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Religious Intrusion into Personal Lifestyle

The Church of Reality avoids the concept of church intrusion into a person's lifestyle. We are not here to dictate how you live your life. We are explorers - not oppressors. We are here to serve - not to dictate. We are not here to threaten people with eternal damnation or to issue fatwas to nonbelievers. We believe that the Sacred {ln:Principle of Freedom} gives the individual choice in their own destiny.

This doesn't mean that everything you do is sin free and often Reality itself will punish you for your transgressions. If you ignore the law of gravity there could be serious consequences involved. As they say, "186,000 miles a second - it's not just a good idea - it's the Law!"

Having said that - this religion is based on what you do - not on what you believe. It's not about your personal relationship with a deity, but on what you accomplish. And - if your lifestyle isn't at least somewhat consistent with the Sacred Principles then why would you call yourself a Realist in the first place?

We don't however set standards for sexual conduct, sexual preferences, who your friends are, what drugs you're into, or you're music and video preferences. Ultimately you can destroy yourself if you want to. But - if your choices start to significantly infringe on others then it becomes a community issue.

In general - "good behavior" is encouraged, and "bad behavior" is discouraged. And you are expected to be able to make a reasonable effort to figure out which is which.

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Newsflash

The God who Wasn't There is a really great film that I highly recommend. I saw an early screening of it at Stanford and I loved it. It goes into the early history of Christianity to determine if the character Jesus ever actually existed. I was surprised to find that much of the Jesus story was already in fiction for hundreds of years before Jesus was supposedly born. This is a documentary of how the Jesus myth was created and how little today's Christians know about the history of their own religion. Here's a really great Trailer for the movie. (18mb Quicktime format)

Most Atheists like myself have generally believed that the story of Jesus was at least based on some real events, some popular preacher that may have really existed and was later turned into a supernatural figure by his followers. But it is becoming clear to me that Jesus is total fiction and the stories are adapted from the fiction of the time. I recommend this film to everyone. It gives you a LOT to think about.