexually motivated, what can change is an awareness of the fact, and with that a recognition of both the absurdity and enslavement to desire. This awareness will force us to see love as an “infinite pity” instead of the sexual motivation it has always been. This will give us a deep concern for the tragic plight of the other and spur our impulse to engineer methods which will prevent future suffering.
In order to build a religion and society that is functional, we first need individuals who understand these two key principles, 1. that reality is deterministic, and 2. we are driven by sexual motivation.
Then with individuals who seek the truth, and are reasonable, it would then be possible to build a political-economic framework that would produce a democracy that is direct and transparent. To achieve this change, we need a religion that incorporates these two principals, and preaches a belief and law based on them.
THE CHURCH – A DEMOCRACY
A republic is not a democracy, simply electing officials will not produce the ideas we would hope for. An Ekklesia is a Greek word we translate into Church and is the word for the principal assembly of the Greek democracy. For this religion, the Church is where the elect come to govern the kingdom of God.
Democracy may work well where a small group of individuals directly choose what they will do collectively, but in larger communities elected officials can, and will be corrupted.
It is fundamental to our current belief that we are all sinners! If there is one thing sinners do, it is to hide their sins, and we know that corruption, or crimes do not fare well when caught in the act. We know criminals and corruption are made dysfunctional by transparency; therefore a transparent economic system is essential.
Simply place the Church online, make it open and transparent, involved in day-to-day commerce, and directly governed by reasonable well-educated people.
An Ekklesia governed by reasonable individuals that understand that reality is deterministic, and driven by sexual dominance, would better recognize the issues in society, and work to correct flawed situations.
With an online, open, transparent, direct democratic framework we would eliminate the church and steeple, and permit individuals to build a political and economic reality providing greater freedom and equality for its adherents.
That would deal with both the Church and the economy, no longer would anyone need to give money to their Church, and the Church would become a primary economic institution within a community, providing education, infrastructure and social services.
The words of Christ are similar to those offered by Socrates, with the added belief that it comes from God’s incarnation. If the words of Socrates are enough to get him killed, the words of Christ are far more dangerous to those in power. When power comes from the subjugation of a population, a plan to set people free, could be misinterpreted by the status quo.
This concept I propose should not have any opposition, it is not communism, and can only exist within a free market economy. It does not take over governments, as it is basically a small business run by a Church that promotes education and charity, which is run by its parishioners for the benefit of all. Furthermore, this community, with the exception of a few principals, is free to believe whatever it wants. This faith does not discriminate, you can be an atheist, Jewish, Muslim... after all there can not be two truths, and we all have different beliefs. Church is where you come to learn, the goal is to find your personal spiritual sense. Although the truth is absolute, your belief is your own. Your abilities and actions are what really matter.
THE TRINITY
Any description of a religion must have a God, and this is understood through a trinity, not a divine trinity, but a trinity that is used to understand God within us, and around us.
The first part of the trinity is of course God and is the same as understood by both Platonism and Christianity, unknowable. The object is to know God, yet this can only be done by faith, as anything unknowable cannot be known. We see God as "good" and to know God is about understanding what good is, for the word may be relative for us but must be distinct for God.
The second aspect of the Trinity is the Logos, the Son, the word of God, or Nous, representing intelligence. This can be found through the Church in open and truthful discussions with others, and it can emerge from sources like the Bible, philosophy, science, or any other facet of human knowledge. The Logos is the word of God and can be very effective, but it remains speculative and can never become dogma, as God is ultimately unknowable.
The Holy Spirit is the third aspect of the trinity. This is God’s inspiration upon us, upon our Soul, our means to comprehend God’s intentions, thus allowing us to align ourselves with God. Consider the Platonic-Christian perspective of a God beyond human understanding, where intelligence is a divine emanation, representing the truth of goodness. The sole path to God is through our capacity to reason, and reason is viewed as the means by which we uncover the truth, or Logos, with the proper development of our Soul being contingent on our quest for truth. Through the development of our Soul and through the Holy Spirit, we work for an individual pursuit of truth and wisdom, whereby we achieve freedom.
According to this view, the ideal community described by Christ depends on our ability to nurture our Souls and to know and comprehend God through the Logos, which the Platonists refer to as intelligence. Religion, in this context, becomes a personal quest to transcend worldly desires, aiming for cognitive and reasoned existence. A society, democracy, or economy cannot be humane or harmonious when its members are seen as mere instinct-driven beings, lacking in soul and engaging in base sexual competition.
Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because whoever suffers in the body is done with sin. As a result, they do not live the rest of their earthly lives for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 1 Peter 4
Although seemingly simple and straightforward with just two principles and a trinity, this concept is actually quite radical. If God is the Unknown cause, causality suggests that human behavior cannot be merely explained by free will. Instead, it is influenced by either the first cause, the absence of it, or the human modification of it. While the origin or creator is unknowable, we can understand certain aspects with some certainty. However, as Wittgenstein argued, there are limits to what we can discuss seriously, this forces us to have faith in order to understand the many aspects of reality that are beyond our understanding.
The second principle emphasizes our sexual motivations, revealing that we are often enslaved by our desires. Greater awareness of this fact will lead us to greater freedom and to fewer transgressions which affect others.
Please let me restate the principles of this congregation:
I suggest a very simple sort of Neo-Christianity, with only two key principles, and a Trinity:
1. There is no free will, therefore we must forgive all transgressors, and work to repair the world, what a Kabbalist would call “Tikkum Olahm.”
2. We are motivated through sexual competition, which enslaves us into behavior that may not be rational. Once we know this, we will no longer take seriously the many motivations we have.
Through the Trinity we know Christ, or the Logos, then we will function correctly, and the Church will function correctly.
A first-century Platonist would have understood the logos as the universal reason or principle that orders the cosmos and provides coherence. This concept was heavily influenced, if not created, by Heraclitus, who used the term to describe the underlying order and rationality of the universe. For Platonist's, the logos was seen as the divine reason that permeates all things and connects the material world with the metaphysical realm of forms or ideas.
The concept of the logos was not introduced by Christianity but by Heraclitus, a pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived around 500 BC. He was born in Ephesus, the same city where the Apostle Paul would later teach Christianity. The Greek Platonic concepts of both the Trinity and the Logos were modified and then incorporated into the new Christian faith for the first century Roman Empire.
For first-century Christians, the "Logos" and the "Word of God" were synonymous; Jesus Christ is the Logos, both are one and the same. These terms describe the Nous or Intelligence, which is the second aspect of the Platonic Trinity, the only aspect of God we can know.
“In the beginning was the Word (Logos), and the Logos was with God, and the Logos was God.” — John 1:1
“The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” — John 1:14
In this reinterpretation of the Genesis story, Jesus Christ is identified as the Word (Logos), existing with God from the beginning and being one with God. "Logos," originally a Greek term, means "reason," "discourse," or "principle." In Greek thought, particularly Stoicism, Logos referred to the divine, animating principle of the universe, a concept foundational to Greek philosophy, and is not in any way part of Jewish tradition.
The concept of the Trinity also draws from Platonic ideas. While Plato did not describe a Trinity, the Platonic framework includes the One (the Good), the Intellect (Nous), and the Soul (Psyche), forming a metaphysical triad. In a Christian context, the “One” aligns with the unknowable God, the Intellect (Nous) represents Christ, or the Son, and instead of the Soul, Christians hold that the third element, the Holy Spirit, is a divine force that guides the Soul toward good.
Thus, within this view, Logos (as Christ) represents divine intellect, the second aspect of the Trinity, with God as the unknowable One, the first aspect. The third aspect, the Holy Spirit, acts upon the human soul, guiding it toward God or ultimate goodness.
To be able to understand the relationship between Platonism and Christianity, it is important to understand the Platonic concept of Forms, which was central to Plato's philosophy.
Similar to how Christians understand God, in Plato's view, Forms are the perfect, unchanging concepts or ideals that exist in an abstract realm, beyond our physical world. Everything we see in the physical world is just an imperfect reflection or copy of these perfect Forms. For example, when we see a beautiful object, it is beautiful because it participates in the Form of Beauty, which is perfect and unchanging. The Platonic form of beauty is not that which is in the eye of the beholder, it is an ideal and perfect beauty, something that requires maturity of the soul to see. It is very possible to see something as beautiful that is not beautiful, or think someone is wise that is not. The Forms are close to God, perfection, and therefor almost unknowable.
Here lies the prime aspect and true value of Christianity, in Christ the Logos, as understanding God or in that which we call "Good", is a principal Platonic form, and the most difficult to know. We approach God through the maturation of our Soul, and with the assistance of the Holy Spirit. This is why Christianity requires no temple, it is a very personal life long effort toward intelligence, and self realization. The path to God, is to mature our soul, to live a real life, and to prepare for death.
These are some key points to understand about Platonic Forms:
1. Forms are perfect examples of concepts or qualities (e.g., Beauty, Justice, Equality).
2. Forms do not change; they are eternal and constant.
3. Forms exist independently of the objects in the physical world.
4. Forms are universal; the Form of Beauty, for instance, applies to all beautiful things.
Plato believed that true knowledge is knowledge of these Forms. While we can only perceive the physical world through our senses, we can grasp the Forms through our intellect and reasoning. The same should be said about the Christian Logos, we can grasp the Logos or Christ through our intellect and reasoning.
Philo of Alexandria ( 20 BC– 50 CE), also called Philo Judaeus, was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who lived in Alexandria, in the Roman province of Egypt. He gives us an insight into how important Hellenism and the Philosophy of Platonism was to many Jews at the time of Christ. Philo interprets the Logos, which is the Divine Mind as a Platonic Form of Forms, the Idea of Ideas or the sum total of Forms or Ideas. The Logos is an indestructible Form of wisdom, also known as Sophia.
The Apostle Paul must have also seen the Platonic similarities to the Trinity, their Unknowable God, and Soul - all of which are not part of his Jewish faith.
Comparisons between Christianity and Platonism:
Dualism: New Testament often contrasts the earthly realm with the heavenly or spiritual realm, suggesting a dualistic view similar to Platonism .
The Soul : Both see the soul as eternal and existing independently of the body.
Idea of the Good : Of God as the ultimate source of goodness and light in the New Testament is parallel to Plato's Idea of the Good.
Knowledge and Wisdom: Both Plato and the New Testament emphasize the importance of knowledge and wisdom.
Concepts such as the Trinity, Logos, and Soul are not in the Torah, they are not Jewish, it is no wonder Jews do not accept Christ. Modern scholarly consensus holds that the Torah makes no reference to an immortal soul independent of the body. The Trinity and its Logos is absolutely a Platonic concept, and the reason why the Virgin Mary and Sophia are so common names for many Catholic institutions.
Christianity is the Ekklēsia, originally the principal assembly of ancient Athens during its Golden Age, the time of the world's first democracy, and the only polis until the United States became a government resembling a democracy.
I do not believe Christ ever intended for His church to become a tool for domination used to control a population. The Church of Christ was to be a spiritual and political governing body, a lawful assembly of free people, a force that made the Logos of God a spiritual reality on the material earth. We know this because the Greek word Ekklesia, used for Church by Jesus, was a political term, used in the government of the assemblies of those days.
It is only through our Soul that we can know Christ, the Word, Logos, Nous, Intelligence, Will to Life, or Divine Mind.... call it what you will, but it is only through our Soul that Christians can know the "Word of Christ." Our Soul is not born "intelligent," it must be developed from our discovery of "truth," which in turn comes from our ability to "reason." Therefore, in order to have a Soul that is of any value, we each must be able to reason, and discover the truth, and this is why Christ says...
“But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.” John 14:26
The Church, or Ekklēsia, is the place where Christ, the “Logos,” or “reasoned discourse” should take place. We may all be sinners, but not so much when others are present, Church is how a community finds the truth, through a transparent dialogue about how to understand the Logos, how to behave, and what work must be done for Christ.
"Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father." John 14:12
Life is a task to be done, first to mature the soul through the understanding of what is good, then to act accordingly.
The governing body of the Christian community is not a Church or Synagogue filled with ceremony, or rants and singing, but a reasoned discussion on how to govern, and as such would have built the community spoken of, and hoped for by Christ in the New Testament.
Today western theology is a dual search for redemption, one of the New Testament for the Gentiles and another for the Jews found in the Old Testament. Between the master and slave, the goy and chosen, a theology was molded into a religion from our animal characteristics of sexual dominance.
Our modern economic system offers more than enough potential to fulfill both the Jewish, Islamic and Christian view of redemption, where there is no longer any need for a slave class to till the fields, nor any benefit gained from a master class to exist from the toil of others. The meek can and should inherit the earth, the chosen people can return to Israel, and the Christians can love their neighbors, and we can make all this happen without further human conflict.
There is such an excess of material things in the developed world that it's only a matter of time before we reject the material in favor of the aesthetic. Education is what turns our attention to more aesthetic and selfless goals. Education must become our new status marker, what we evangelize must be truth and knowledge, then the working class will produce art, the priest class will educate and govern us, all while the leisure class will become stylistically absurd.
The truth has always been kept away from as many as possible, secret societies, inquisitions, and outlawed books have been the norm. Belief is controlled... but today information is close at hand to anyone, giving us the ability to dramatically improve our consciousness, as well as the practical aspects of living.
We are responsible to be honest and careful in how we define the truth, we are the jurors of our reality.
With a true understanding of who we are, our lives will be enriched with love and peace. Today, for once in all history, we can actually act to produce utopia and end this absurdity.
In order for this to take place, for this Utopia, or Messianic age to become real, we simply need to know what to do, and do it. Unfortunately, although simple, we are so far from the mark, that this will be a radical change of belief from the current status quo.
Platonic forms are those ideals imagined that we then make real, we build things that were once metaphysical and make them part of reality. We discovered America, we discovered electricity, we discovered computers, all these things were there and were not created by us, but were already there when we came to them. Technology is given to us by God, it is a Platonic form, we discover it and evolve from it because we search for truth. Reading and writing is also a technology, and by definition the word.
If Christianity is a set of instructions to save the meek, humble and oppressed, then it has failed, yet there is a set of words which form a Logos which actually works, and it is this new Logos that will be transformative to us.
I have compared religion to an algorithm, and know that there are instructions for a better world, we can find these instructions in the same way we find Christ, because the knowledge is within us.
Today's technology will educate us, feed us, and provide a collaborative way for Churches, Synagogues, Mosques, and communities to manage themselves. Transparency will weed out the hypocrites and bad actors, compelling congregations and businesses to compete not for profit, but to do real honest good.
When we abandon the absurdity of good and evil, and the mistaken concept of Satan, we will see that evil is no more than primitive human behavior patterns which arise from our sexual nature, and lack of education. We will fear stupidity and pity transgressors. We must see that we are not that far removed from a chimp, that evil is left behind when we evolve from the flesh, to the spirit, rather from animal to well educated humans.
Let us accept what history gave us, that our entire western belief system is based on the Jewish people as the chosen people, now chosen to “Tikkun Olam,'' or to repair this world. That it is the divine duty of the Jewish people to interpret God's intentions, and to produce this coming Messianic age. This way the Messiah is the entire Jewish people, and any opposition to a better world would have no single Messiah to re-crucify. The Christians and Islam with their love of neighbor, and do well unto others precepts, would of course assist in the production. If the Jewish people do not take the lead, then this must happen regardless, for reason must prevail.
We must recognize what is obvious, the Old Testament is a war manual, and the people of Abraham were created by the Pharaoh as soldiers for the protection of a frontier. Time over time the Israelites have been the administrators between power and servitude, and now simply need to change their masters to "we the people'', as should be in any democracy.
In order to prevent corruption, place the entire mechanism for the process of “Tikkun Olam” onto a variety of open transparent online platforms. A variety of separate economic institutions because humanity is not homogeneous, we are distinct, and we should choose the economic system we prefer. Here all can work to improve and verify the quality of the social economic product they use. Apply aspects of artificial intelligence to automate the individual attention to education and repair every aspect of society.
This approach integrates the economic, educational, and spiritual dimensions of life, managed through an open, transparent and participatory democratic system. The status quo would not be upset, as this would not replace anything, this proposal would only provide a rational opportunity to repair the absurdity we all currently are forced to live with.
As humanity continues to evolve intellectually and morally, it is essential to revisit the foundational narratives and structures that have shaped our societies. Faith, long wielded as a tool for division and control, holds the potential to be something greater, a unifying force that fosters mutual understanding and shared purpose. By embracing reason, reexamining our inherited beliefs, and aligning them with contemporary knowledge, we can transform faith from a source of conflict into a catalyst for unity and enlightenment, guiding humanity toward a more harmonious and progressive future.
