Jarmo Manninen wrote:
> THE RELIGION OF THE LIVING PUPPETS
> 1. There is at least one higher power called God.
> A human being is not able to see if there are
> more than one higher powers or gods. But the
> dogma here is that the highest power(s) or God(s)
> is absolutely loving and absolutely merciful
> towards the life of this planet. After this
> I will talk about only one God even if there might be
> many of them.
> 2. The God is all-knowing and everything that
> happens in this universe goes completely
> according to God's plan. For example, the
> animals and the human beings living on earth
> do not have any sort of free will. Our
> brains falsely have given us the illusion that
> we would have some sort of free will, but we don't.
> There is no need to pray anything. But if You
> want to pray, say for example: "Let the God's
> will happen!" You may also want to pray for
> forgiveness, if you feel, you may do so.
> The God is merciful.
> 3. Why there are suffering and "evil" in this world?
> This is because we have been created directly
> to "heaven". A human life is called a trip from
> heaven to this world. And after we die, our souls will
> be returned to "heaven" where there is no suffering.
> It is the purpose to live this life as good as possible,
> not escape it. One of our mission is to experience what it is
> to suffer.
> 4. The "salvation" is not depended whether a person
> believes in God or not in any way. Everyone is saved.
> 5. Holy texts of this religion are all holy and sacred texts
> of this world. However, the myths of the holy texts
> must pass the critique of religions by atheists, agnostics
> and skeptics. There is no meaning if the texts are
> historically true or not. The texts and myths must live
> this moment and the future, not the past.
> 6. How to find the God or the higher power? One commonly
> used method is to live the myths true in your everyday
> life. Many have experienced the existence of God by
> this way. However, others may experience the existence
> of God by some other methods. But if don't find the
> existence of higher power, do not worry. According
> to this religion you will be saved anyway.
> 7. I, the founder of this religion, strongly believe
> in God, to God's love ja mercifulness. But I am not
> sure if this religion is completely true. But
> I have been told that God is absolutely loving,
> absolutely merciful and all-knowing. I did not
> find any other paths to fullfill these demands.
> Jarmo Antero Manninen
> born: the 8th of November, 1970, in Pieksamaki, Finland
> http://www.iki.fi/manninen/