Freedom Gates
The Church of the True Religion

1. Judgment

God bless you all, believers and non-believers, saints and sinners. I am here to announce the Day of Judgment and the coming of the Judge. Please stand up and show your respect to the Court.

Who is going to be condemned and who is going to be exalted? Do not be afraid because the Judge is not like the judges you know. The Judge is not going to judge you. The Judge is going to judge your teachers and your leaders, and their teachings.

What is your religion? Who is your teacher? Did they teach you to worship? Did they teach you to obey and follow? What else did they teach you?

You are going to learn that God is not about worshipping and religion is not about following the leader. You are not a herd of sheep. You are created in the image of God. Your teachers and your leaders will be asked, and will have to answer, where they got their ideas about God and religion from.

You are going to learn that God and religion are about you and your happiness. They are here to help you with your quest to be a dignified human being. They are here to help you living to your true potential. Rejoice. The truth is better than you expected. And it could not be any better.

2. Apologies

Please accept my apologies for the drama I introduced in the opening paragraph. I apologize if what I wrote reinforces the false perception that God speaks like a bad actor, or a lawyer, confusing everybody with outdated language and fuzzy thinking.

God speaks clearly and to the point. So keep on reading. But first let's start with a little of history.

3. Christianity

Christianity plays a special role in the plan God has for you. Christianity was the religion of the civilized world in the past two millennia. It helped in uniting different nations of Europe and made the European Union possible. It helped in promoting art and in creating the new form of art, the universal art transcending the borders of nations, languages and cultures. It was a truly universalistic idea in continuation of the tradition of the Roman Empire. Christianity gave us sculptures of Michelangelo, the music of Bach and the paintings of Leonardo Da Vinci. The great music inspired by Christianity is played today in concerts in Japan and in Australia. So is the pop music created in the age of Consumerism. However, while the former expands our esthetic experience the latter leaves us with the hearing impairment.

Christianity committed horrible crimes against other cultures and traditions, and against its own people. In the end, however, it matured and learned how to be more human and tolerant.

In this millennium the new Christianity will emerge as the only truly tolerant system treating other spiritual teachings as equal and deserving utmost respect. Christianity will embrace other spiritual teachings as much as those other spiritual traditions will embrace Christianity. The prophecy of different nations and languages praising the Lord thus will be fulfilled.

This will not happen because of the Pope condemning "soulless America" and warning that there is no salvation outside of the Catholic Church. This will happen when Christianity finally realizes that it must discard the patriarchal structure, shed entrenched materialism, and start serving the people instead of controlling them.

Is salvation possible outside of the Catholic Church? Salvation happens when you get out of the patriarchal systems of intellectual oppression. You are saved when the chains are broken. Pope promising "salvation" is about as right as the communists dictators promising the "workers' paradise", or corporate oligarchy promising "freedom".

4. True Religion

The true religion is political. It is not logical to think that God is solely concerned with personal issues of doing good deeds and loving one's neighbors while leaving out the issues of social justice and social order as irrelevant to one's spiritual prosperity. To think so is to believe that God is stupid and can be manipulated into promoting selfish interests of those in power while assuring the misery and sufferings of the masses.

In this country [USA] people think that giving to charities is a virtue, which pleases God and Jesus Christ. It does not. Giving to charities undermines state and allows the government to engage in business as usual instead of fixing the problems that created the need for charity in the first place.

However, views that God is more concerned with giving to charities than in helping the poor are considered a norm indicating that the world of religion is still dominated by the Pharisees who hate the message of Jesus Christ. The Pharisees hated Jesus Christ because He was telling the truth. They hated Him because the truth made them look bad. Is this really different today? Visit a debate forum and listen to Christians who fervently argue against science and against common sense as something that makes the person dear in the eyes of God. This was commented nicely by one smart atheists who made us laugh with the comment: "[According to Christians] rational and logically thinking people are condemned by God. It seems that God loves only stupid people and this is perhaps fair as they are the only ones who love Him back".

I don't know about you but to me those Christians who promote the idea of the stupid God are the real sinners, not the atheists who deny the existence of such God. Do you really think you are doing God a favor, or score points with Him, by rejecting science, or by condemning homosexuals, or persecuting women seeking abortion? There is a verse in the Bible where God rejects the pleas of those arguing that they were doing all those things in God's name. "Go away, I don't know you." Well, I am not a preacher and I don't want to scare you. I only want to make you think.

The true religion is secular and it does not engage in "converting the sinners" business. The true religion does not want to convert anybody. On the contrary, it teaches and practices deep respect for every genuine belief coming from the heart and from a valued tradition. God does not want to convert you even if you are an atheist who does not believe in God. Everybody has the right to follow its own heart, mind and conscience. In the end you may conclude that Humanity is your only Religion, Breath is your only Prayer, and Consciousness is your only God, as Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath revealed, and I will be happy with your conclusion. Nobody has a monopoly on the truth and any attempt to claim otherwise will be shattered and ridiculed in the end. All I hope for is that we can understand each other on a deeper level than superficial differences of language and words.

The only thing God wants as a politician is to engage with you into a sincere dialog about why things go wrong between people, races, cultures, religions and classes, and what we can do to improve our condition. If you love God you will rejoice hearing the good news about the God's true nature and desires for the human race. Also, if you love the human race and wish the best to the humankind you will love God's plan for liberating the humanity from the self-imposed chains of injustice and oppression. It is a very old plan once described in the allegory of Jesus Christ, His crucifixion and His resurrection. The powerful allegory of Jesus Christ needs to be re-told and explained so everybody can understand God's plan for peace and justice.

5. Jesus Christ

The very important allegory of Jesus Christ crucifixion is primarily political. The world order of the last two millennia is the Mount Calvary. The Church and the Emporium, the Pope and the Emperor, the Sacred and the Secular are the two thieves with the innocent Son of God nailed on the cross in the middle. However, it is not the gory scene of the past two millennia that counts. What counts is the resurrection of the Truth on the "third day", in the third millennium.

What is the Truth to repeat the famous line of Pilate? The Truth is that in the Kingdom of God there are no slaves and no masters. There are no those who have and those who have not. There are no preachers and no followers. There is freedom, justice, equality, and fraternity. It is the Garden of Eden restored.

If you think that the Kingdom of God is a utopian dream better think again. Study the customs and social order of Bushmen from the Kalahari Desert, or Native Americans and many other aboriginal communities, and you will realize that society where people are equal and free from being exploited by others are not only possible but also natural and harmonious with our true nature. Among the things that those "primitive" societies have, and which we are deprived of, are freedom from dehumanizing work, leisurely pace of life, connection with nature and the vibrant spiritual life.

How can we reclaim the lost Paradise? Well, God does not tell you that you have to renounce the civilization. However, since civilization made your life and conditions more complicated than what they once were you need the God's guidance to restore the balance and harmony in your social settings. I am not saying that the transformation will be easy. No, it will be a long journey once described in the Bible as escape from Egypt. Remember, the Bible is all political.

6. Thomas Orr

I understand that what has been said here may raise the eyebrows of many people. Who is this fellow Thomas Orr daring to speak of God with self proclaimed authority - you may ask. How is the need for "God's guidance" to be reconciled with equality and fraternity? Aren't those who guide aiming at getting control over others?

If you need an explanation about who I am, here it is. I was born with a sensitive nature and ability to feel for the sufferings of people. I was born with intellectual curiosity and inclination to think about the challenging problems and paradoxes of human conditions.

My life led me through some extraordinary experiences, which made me learn first-hand what it means to be religious, spiritual or human, and know the difference. I learned to meditate and to commune with nature. I learned to debate the Bible and to read other Holy Scriptures of various cultures and traditions.

At various stages of my life I was an atheist and believer. I joined a religious sect. I followed an Indian Guru. I studied astrology and New Age. I dealt with Christians, Jews, Buddhists, Moslems and Hindus. I learned about the pearls of spiritual wisdom among people of various cultures and religions, believers, non-believers and those who even cannot be classified as either.

I lived in a socialist country and in western democracy. I learned how the corporations work and how people manipulate other people to gain power, money and influence. I found no difference between how the communist and corporate buraucracies work and how they treat people.

Finally, I have received the official title of 'The Spokesman for God, Jesus Christ and Apostles in Truth and Spirit, Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and End'. Interestingly, I am at this moment the only surviving member of the group that bestowed this title upon me.

I have not received any divine revelation as some would expect of a God's prophet and I do not wish to experience one. The truth does not need revelations to be recognized as truth and the need for revelations disqualifies an aspiring prophet.

I have seen the light in the same sense as Edison realized his vision for various useful inventions, or Mozart for the divine music he composed. I do not wish to see the light in the way similar to what some fundamentalists of Christian or other religions experienced with rather dire consequences to others.

If you have seen the light but you are not able to discuss your views without constantly refering to your "illumination" I do not wish to debate you. On the discussion forums I found the most inspiring thoughts coming from people very modest about the grounds on which their belief systems was founded. To me these people are the modern saints and prophets. Most of them were atheists.

7. God

"You are the gods" attest the Bible and Jesus Christ. If you say that God hates homosexuals you only confess that you hate homosexuals. If you say that you have to fight for the God's rights to be represented in the political offices in this country you only confess that you have the political ambitions to impose your views on others. God is not responsible for your deeds and your words. You are. Don't use the name of God unless you are sure that what you say in the name of God comes straight from your heart and not from the concepts somebody planted in your head. Do not be a part of other people's sins.

God is experience. What is your experience? Have you seen God? If you say that you know God but you are not experiencing God this very minute you deceive yourself. Be like Socrates and aspire to learn who you really are. Then you will know God.

I speak in the name of God because I speak from my heart. I am not afraid to take responsibility for what I say. I don't need to hide behind God. Therefore, I know I speak in God's name.

I include the Bible in my speaches because I want to show you how the universal truth I talk about resonates harmoniously with the hidden message of the Bible. I don't quote the Bible because I need to patch the defects of my doctrine with a higher authority.

8. Constitution

I don't aspire to guide anybody or assume the role of a king. I am only writing the God's Constitution. There is nothing hidden in the Constitution, there is no hidden agenda and no double-speak. Everything there is for everyone to see. My mission is to be honest and to tell the truth, not to deceive.

Constitutions are sets of fundamental principals governing modern democracies. They are not like Koran in Islam or Torah in Judaism. Constitutions do not attempt to address every possible issue which may arise in the society. Human mind is ever expanding and to think that one book can set the limits for the mind is insulting to humanity, and to God. Yet, Constitutions are very powerful documents that make the difference between those states that stand on the firm ground in defending their citizens from oppression, and those that don't.

It is the same with God's Constitution and to think otherwise would be to repeat the old mistakes of misguided people burning books and committing horrible crimes in the name of God.

9. Spirituality

Since times immemorial people aspired to experience more than just the pleasures and sensations of the body, even more so in the primitive than in civilized cultures. People always wanted to experience the world of the Spirit.

From this perspective we paid a high price for our material advancements. We possess more material things than ever but we lost touch with our souls. We are not happy.

Judaism, Christianity and Islam are indeed pathetic with their claims of providing spiritual services. Sprirituality is a daily experience, not a doctrine supported with superficial rituals. Not only those religions do not teach spirituality but they actively persecute it.

Yet, the existence of great mystics and mysticism in each one of the materialistic religions only proves that the spirit cannot be killed and will always rise from the death, as Jesus Christ did. This is the spiritual meaning of the Allegory of Jesus Christ complementing the political interpretation explained before.

10. Sex and procreation

All three big monotheistic religions teach you that sex is bad and procreation good. It is, however, just the opposite. Sex is good, procreation bad. The first step in alleviating the sufferings of the world is to stop and reverse the population growth. The second step is for every men and women to look inside and recognize sex for what it truely is. Its biological purpose aside sex is a powerful force in individual's life, force that should be celebrated and not feared or hypocritically rejected. Sex is a cousin of genius and creativity. It should be used for good but this is only possible when we openly embrace it and experience with innocent minds and hearts.

What about the homosexual act? The condemnation of homosexuality in the Bible is again a very powerful allegory. If your congressman sworn to serve those who elected him makes a secret deal with a corporate leader sworn to serve the shareholders, they engage in a sinful homosexual act God hates. People in power are supposed to serve their constituents as the husband is obliged to serve his wife.

What about marriage? Marriage is a relation between any person in power and those who are submitted to this power. People in power are supposed to serve. Are they? The better society Jesus Christ is talking about will eliminate the problem altogether. There will be no people in power and no those deprived of power. Remember what the Bible says? There will be no husbands and wifes in heaven. We will be all like angels.

Marriage between a man and a woman is just a legal contract between two people who supposedly love each other. It is nobody's business other than their lawyers. Church and the state can help but they have no right and no business in trying to get their share of the pie so to speak. Some religious leaders will rather have the wife killed by the husband than see the "sacred bonds" broken.

In this male dominated society marriage as a legal contract provides some protection a woman and the children need. In other societies, however, men and women lived in separate communities and the community of women provided the protection the women and the children needed. What is better? Whatever works better in the specific culture and under specific circumstances.

11. Money

Is money the root of all evil? Yes, in a sense. The problem of this country [USA] is that the money yields too much power. Some people think that it is the best if money, or free market as they say, control everything. But keep in mind that there is no system assuring that money is distributed equally or fairly. By allowing the money to hold unlimited power we planted the seeds of injustice that will eventually destroy this society.

The first step in the right direction is to abolish the private property of the land. The second step is to abolish the real estate taxes. Why allowing the free market to control the price of land? Here are some serious questions you should think about.

• Free market is supposed to drive the prices down, not up. Is it happening in the real estate market?
• Free market is supposed to ensure that we have more goods, not less. Does anybody seriously believe that allowing the free market to control the price of the land will result in more land for everybody?
• People acquire real estate also to provide for their retirements due to the power of appreciation. Do you really believe that such pyramid scheme can be sustained indefinitely?
• Communities and people engage in racism and discrimination protecting their property value. Does the price of the property give you a valid excuse for the immoral behavior?
• Many retirees sell their homes because they can no longer afford real estate taxes. Do you think that this trend demonstrates the self regulating market forces at play that benefit everybody?

12. Bible

There is an intellectual component in personal beliefs and for most of the Christians this component is related to the Bible. For people whose spiritual life is dominated by the real spiritual experience the intellectual component of their faith is not that important. For the rest of us, however, it is a different story. We have faith but we also have doubts and we strive to support our beliefs with understanding. That is why you go to church every Sunday looking for an inspiration and for your weekly renewal of the personal enthusiasm and conviction regarding your faith.

Sounds good in theory but here is the embarrassing truth. The more educated you are the more confused you become when confronted with the Bible on which, supposedly, your belief system is founded. What kind of inspiration can you get from reading the story of the creation? Is not it a little simplistic? Naive perhaps? You know that science will provide a better story, more entertaining and rich in fascinating details about how the universe, the Solar system and the Earth were created. Or take another example from the New Testament. What will you make of the Jesus Christ’s advice to "Sell your material possessions and follow me." Is Jesus Christ endorsing the lifestyle of a homeless person, or a hippie? Or is it just a parable as those of us who don’t like parting with our possessions desperately try to interpret. Well, yes, it is a parable but very different from what you might expect.

I would like to propose a different look at the Bible. Bible complementing or replacing science? No, it is not a serious proposition. Bible providing spiritual inspiration? Sorry to burst your bubble but if you make an effort to study cultures really devoted to practicing spiritual experience you realize how superficial and shallow the spiritual teachings of Christian churches are including ritual readings of the Bible. Bible teaching us some universal moral principles? Sorry, the famous canon of the Ten Commandments merely endorses the twisted morality of society build around the principal of private property and patriarchal power structure. Not to mention the psychological damage the bizarre stand on sex inflicts on those who try to listen to the Bible.

Please excuse me if I also quickly dismiss some other ways of interpreting the Bible you might heard of like "The Bible Code" or the Bible as a book on alchemy, nutrition or astrology. There is only one chance of saving the Bible from being dismissed by intelligent people as the "babble" conceived by nomadic tribes in the desert and "leading us to a desert".

There is only one meaning of the Bible, which is as hot and exciting as it was two thousand years ago. One meaning that is intellectually productive. One meaning that provides hope for anybody craving to see some justice and happiness in this life rather than unfounded and suspiciously sounding promises, or threats, made by the Bible "interpreters" of your religion. This is the political meaning of biblical allegories, parables, metaphors and archetypes.

Read the story of creation as the story of building a nation, the prescription for founding our social life on the model that works. The model provided by God. Read the advice of Jesus Christ as a remark that society build around the principle of private property will never work and that you need a better principle if you want the social harmony, justice and happiness. Look at the Bible as a political manifesto and you will see the unparalleled wisdom of the book. Take waters. They usually mean the laws or religious and political teachings. When the Church of your particular religion was recognized by political authorities and legalized it was baptized with "water". Now, is it also baptized with the spirit? Is it able to provide you with the sound spiritual and political advice? When the Church of your particular religion gets an exemption status from restrictions imposed on secular institutions isn’t it the parting of the Red Sea waters? You have a free pass but somebody else will go to jail for violating the laws as it happened to the Egyptian soldiers who "drowned". Why do we have the "waters above the firmament" and "waters under the firmament"? Does the separation of State and Religion sound familiar?

13. Religions of irrational fear

Is God of the Bible a cruel despot of uncontrollable temper and unstable personality, or is He the compassionate father and mother? Are the Judaism, Christianity and Islam the Freudian cases of repressed desires and frustrations born of harsh conditions of life in the desert, or are they to provide spiritual comfort and happiness?

To understand your relationship with God you have to understand your relationship with people, and your religion is a good reflection of it. Is your religion the religion of fear, or is it the religion of love? Do you see friends, brothers and sisters around you, or do you see the sinners that must be scorned? This is the most important question for you to ponder because a religion of fear will destroy all the spiritual aspirations you have, whatever they are. A religion of fear is the worst mockery of religion and the worst sin. It ruins your happiness in this life, it is poisoning your relationships with other people, it spreads like a disease and it is passed to next generations. Enslavement in a religion of fear does not even end when you die so it is important that you free yourselve now, when you have the opportunity.

There is hardly anything as controversial in ethical debates as the issues of life and death, so let's talk about it. It is very easy to find the right answers to any ethical dilemmas you face. All you need is to think about someone very dear to you, be it your child, or your friend, and ask your heart to be your guide. It is natural and right to follow your heart and do anything you can to spare your loved ones the pain and cruelty of the death, and help them, if this is the only option, to die with dignity. It is cruel and not natural to follow religious taboos and condemn your loved ones to unnecessary pain and sufferings. Barbarians and Romans, pagans and skeptics understood the call of the heart and were helping their friends die when necessary to save them from suffering. We lovingly help our pets die if they suffer from terminal illness, so why are we kindler to pets than we are to our human fellows? Ah, sanctity of human life. Or, is it, really? If there is something even scarier than death to religiously challenged folks, it is life itself, the immortal life. There are scientists who seriously consider the possibility of extending our life span by intervening into the aging processes and improving the efficiency of body's self fixing mechanism at the molecular level. Some even think immortality of the physical body is possible and exploring the cloning might be the right venue to get there. And isn't it amazing how quickly the cloning was condemned and banned as "morally wrong"? If you openly express your desire to become physically immortal and invest in science that would make it possible you will be scorned and labeled an immoral person promoting something ethically questionable, if not downright "dangerous". Yet, if you want to die because you prefer the peace of death than the sufferings of a gravely ill body you will be labeled a sinner. In the Christian culture a suicide was punishable with prison. There was no condoning of suicide even if the motif was to save the family finances and honor. Yet, in the post Columbine discussion many Christians expressed the wish to have the opportunity to die for Jesus Christ. When debating the secular movement the Christian right accuses the other side of moral "relativism". But if the Christian stand on life and death is not the ultimate example of moral relativism I don't know what is. The traditional Christian morality is even more "relative" in the subject of sex and private property. Yes, we need sound moral principles and clear distinction between right and wrong. Unfortunately, this is not what the Christian fundamentalists are able to offer.

One of the most bizarre incident involving religious authorities projecting their fears on science and society was "advice" the late pope gave to Stephen Hawkins, the famous cosmologist of our time. In essence, the pope warned Hawkins not to investigate the very origins of the universe known in the scientific jargon as Big Bang. According to the pope it is OK to study what happened after the Big Bang but the Big Bang itself should be left alone out of respect for God's secrets. What is it, I asked myself with amazement when I learned about it? Has the pope forgotten the lessons of the humiliating and embarrassing quarrels with science in the past? I don't care whether the Catholic Church officially rehabilitates Galileo or not but it makes me angry when the institution guilty of persecuting science in the past tries again to dictate to science and scientists what they are allowed, and what they are not allowed to do.

The most troubling aspect of the above incident is the claim to control science put forward by the authority incompetent in science. If anything, we need more science, not less. We need more stem cell research, not less. We need more prying into God's secrets, not less. Were would we be today if it wasn't for scientists of the past who dissected cadavers and studied the skies thus prying into God's secrets and defying the church orders?

The second troubling aspect of the "pope incident" is the ease, with which religious zealots assume the role of God's defenders. It is amazing, and frightening, how many volunteer to fight on God's side, defend God's honor or guard God's secrets. It would be interesting to ask God what He thinks about those volunteers and how badly He needs them. Well, I know the answer. God has nothing to do with this business. The "defenders" of God are merely on their own ego trips and all they defend or fight for is their own power.

14. Noah's Ark

In this age of political correctness and sensitivities everybody tries very hard not to offend the religious feelings. Everybody except the religious ideologues, that is. While we are trying not to do anything inappropriate with the religious "symbols" they are viciously attacking our basic human rights and values. While they cry about their symbols we are being offended on a daily basis and with impunity. You don't know what I am talking about? Ask the homosexuals, ask women seeking abortions, ask atheists and ask scientists interested in stem cell research. Is this religious freedom that this country so proudly promises? No, it is religious anarchy, no offence to Christian anarchists who actually are peace and freedom loving people of very interesting political persuasion. The religious freedom will not happen until we say no to religious ideology in the government. Unfortunately, it didn't happen yet.

But the day known as the Judgment Day is coming. What is the Day of Judgment? Today, every religion claims the right to judge you and me, and how we behave. The Day of Judgment will bring the change of roles. You and me will judge religions by how good they are, and how they contribute to our happiness or misery. The Day of Judgment is the process of examining those teachings under the God's microscope. It is the process of separating the good stuff from the bad in every teaching and ideology. The good stuff is everything that serves humanity. It is everything that builds communities, establishes equality between people and increases our freedom. The bad stuff is what creates divisions, establishes hierarchy and gives some people power over the lives of others.

Today, every religion pretends it knows the secrets of life and death, and the ultimate awards and punishments for how we conduct our lives. The Day of Judgment is to call the bluff of every religious teaching. Like everything else in life the spiritual secrets will not be discovered by intellectual mediocrities and liers blinded by self-importance and hunger for power. The progress in uncovering spiritual truths is not happening in churches and is not happening in mosques. The titles of a Minister, Pope, Rabbi or Ayatollah are about as good as the Ph.D. diplomas acquired on the internet for the reasonable fee of $100, as far as understanding of spiritual secrets is concerned. So, while you may appreciate what your "spiritual" leaders do for the society, and for your community, don't let them teach you about the awards and punishments awaiting you when you die. They don't know. Those secrets will be discovered and revealed in this millennium by the minds truely dedicated to the pursue of truth as has always been the case and will ever be.

The Day of Judgment is not very pleasant if you happen to be one of those people in power who are not used to have your authority questioned. But the interesting thing is that the Day of Judgment is done strictly on the voluntary basis. Nobody will drag you before the judge. Nobody will force you to have your teachings brought to the court and inspected. You will have to come and ask the Judge for the privilege of being cleansed by the fire.

Why would anybody want to do it, you could ask? The pains of humiliation are obvious so what are the awards? The big prize is the admission to the Freedom Gates, or the Kingdom of God if you need more familiar name. Everybody is invited and nobody will be rejected. Christians, Buddhists, Atheists, Pagans, Jews, Muslims are all welcomed. Of course, you will have to get rid of some tenets of your religion like the "chosen people", or the rights to treat your wife as your property, or the conviction that homosexuals are sinners without rights. Those particular tenets do not serve humanity very well and they have no place in the Kingdom of God.

The Kingdom of God is a secular enterprise. It has a job, among other important tasks, of managing the religions, which choose to get registered. Why would anyone want to get registered only to be managed? Well, the Kingdom of God is also known as the Noah's Ark. The flood of new laws and regulations intended to manage religions is coming. Much stricter standards for operating a religion will be required before the license is issued.

15. New Christianity

What is the message of a prophet in a western democracy? Am I going to talk about the Confucius tradition? I could in theory but it would make little sense. Jesus could talk about some oriental deities and His message would essentially remain the same, only the worlds and the parables would be different. But it would not make any sense. It would serve no purpose other than proving some abstract and irrelevant point. The only thing that made sense in the time of Jesus was what Jesus did when he talked about the God of the Bible and the biblical prophecies. The only thing that makes sense now is to continue working in the tradition of our culture and our civilization.

Our tradition includes the Roman respect for the laws, the Greek affirmation of arts and beauty, Native Americans understanding and appreciation of nature. But the most important tradition we have is the Christian roots that shaped our sense of justice, morals and ethics. Therefore, I will be talking again about the God of the Bible and the biblical prophecies. I could call my teachings many names but the most fitting name is the New Christianity. I want to build on the foundation of what Jesus Christ taught about love, forgiveness and peace. I want to continue what Jesus Christ started. There is nothing to be discarded from His message.

The message of Jesus Christ gave the world the universal idea. The idea of bringing nations together in one universal faith, one universal religion. This is still a valid message and we need to present it to the world again.

Is Christianity the best of religion? No. By almost any measure the Christianity is one of the world’s worst religion. It lacks the wisdom of Buddhism, which recognizes the need for compassion and teaches that how we relate to other human beings is more important than how we relate to our spiritual concepts. It lacks the wisdom of Hinduism, which recognizes that different religions and different gods do not contradict each other and the wars over religious differences serve no purpose. It lacks the wisdom of aboriginal faith recognizing the secret of spirituality in our connection with the nature and not in our separation from the nature. Yet, Christianity is the best in a sense. It is the Christianity, which produced the western democracies capable of managing technology, arts and science, and providing the humane conditions for its citizens at the same time. It is the Christianity that created the United Nations and Red Cross. It is the Christianity leading in the efforts to address the global problems facing the world. It is the Christianity that come up with the concept of helping the poor nations.

People ask me why of all religions I criticise Christianity the most. What about fundamentalists in Islam or Judaism? Are they less dangerous? No. However, I am a builder not a destroyer. I criticize Christianity because I am here to build the new Christianity. I am not here to build the new Judaism or Islam.

16. Message

What is the message of God? What is the message of Thomas Orr? What is the purpose of the Freedom Gates movement?

Now is the time to start building the Kingdom of God. You do it when you expand freedom. You do it when you build the community. You do it when you build institutions. These are the three pillars of the just society, which pleases God, freedom, community, institution.

Community is an extended family. Community doesn't happen when people just live together. It happens when people bond with each other and are there to support each other, and enjoy each other company. It takes time, and work, and patience to build a community.

I live in the suburbs and on a weekend when I need to drive somewhere I am always amazed. Why is everybody on the road creating traffic jams? Why is everybody running away from the suburban paradise? What is so special about malls where everybody seems to be heading?

Well, all those people driving around are uprooted. They crave for any sense of belonging, they crave for any form of human interaction. They go to the movies not because they want to see a movie but because they need to get away from their houses, and from the boring routines of their daily lives.

When I was a little kid my mother never had to keep me entertained. She didn't drive me to soccer games, or to the mall. Yet, I was happy and she was worry free regarding my safety. So why today every mother has to be a super-mom responsible for the kids' entertainment and constantly worried about their safety? It is because the communities disappeared. People are alone with their problems.

Institutions are foundation of the nation's wealth and prosperity. They are like trees. Their roots are spread wide to draw the best talents so they can grow strong and provide countless benefits. They guard against natural disasters by holding the soil together, cooling down the earth, bringing in life giving rain. Institutions are like trees also because they grow slowly. Smart nations understand the importance of forests and they thoughtfully guard their precious natural resources. Foolish nations cut their forests down and turn the land into a desert. Foolish nations don't understand the importance of institutions. Foolish nations believe that democracy is the answer, which can compensate for the lack of competence, talent, education and professionalism, all of which are nurtured in the institutions.

Is really democracy the answer? In twenty something years I was watching the American democracy in action all I saw was one community pinned against the other. We need to build a school. Sure, but not in my backyard.

Democracy is a myth. In the presidential elections candidates are being criticized, and lose elections, for changing their positions on important issues. Well, isn't it what a politician is supposed to do? In the perfect democracy a politician perfectly mirrors and follows what the constituents want so why criticize somebody for following the ever changing mood of the voters? Ah, we need a leader, who has a vision and who will save us from our uncertainties. Well, sometimes we get lucky and elect a true leader who does make a difference but mathematically speaking the long term outcome governed by the probabilities of the process we call democracy is bleak. The forces at work like the qualities of people standing the best chances to get elected assure the long term failure of the system. Corruption is synonymus with democracy and not something democracy will cure. Democracy is prone to be manipulated by the rich and powerful and it will ultimately be manipulated. Democray could work if the mechanisms in place favored good, competent and talented people to rise and win offices. They don't.

On the other hand, mechanisms favoring the good, competent and talented people for advancement and leadership exist in many institutions, science being the best example. English Empire of the ninetinth century had better understanding of the institution than America ever had. Under the slogan of serving the Queen such institutions as The Royal Academy of Science, The Royal Navy, British Bank and Railroads were created and prospered. In America under God guided by the principals of free market, free elections, and democracy the only meaningful institutions I know are the military, Federal Reserve Board and the stock market. All three serving neither God, nor democracy but only catering to the rich.

History is the best teacher if one has the wisdom and patience to study. Students of history can learn that dictators such as Julius Caesar, Napoleon, or Ataturk made a profound impact on nations and improved the lives of ordinary people more than the "balanced" political systems, which preceded or succeeded them. This is not to praise the dictators but only to expose the myth of democracy. The advancement of human race happens because of what geniuses conceive against the popular "wisdom" of mediocrity. We need a political system, which honors the best men and women in the nation, and which listens to what the wise have to say. Unfortunately, democracy as understood and practiced in our time is not such a system.

17. Freedom Gates

There are three Great Gates to Freedom: education, education, education. There is only one way of expressing and enjoying your freedom: in a community. There is only one way of serving God and the nation: to serve in the institution. Freedom Gates is the only True Religion because it shows the ultimate spiritual path: serving God and the nation by serving in the institution. Before the Free Market Economy and Globalization took over the world Science emerged as the greatest institution ever created by man. There is no life more fulfilling and spiritually rewarding like that of an accomplished scientist conscious of the fact that his work ultimately serves the humanity. The same is true for any civil servant able to dedicate his or her life to the meaningful service in an institution. Unfortunately, with the decline of state the institutions are quickly disappearing. National Science becomes Corporate Science, an oxymoron indeed. Those who hope that working for the bottom line of a corporation will bring the same spiritual rewards as working for the humanity, hope foolishly.

One joins the Freedom Gates movement to acquire better understanding of own spiritual needs and ways to fulfill them. One also joins the Freedom Gates movement to help with bringing some light to the world submerged in a dense darkness.

What are the benefits of joining the Freedom Gates movement? By joining the movement you choose the company of similarly minded people. The right company is precious. Friends and friendships have more value than anything you can buy and they extend beyond the limits of one lifetime.

Choosing the right company is very important when the time of the Great Separation comes. In a secular, tolerant and spiritual state there is no room for power driven systems trying to impose their dark vision on everybody else. The two worlds will eventually get separated. It is your own free will to determine where you want to be and where you will go. I wish you to be with us.