The Open Source Religion & Spirituality Project and Religion 2.0
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(to be refined by any member willing to contribute)
What is Redefine God?
Redefine God is a spiritual social-network actively exploring the scientific research on human potential and personal mythology who are assembling their own "sacred text" called The Source Code based upon science and reason.
It's also a place to debate your perspective on the issues.
It's also a place to find community support from like-minded people.
What is Religion 2.0? Or what is Open-Source Spirituality?
The members of Redefine God are in a constant process of spiritual study and evolution, designing the first collaboratively created "sacred text" called The Source Code (beta here). The Source Code is explained in detail below.
Religion 2.0 is the new paradigm everyone has been talking about. It changes with your personality and is back purely by science and reason. It's less about mob-mentality and more about individuality. It completely envelopes all other beliefs. You might say it is the religion of what is.
Do Redefinists have any beliefs?
Redefinists do not generally believe in anything...except for what they believe in. Sound confusing? It isn't really. Aside from this they experience and know things. Belief requires one to be in the dark about something. Knowledge, examination and experience are superior to faith, belief and hope in that they are usually sufficient in of themselves.
Is Redefine God a religion?
Not exactly. It's the way things are. And it's the study of that way.
It can function as a religion if you like. Or not.
What is the core concept of Redefine God?
That there is nothing more vast and all-encompassing than All That Which Is. This includes you and I. Be sure to recognize there is also no God more vast and all-encompassing than All That Which Is. This includes the Gods of all religions.
Wouldn't that mean you are God?
Yes.
So human potential huh?
That's right. What kind of God would you be without Godlike powers? Have you realized you are Eternal? That you predict the future? That psychic phenomena has shown a great deal of promise in many experiments?
What is The Source Code?
There is no "God" more encompassing than That Which Is.
We are That Which Is.
"Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods' ?
- The Bible (John. 10:34-35)"
We are That Which Is.
"Is it not written in your Law, 'I have said you are gods' ?
- The Bible (John. 10:34-35)"
What is Redefine God?
Redefine God is a spiritual social-network actively exploring the scientific research on human potential and personal mythology who are assembling their own "sacred text" called The Source Code based upon science and reason.
It's also a place to debate your perspective on the issues.
It's also a place to find community support from like-minded people.
What is Religion 2.0? Or what is Open-Source Spirituality?
The members of Redefine God are in a constant process of spiritual study and evolution, designing the first collaboratively created "sacred text" called The Source Code (beta here). The Source Code is explained in detail below.
Religion 2.0 is the new paradigm everyone has been talking about. It changes with your personality and is back purely by science and reason. It's less about mob-mentality and more about individuality. It completely envelopes all other beliefs. You might say it is the religion of what is.
Do Redefinists have any beliefs?
Redefinists do not generally believe in anything...except for what they believe in. Sound confusing? It isn't really. Aside from this they experience and know things. Belief requires one to be in the dark about something. Knowledge, examination and experience are superior to faith, belief and hope in that they are usually sufficient in of themselves.
Is Redefine God a religion?
Not exactly. It's the way things are. And it's the study of that way.
It can function as a religion if you like. Or not.
What is the core concept of Redefine God?
That there is nothing more vast and all-encompassing than All That Which Is. This includes you and I. Be sure to recognize there is also no God more vast and all-encompassing than All That Which Is. This includes the Gods of all religions.
Wouldn't that mean you are God?
Yes.
So human potential huh?
That's right. What kind of God would you be without Godlike powers? Have you realized you are Eternal? That you predict the future? That psychic phenomena has shown a great deal of promise in many experiments?
What is The Source Code?
The Source Code is intended as a base foundation of spiritual yet scientific and/or logical set of principles regarding the laws of existence. What this means is that it is a"belief system" solely derived from scientific fact and rational deduction. But do not be fooled, it doesn't really require any beliefs at all. The wiki will probably contain a great deal of information regarding parapsychology, metaphysics, quantum physics and personal mythology.
For instance I recently heard the human heart has a magnetic field measurable up to 6 feet away from an individual. It makes one wonder about the possibility of people's fields effecting each other. Maybe this actually explains why people can have "bad vibes". This also ties into the "transplanted memories" phenomena experienced by people who have had heart or other organ transplants.
These kind of claims will need to have references, data, analysis, experiments, etc, so that we all know there is genuine research backing a particular claim.This will all be possible via an upcoming wiki.
What's a wiki? Watch this:
For instance I recently heard the human heart has a magnetic field measurable up to 6 feet away from an individual. It makes one wonder about the possibility of people's fields effecting each other. Maybe this actually explains why people can have "bad vibes". This also ties into the "transplanted memories" phenomena experienced by people who have had heart or other organ transplants.
These kind of claims will need to have references, data, analysis, experiments, etc, so that we all know there is genuine research backing a particular claim.This will all be possible via an upcoming wiki.
What's a wiki? Watch this:
It is called Source Code because like an open-source software we have a basic spiritual structure which will remain in tact (until upgraded) like a tree trunk (see this here). And upon this basic structure more detailed information is developed about the different aspects of Source Code; these are the branches including topics like the paradox of life and death, individuality and unity, etc. At this point in the tree there should be the littlest or no need for:
1) Faith
2) Dogma
3) Belief
4) Myth
The last part of the tree are the leaves. These are the individual fatihs, dogma, etc that are developed by any individuals Personal Mythology (belief in love at first site, belief that humans are all naturally good). The leaves are up to the users and will not be included in the official Source Code text, yet can be followed personally on everyones profiles here at Redefine God in the soon to be quizzes, projects, activities and more.
The contents of Source Code may be philosophical or theoretical but they are always determined by science and logic, not faith or dogma.
Source Code is ever evolving in relation to current science (first) and the popular vote of the members of Redefine God (second).
As the members of RG collectively contribute and edit these entries and essays we will form the first and only "sacred text" written by a community. Thus capturing the essence of Religion 2.0 or Open-Source Spirituality.
Last updated by Sidian M.S. Jones May. 7, 2008.
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From this unit I learned quite a few things:
1.) Intuition and intellect work best when utilized together. However, in modern day, we are taught to evaluate based on reason rather than what our senses are telling us. I think we are selling oursel...
I think Open Source religion is just another way to get thoughts and ideas out there. It is a way to increase religious discussion about ALL aspects of the world and relgion. I think it is a great idea because there are no rules or guidelines...ju...
Signifying Monkey - seek and you shall find....
Don't talk to the MONKEY ... talk to the DONKEY (based on my "ASK YOUR ASS" theory)
"Seat Switching" (another "Hole Folding")
Make sure when you switch seats on the Titanic, it's on the LIFEBOAT.
db
"Don't quite know how that's gonna happen..."
The one way that it can happen is the only way it can happen and that is to demonstrate what works amidst all that doesn't really work. It only takes a very few, perhaps 5 of the right people to start...
Lori- its true, pretty much everything revolves around material and power. Like I said above, I think humanity will be saved only when all those things to facilitate more power, more toys, and easier access to laziness are gone. Don't quite know h...
James,
Lust for power is the way of the world anymore. I believe we have also lost ourselves to "he who dies with the most toys wins." You've never seen a U-Haul behind a hearst - you can't take it with you.
Lori you crack me up. I love your comment, has anyone seen a monkey evolve into a man? It reminds me of those t-shirts that show the "evolution of man" going from a monkey to a man and then to a man sitting at a computer, haha.
I have to agree wit...
Cally,
I agree with you that society has become so advanced that we are blind to our intuition sometimes. Sometimes we refuse to accept what our "gut" is telling us because it just doesn't "jive" with what we think we know. Does that make sense? ...
Doug,
I really appreciate all of your teachings on here. They make the most sense to me. Some might say that's because I'm "blinded" by my faith am seeking the answer that I want to believe. I would say it's because it makes perfect sense to me. ...
Laili- I feel exactly the same. I have friends that can barely boil water, let alone cook a whole meal. I think if all those modern conveniences were to suddenly go away, the world wouldn't know what to do! I remember when they thought Y2K was com...
Laili,
Thanks! It's a question that has yet to be answered and one I try to use when people ask me if I've "seen" God in order to believe in Him. I have yet to find an answer why it did stop. We adapt every day - that is a fact. But, to stop evol...
@james, ahh, I see. I think.
Beavers, in their quest to guide life toward a chosen path, have wrecked considerable environmental havoc with their dam building. Meteors have struck the earth, for fun I suppose, and caused massive destruction. To m...
doug, I'm glad you've found a story that gives you what you need in life - to be removed from the animal kingdom and its associations, to be a rebel against perceived scientific orthodoxy, to be the "good son" of some sky-father. To live in a worl...
gneognostic,
Imagine that Man is monitoring truly ALL activities and changes throughout life on Earth. With such information, he would be tempted to deflect anything seen as a potential threat. But that means that he is determining good from bad ...
Intellect and Intuition is used daily by everyone, sometime they don’t always help though. Society has become advanced with sometimes bettering our knowledge. Science has also become more advanced in lives and summiting proofs to different views o...
But gneognostic, that mosquito that can only live in the london subways is still only a mosquito. It will never become anything else. And it has devolved, in that it can no longer live anywhere else...it has not evolved...it has not gained any new...
Interesting discussion: Are we just lucky or blessed to be here? I vote for lucky but what do I know!
Source: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2009/10/how_habitable_is_the_earth.html
How habitable is the Earth?
(Pay attention at the b...
gneognostic ,
Well, I understand what you are saying, but how do you deal with "perfect concepts" like a perfect square that cannot exist in the physical. It is a concept that our mind grasps (not creates). Or the more importantly, the principles...
@gary, I think the quotes I presented demonstrate that religion can be evidence embracing. Many of the worlds greatest and most perceptive scientists, the giants whose shoulders we stand on, have been religious in various ways. Since the enlighten...
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