5th Path New Religion

• I see too much evidence of an orderly universe to believe that it all happens by chance as Atheists believe, but I also see evidence that God does not behave according to human emotions such as pride, spite, revenge, jealousy, etc. as some traditional Bibles tell us.
• God does not micro manage all human issues but prayer does seem to account for some percentage of outcome as do “positive visualization” and “karma”.
• Instead of spending a lot of time “worshipping” God (who isn’t vain or vengeful anyway) by word, we endeavor to perform beneficial deeds for ourselves, other living beings, and our physical environment. That being said, we are not averse to giving thanks to God.
• God/Nature endowed humans with a very powerful brain, therefore we can determine what are appropriate social rules for our times without being bound to thousand year old traditions in older religions’ bibles.
• Humans are not created in God’s image and although our intelligence is comparatively great, it is only one of many survival strategies seen throughout the animal kingdom in God’s other creatures such as fleetness of locomotion, physical strength, sharpness of tooth or claw, camouflage, ability to fly or swim, parasitism, and ability to inject toxins into predators and prey.
• We certainly don’t believe in Hell and we see no evidence for Heaven/Reincarnation/Life after death, but if the absence of an afterlife is too intimidating to you, you may draw comfort and believe what you choose about what happens after your earthly life. In a certain manner the preoccupation with afterlife doesn’t make much sense since most people are not concerned about what happens in a metaphysical sense before life starts.
• Since it’s extremely difficult to find an appropriate partner for marriage and since sex has health benefits we don’t frown on non-marital sex, however it is such a powerful urge that we are wise to treat it with reverence and respect. We should treat our sex partners with kindness and respect too since people’s feelings could be hurt and because repercussions could occur as a result of that hurt.
• If by the previous paragraph you assume that “anything goes”, it does NOT, as we don’t condone extra-marital sex except in rare occasions where one partner is not able to participate for a lengthy time period.
• People who are oriented to the same gender are still people and are to be treated as such! You have the right to feel uncomfortable with their practices and avoid them socially but you don’t have the right to hinder them from life’s normal activities.