FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES DEFINING REASONED SPIRITUALITY
Reason:
To think out all the parts as they relate to the whole.
A way of thinking out what must be so.
To draw conclusions from facts.
To use deduction and induction.
Spiritual:
To consider the spirit or mind separately from the body or material things.PRINCIPLES
- Tolerance of other beliefs, provided they cause no significant harm to others, is essential for harmony within society.
- Ultimately, most of the world's problems can be solved by a major reduction in the human population, through voluntary birth control; which will eventually be critical for the survival of our species.
- Every individual is a component of the universe, and makes a permanent contribution toward future events, as part of the flow of existence.
- Every person, as a component of humanity, has a moral obligation to the species.
- Man, having developed the ability to reason in the abstract, is spiritual by nature.
- Aggression is not, and never has been, the solution to mankind's problems.
- Racism, sexism, and other unreasonable prejudices are based on primitive animal instincts; and have no place in the type of society we, as humans, wish to create.
- Hatred of others is self-defeating; it is best to apply pity or compassion toward people who are the victims of past events: who have been shaped into what they are by genetics and experience.
- Stress, anger, and other such feelings, exist only within oneself; and persist only because you allow them to.
- Evil exists only within mankind. Attributing it to mystical entities does not change the fact that you alone make the final decision as to your actions.
- Nationalism has a negative impact upon humanity, and has been the cause of an incredible amount of destruction, suffering, and death.
