There are several branches that fit under this category, but I have decided to generally group them– Some of the notes below are associated with some branches and not others.

First of all, they believe that the Bible is just another history book, no supernatural inspiration.

One of the most interesting things is that they believe that this world, the people in the world, emotions, etc. are all illusions.  They believe that God is everything, God created everything, God is everywhere, and in Everything– Heaven, if it exists, is already within us.  Sin does not exist because it is only an element of imagination.  God is not love, God is not powerful, God is not of intelligence, but he is everything.

This religion takes on a more pantheistic point of view where God is in and of all things.  So technically speaking, we are already saved, but we must save ourselves through Metaphysical principals.  This is because we are already in possession of a divine mind (we don’t sin), and the only sin is to believe that there is sin.

I read that Love, Truth, and Life is the trinity of this religion… But I don’t readily understand and will need to do more research.

They believe that there isn’t a hell, but we posses a divine mind– so we can create a hell if we believed in it.  Some branches of this religion believe in reincarnation.

Very interesting.

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