The Sacred Axiom is the fundamental idea that forms the basis of the Church of Reality religion. The Sacred Axiom is that the pursuit of the understanding of reality by humans has value. The name Church of Reality implies that we are a religion that believes in everything that is real and doesn't believe in what isn't real. If we knew everything that was and wasn't real then it would be simple. However since we are in the process of exploring reality then a more accurate description is that we are in the process of pursuing an accurate understanding of reality, and that reality is our standard for determining what to believe and what not to believe.
Our Sacred Axiom is - The Understanding of Reality by Humans has Value
The Sacred Axiom establishes the pursuit of the understanding of reality to be our religious value that forms a basis for our religious identity. It is the root axiom for which our moral and ethical systems are based and it gives us a purpose in the universe. This purpose is a self chosen purpose and is somewhat of an artificial construct that we, as Realists, accept as a religious choice.
The Sacred Axiom used to be the lowest level axiom for the basis of the Church of Reality but we have actually realized an even more primitive axiom that our Sacred Axiom can be derived from. Our new Root Axiom is that to exist is better than to not exist. Our Sacred Axiom, the pursuit of the understanding of reality is actually a method of achieving the root axiom. In order to live in Right Relationship to Reality we have to understand reality. Otherwise we will be Left Behind.
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