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Competing for control against Other Religions |
Different religions have different world views and are involved either directly or indirectly in trying to influence nation states to transform to their world view. Islam controls many countries in the Middle East and their laws reflect the Islamic world view. That's why women have to be covered and are routinely executed by stoning for sexual crimes. The Jewish religion controls Israel and they believe that God gave them this property. Christians see themselves as having a mandate of world domination and are actively trying to infiltrate government at every level to impose a Christian world view on all societies. As Realists, we want to see reality as the basis for government.
It is important to compete for political influence because the world views of other religions are not only harmful to Realists but harmful to the members of their own faiths. Their religions are based on their holy books and many of their holy books see the future of the human race in the destruction of the world by God. Many people hold a world view that the worse the world gets, the better it is because we are closer to the fulfillment of the end-of-the-world fantasy that they believe in. They actively support the destruction of civilization as a sign of the "end of time" and the beginning of the Apocalypse. They await the Rapture where God is going to snatch them up into Heaven before inflicting his wrath upon the planet in a sadistic orgy of eternal torture of those who committed the unforgivable sin of having the wrong opinion.
Our goal is to make sure that the world doesn't end in our lifetime.
Yes - there are people who actually believe this bullshit and many of them are in power. In fact, they are making a move to take over the United States right now. A Christian cult that calls itself Dominionist is working to destroy civilization in preparation for the end of the world. It is our job as Realists to ensure that they fail to accomplish their mission.
The threat of a Christian Dominionist cult ruling the world is one of the strongest motivators that inspired the creation of the Church of Reality.
Our world view is based on Positive Evolution. We see the future in terms of society growing and becoming better. We are committed to making tomorrow better than today, and to helping other religions embrace the concepts of reality so that their faiths evolve in a positive direction. If we don't win then they will and the world will end in destruction, but there is no Jesus and no Rapture and all that they will accomplish is that the cockroaches will become the dominant life form on this planet. We, as Realists, want to make sure that humans stay in control. That's our political agenda. We can not allow the Extinctionists to win.
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Realism and Politics 
