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Noua Ordine Religioasă Noua Ordine Religioasă 4. Radu Lucian Alexandru Colecţia Noua Viaţă cuprinde următoarele cărţi: 1. Manifestul Mişcării TransReligioase 2. Etica Armoniei 3. Mitul credinţei 4. Noua Ordine Religioasă 5. Practicile Spirituale ale Omului Universal 6. Iluminarea Fiinţei 7. Zetrianul – Calea Percepţiei Infinite 8. Semne şi Revelaţii Denumiri alternative ale colecţiei formate din aceste 8 cărţi: Infineter Lex; Principiile Prime; Temelia Sanctuarului; Religia Oamenilor Liberi; Semnele Noilor Ere; Cartea Izvoarelor; Fundamentele TransReligiei. 2007-2009 © Copyright deţinut de Radu Lucian Alexandru. Toate drepturile rezervate. E-mail: [email protected] Id Messenger: [email protected] YouTube page: www.youtube.com/radulucianalexandru web1: http://radu-lucian-alexandru.blogspot.com web2: http://noua-ordine-religioasa.blogspot.com VIDEO: Lansarea cărţii “Noua Ordine Religioasă” la Cluj Napoca, mai, 2009 www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3CA973CAADF267EB Editura G LINE Cluj Napoca, 2009 ISBN 978-973-88344-5-3 4. Noua Ordine Religioasă Noua Ordine Religioasă Radu Lucian Alexandru Colecţia „Noua Viaţă” - cartea a patra 4. Radu Lucian Alexandru CUPRINS 1. Miturile religiilor dogmatice 4.1 2. Filosoful şi întrebările 4.4 3. Întrebările Revelatorii 4.6 ale Acţiunii, Fiinţei, Spaţialităţii, Temporalităţii, Modalităţii, Cantităţii şi Calităţii, respectiv ale Cauzalităţii existente în legătură cu orice acţiune, stare, fenomen, subiect, obiect, etc. privite în relaţie cu Idealurile Omului Universal 4. Filosofie, Ştiinţă şi Religie 4.16 5. ReligioLogia 4.20 6. „Revelaţia” Întregului 4.23 „Mister” sau „tâmpire a minţii”? „Cărămizile mesager” şi vacile „divine” Evidenţa distincţiei dintre Parte şi Întreg Evidenţa existenţei Întregului Atribute ale Întregului Elementele delirante cu „sânge divin” 7. Întregul nu este „Zeul/ Dumne-zeu” (nu este un „zeu”) 4.28 Întemeierea Trans-Religioasă 8. Condiţiile de funcţionare reală ale unei rugăciuni 4.30 9. Sufletul nu este altceva decât psitruvisul 4.33 „Probleme” ale „sufletului” Certitudinea nemuririi Cine are suflet? Întrebări „sufleteşti” fără de răspuns? „Revelaţiile Visului” „Timpul judecăţii” Dovezile existenţei sufletului Nemurire şi reîncarnare Revelaţii banale „Moartea” şi „vieţile trecute” Pierderea „reîncarnatului” pe drum Dar să recapitulăm acum puţin Fapte întru nemurire şi înviere Două nume pentru una şi aceeaşi realitate Oare morţii visează? Despre numirea corectă a realităţii concrete implicate de cuvântul „suflet” Sufletul nu este psihicul în general ci doar o formă particulară de manifestare a lui 10. Identitatea umană „ultimă” 4.43 Identitatea Asemănarea şi Continuitatea Trei Iluzii Majore Există o „scânteie divină”? Fiinţa „simplă” şi cea complexă 11. Cauzalitatea Integratoare. Co-Cauzalitatea şi Co-Dependenţa Fiinţării 4.48 12. Singura Nemurire Reală 4.50 13. În existenţă nu există decât repere relative şi alegeri relative bazate pe ele 4.52 Alegerile relative şi alegerile „absolute” Alegerea şi absolutul Nu există repere absolute 4. Noua Ordine Religioasă Relativul absolutului Tipuri posibile de alegeri Pre-alegerile presupuse de orice alegere Alegerea e căutarea unor asemănări Greşeli de alegere Plural şi singular; Alegerea între absolut şi relativ Aranjarea unei alegeri; Ordinea alegerii 14. Alegerea TransReligioasă 4.57 15. Distracţie cu fiinţe „absolute” (“a-toate-x”) 4.58 16. Legea de reglementare a activităţii sociale a „zeilor”, „oamenilor-zei” şi a „purtătorilor de cuvânt oficiali” ai acestora 4.63 Preambul Testul de acreditare a activităţii „zeilor” - cele şase condiţii necesare şi suficiente a fi îndeplinite pentru primirea acreditării: 4.63 1. Puterea minimă de demonstrat; 2. Ştiinţa minimală a fi evidenţiată; 3. Creativitatea artistică „divină” minim cerută; 4. Capacitatea tehnico-ştiinţifică, inovativ-inventivă cerută unui „zeu”; 5. Capacităţile medical - vindecătoare pretinse „zeilor”; 6. Proba nemuririi. Observaţii; Drepturile „zeilor”; 4.67 Un „zeu” nu are dreptul să...; Pedepsele „divine”; Chemarea „Zeilor” ; Reacreditările periodice; Alternative ale „zeilor”; Actualizarea periodică a probelor testului; Observaţii diverse şi precizări utile; Testeismul/ Socioteismul; 4.71 Nebunoteismul şi impostorteismul; Mitoteismul şi Metateismul; Tradiţii şi mituri tradiţionale; Sfârşitul imposturii religioase. ANEXA 1 (~400 de pretinşi (/se) „Zei” şi „Zeiţe”) 4.73 ANEXA 2 (~100 de pretinşi „oameni zei”) 4.74 ANEXA 3 (~ 50 de pretinşi „purtători de cuvânt” „mai cunoscuţi” ai unor „zei”) 4.75 17. „Credinţă” umană sau fapte „zeieşti”? 4.77 18. Cui îi datorează închinare Omul Liber? 4.80 19. Declaraţia de Independenţă faţă de „Zei” 4.82 20. De cine se ascund „extratereştrii” şi „zeii”? 4.84 21. Agenţiile de Protecţie a Consumatorului Religios şi standardele de calitate ale produselor şi serviciilor religioase 4.86 4. Radu Lucian Alexandru 1. Miturile religiilor dogmatice 1. În momentul de faţă sunt nenumărate mituri „magic”/„transcedental” care izvorăşte aşa din (minciuni) promovate de religiile dogmatice pentru „neant” şi se manifestă „dincolo” de hotarele a-şi putea realiza în continuare şarlataniile şi ştiinţei. înşelăciunile lor „divine”. 6.1 Mitul acesta este promovat de şarlatanii şi 2. Câteva astfel de mituri majore (de minciuni impostorii religioşi doar pentru a ţine analiza „spirituale”) mai semnificative (ca impact negativ ştiinţifică departe de vorbele şi faptele lor „divine” asupra vieţii religioase a umanităţii) le vom pentru a nu fi vădiţi astfel pe faţă ca nişte infractori devoala în cele ce urmează în mod destul de şi impostori „divini” ce sunt. detaliat. 6.2 Religiologia (Ştiinţa Religiei) trebuie să 3. Vorbim astfel de: intervină cu putere în acest sens pentru a arăta 4.- Mitul utilităţii nechestionării religiei – mitul „şarlatania umană” din spatele acestei „magii potrivit căruia cică religia nu ar trebui cercetată cu religioase” de bâlci precum şi cauzele reale (legate atenţie şi cu discernământ sporit şi disecată în de factori biologici, psihologici, sociali, politici, etc.) amănunţime pentru a vedea ce se întâmplă de fapt care influenţează desfăşurarea unui fenomen în cadrul ei - pentru că chipurile acest demers nu religios oarecare. ar fi util ci „ar fi chiar periculos”! 7.- Mitul avatarilor/ manifestărilor „divine” – 4.1 Şi e periculos întradevăr – pericolul în acest mitul că Întregul/ Universul s-ar putea reduce caz fiind doar demascarea imposturilor şi integral (ca identitate fiinţială) pentru a se şarlataniilor pe care religiile dogmatice le manifesta/ exprima în mod integral (reprezentativ promovează. pentru fiinţa lui) printr-o Parte oarecare a lui (de 4.2 Pentru interesele lor mafiote şi ale tiraniilor obicei de natură presupus „magică/ religioase pe care ele le ţin în cârcă e evident că o transcendentă”). astfel de cercetare şi interogare nu este utilă. 7.1 Acest mit e promovat de religiile dogmatice 4.3 Însă pentru iubitorii sinceri ai libertăţii şi pentru a-i păcălii pe naivii lor credincioşi (pe sclavii adevărului această cercetare nu e doar utilă ci e lor religioşi) că cutare sau cutare om este „zeul” chiar imperios necesară mai ales dacă dorim să sau „încarnarea”/ „avatarul”/ „manifestarea” lui mărim armonia organizării sociale a comunităţilor sau „reprezentantul” („profetul”, „mesagerul”...) noastre şi progresul lor real. lui. 4.4 Acest mit promovează şi ideea perfidă 7.2 Oricare dintre aceşti impostori „divini” poate potrivit căreia „întrebările religioase” sunt fără de fi însă dovedit pe faţă ca atare prin faptul că nu răspuns – sunt „mistere divine” - iar aceste mistere este capabil să treacă nici măcar Testul de cică sunt „revelate” doar prin tot felul de Acreditare al activităţii „zeilor”... „revelatori verbali” ai lor şi că astfel, doar în 8.- Mitul identităţii dintre Întreg/ Univers şi Zeu virtutea simplei lor manifestări lingvistice „divine” (un zeu oarecare) – în mod evident Întregul/ ele ar trebui crezute prosteşte şi luate orbeşte de Universul nu este un zeu şi nu se comportă ca bune indiferent de aberaţiile pe care le proferează. atare (nu „moare de nerăbdare” să-şi bage coada 4.5 Datorită caracterului lor „revelat” (de către toată ziua în treburile societăţii umane); indivizi de natură şarlatanic „divină” sau de către 9.- Mitul necesităţii existenţei unei „delegaţii” bolnavi de vreo „nebunie divină”) aceste răspunsuri zeieşti pentru a se întemeia o religie în societatea „divine” cică nu trebuie cercetate ştiinţific cu umană – mit a cărui promovare e responsabilă din metodologie adecvată pentru a li se dovedi păcate pentru toate religiile bazate pe credinţă valoarea de adevăr sau de minciună. dogmatică create de acei nebuni şi şarlatani dotaţi 4.6 Oare în interesul cui nu ar trebui făcută o cu suficient „tupeu divin” încât să pretindă astfel de cercetare?; existenţa doar în cazul lor „special” a unei astfel de 5.- Mitul purităţii religiei – mitul că religia (o „delegaţii”. religie oarecare) ar fi o chestie „pură” („pur 9.1 Religiile create astfel de aceşti „delegaţi” spirituală”) şi că ea nu ar avea nimic de-a face (sau (de către mintea lor perfidă sau doar bolnavă nu ar trebui să aibă) cu celelalte aspecte ale vieţii psihic) devin apoi aproape fără excepţie umane: cu filosofia, cu psihologia, cu economia, cu responsabile de nenumărate suferinţe („spirituale” politica, cu arta şi ştiinţa. şi de altă natură) provocate indivizilor şi 5.1 Este evident însă că toate aceste 7 aspecte societăţilor umane care le cad victime în plasa de fundamentale ale vieţii umane nu pot fi studiate păianjen pe care ei le-o întind
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