FAMINE OF AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS TRUTHS

FAMINE OF AUTHENTIC RELIGIOUS TRUTHS

My Brothers, Which Religious Symbols, Words, Traditions or Evidence Are Truly Genuine?

Religious symbols have been borrowed across cultures and religious boundaries for centuries that they rarely mean same things to a variety of fanatical followers or worshippers of the plethora of religions and denominations in our present world. How do we penetrate centuries of historical distortions of the originals to define the pristine truths from nature and established by our Creator so that we can arrive at the most objective version that is egalitarian, humane and applicable in all cultures, time and clime for world peace?

--Dr J. K. Danmbaezue, PG Student (1981) Asked after the Rev Jones/Guyana Mass Religious Suicide.

“Religion was/is a superstitious search by humanity for its origin, existence, meaning and relevance before the scientific era. The search was led by acclaimed sages among the elders of a community who defined its theories and practices. It is later ratified and recommended for legislation and implementation by state apparatus by convincing stratagem or coercion by politico-religious leaders.  Thereafter, it is fine tuned and administered by ordained priests and priestesses who hand it down along ancestral lineages from one generation of lukewarm adherents, fanatics and mystics to another. Gradually, strong personalities emerge claiming divine appointment and so pull strong followers who idolise them as role models with supernatural powers. This obsession confirms them as beacons of adulation and finally leads to full scale idolatry.”

Or, put in another fashion, how can we be certain that the doctrines and dogmas we hold on to today were/are not merely fake theories from the past. In short, how do we sift truth from human beliefs, myths, legends and/or fables forged and fabricated by sages of old or demagogues whose objectives were merely manipulating the masses of their generation into reverencing and/or obeying them sheepishly? This is the task before all of us. It is the only way to arrive at ONE WORLD RELIGION. That is Integrational Spiritan Movement, led by the Holy Spirit of the Genuine Creator we all ought to worship! A.k.a KENEZIANISM.

 --Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez, D.Sc. (2001) the Vessel of the Holy Spirit of the Creator of the Universe.

Religion, which is superstition sanctioned by the state, is actually an addiction to man-made doctrines and dogmas invented, patented and copyrighted by a few demagogues.

• It enslaves the mind more than psychoactive drugs,
• Benumbs human creativity and resourcefulness thereby
• Restricting the development of the human potential and capital.

It is the main cause of poverty of the mind and underdevelopment of third world countries as its side-effects are indolence, redundancy, laziness and dependence on finished products and services. In the final analysis, it is the predisposing factor to lack of initiative, debilitating ignorance, fetish belief-systems, abject poverty and perennial ill-health.

Perhaps its only advantage is that it makes the polity docile and amenable to the whims and caprices of their oppressive leaders. Often, it hoodwinks its adherents into believing that ‘The God’ or ‘the gods’ they worship speak to them through the voices of their egocentric clerics who therefore can conveniently exploit them to satisfy their demonic desires of sensual pleasure and inordinate ambitions of amassing wealth. Their wanton indulgence in gluttony, wine and women is seen in every action and definitely this is the foolproof evidence of their demonic genealogy.
The fallacy of HUMAN CONCEPTS OF THE ULTIMATE CREATOR AND WHAT HE DEMANDS OF ALL OF US  is similar to the verdicts of the four blind men who went on an excursion to know what the elephant looked like. But in our case in religious buffoonery, it is not the personal verdicts of the first set of the blind men that we hold on to; that unfortunately is the tragedy of current day Religionists and the breeding ground for puerile bigotry, fanaticism, doctrines, dogmas, crusades and jihads. It is futile to not only believe the verdicts of the earliest FOUR BLIND MEN who were actually wrong but psychotically paranoid to swallow the bastardised versions handed down by degenerate grandsons of those cowardly and shameless blind men who never made the trip at all! So many blind religious leaders do not even set out to make the trip! Rather, they are satisfied by propagating what other blind men heard from the original four blind men that really touched the elephant. So it is that a thousand interpretations of what the wise explorers concluded is now bandied about what the original elephant looked and still looks like. The Elephant in his majesty refuses to say a word! Why, you may ask! It is unnecessary; for the glory, majesty and truths about the true worship of Our Almighty Creator abound in Nature and the Sane Human Beings observe them on a daily and hourly basis 365 days every year! Only the blind do not want to see the Natural and Eternal Laws he engraved into each macrocosm and microcosm He has made and given to all His Creations to share. We are equal heirs to His Infinite Love!
Every individual nature is part of the cosmos. To live virtuously means to live in accord with one's nature, to live according to the natural and eternal laws the designer of the universe intended by employing truth and right reason in all we do. Because passion and emotion are considered irrational movements of the soul, the wise individual seeks to eradicate the passions and consciously embrace the rational life. “True law is right reason in agreement with Nature; it is of universal application, unchanging and everlasting; it summons to duty by its commands and averts from wrongdoing by its prohibitions. . . . There will not be different laws at different countries or communities, or different laws now and in the future, BUT ONE ETERNAL AND UNCHANGEABLE LAW WILL BE VALID FOR ALL NATIONS AND FOR ALL TIMES.” The laws governing all living things; birth, growth, respiration, movement, nutrition, excretion, reproduction and finally death hold sway in every place on planet earth under normal temperature and pressure. Humans have the same anatomy and physiology despite our differing languages, child-rearing practices, skin colour, racial differences and social statuses. We are the offspring of the Almighty Creator of the macrocosms and microcosms we share. Our survival in our variety of physical environment follows the same laws. No man is an island. We need each other!
Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez also contends that natural laws are sacrosanct for they were made by the Almighty Architect and Engineer who created every being on planet; EARTH. They are divine and eternal; because they are universal and are no respecters of places and times of birth, parentage, race, educational level or religion! There are so many self-evident examples; the movement of the sun and moon regulate the hours of day, night, weeks, months and years; so also do gravity, temperature, pressure, emotion, motivation, conception, pregnancy, labour and birth regulate family life. If anyone disagrees, let him provide evidence to the contrary. The founders of HAPPY FAMILY NETWORK, INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT AND FINALLY FAMILY LIFE COLLEGE, therefore, posit that human slavery, in whatever form it is used to deny any Homo sapiens and others their fundamental human rights, was/is and will forever remain illegal! Caste systems must be abrogated both in civil and religious circles all over the world to arrive at;

·        ONE ALMIGHTY CREATOR, ONE CREATED UNIVERSE, ONE HUMAN FAMILY, ONE GLOBAL FAITH   and   ONE   MODE   OF   WORSHIP; which is our creed

·        SERVICE TO HUMANITY INTERNATIONALLY; is the lifestyle of all bona-fide members,

·        LOYALTY TO THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH; in every thought, word or deed is our international social ethics  &

·        OBEDIENCE TO ALL THE NATURAL & ETERNAL LAWS OF THE CREATOR; is our gospel worldwide.

If you want to be a foundation member of the board of directors for this all-inclusive humanitarian FAMILY LIFE COLLEGE send us a proposal of what you can contribute and attach a brief CV, your contact addresses and a current passport sized photo of yourself.

Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez,

E-mail: saintkenez@yhoo.co.uk  Website: www.happyfamilynetwork.hpage.com

International Animator of Integrational Spiritan Movement (ISM) Tel: 0803-9097614

Composed from 03:07: 55 on 11^th March 1990 to Monday 30/08/2010 @ 02:08:28 HRS GMT.

I once met three philosophers arguing about the nature of God. The Christian theologian among them insisted on the Trinitarian doctrine, the Oriental Christian emphasised that the Holy Spirit proceeded only from the Father whereas the Roman Christian argued that the Holy Spirit proceeded from both the Father and the Son!

I laughed at them. They got angry. In unison, they demanded to know why I was laughing them to scorn. I said, “Why not bother yourselves about the things in the world that you can comprehend? Leave God alone!” One of them interjected, “Why do you say that, are you wiser than the Holy Church fathers and the great theologians that handed down these doctrines?”

“Thank you very much for being truthful. You just called them ‘doctrines’ and that’s exactly what they are! You can’t arrive at any meaningful conclusion in your argument since all we can ever know or say about him is, “God exists!” And what that really means is this: “God is the Almighty Being that created everything that exists in the universe. Anything else anybody says or we say is puerile, futile and simply mundane guesswork!” I concluded.

In I.S.M. we do not theorise about what we have no existential answers that can satisfy human reasoning! We limit ourselves to provable and rational concepts, no mysteries, no dogmas and no doctrines. You are very welcome to disproving anything we posit, provided you can defend your position convincingly, and carry along seventy-five per cent of humankind. We are okay!

I S M IS ON A RESCUE MISSION

To liberate those who desire independence from the shackles of dogmatism and indoctrination, ISM only requires those who are willing and rational enough to think for themselves to apply simple logic and arrive at certain basic universal truths devoid of intellectual enslavements.

1. Read the KENEZIAN CREED and see for yourself whether the truths catalogued there apply to all beings on planet earth.
2. Study DR KENEZ LETTER TO TEACHERS OF HIS CHILDREN and evaluate the universality of the ethics enshrined in the stanzas.
3. Finally, analyse the principles of equality of all races of mankind contained in HARMONISATION OF YOUTH SOCIALISATION;

If these do not open your eyes to the futility of ethnocentrisms embedded in most dogmatic religions, then you are lost to individual thought and clear rationalisations. You are either a fanatic or a misguided mystic!

ISM is founded on the discovery of all the natural and eternal laws in creation and full obedience to all of them. In brief, Kenezians worship the Absolute Truth wherever it is found; on, below or above the earth! TELL, LIVE, PROPAGATE AND DIE FOR THE TRUTH! These and only this principle guide the true sons & daughters of God!

THE KENEZIAN CREED

Nuggets of Wisdom by Dr Kenez Danmbaezue for the Unification of all Belief Systems.

1.        I am of age; therefore, I affirm that I exist! I am “ME”, you are “YOU” and we are “US”. I affirm that I am a Created Being living in the present, hoping to come to an end as other creatures I have observed, do come to a definitive end.

2.        I therefore know that all finite creatures obey some natural laws that govern existence. I affirm that these laws are also eternal and like every other law, must have a Giver. I deduce therefore that there are commensurate sanctions for any deliberate violation of these laws.

3.        When I observe the heavens and landscapes, hills and valleys, rivers and oceans, sunrise and sunset, equinoxes and eclipses, I am certain that this Eternal Lawgiver is Great and Powerful in all respects and possesses Superhuman Intelligence, Power and Control over all of us?

4.        When I inspect living and non-living beings, their beauty and variety, their numbers and their sizes, especially their modes of survival in varying environments and particularly their ability to reproduce their kinds, I confess that this Eternal Lawgiver must be Beautiful, Loving and All-Creative.

5.        I respect “IT” in all “ITS” creations while admiring in particular those that move about. For I do realise that I share the traits they have; we all have the same basic structures, we survive by performing similar functions, have similar feelings and produce comparable results. I cannot but bow in reverence and worship this Almighty Being, the Eternal Lawgiver, who sustains everything on this planet.

6.        This Almighty Being set all things in motion. “IT” directs their courses and life spans, keeps them in space and time, now and always. Moreover, because there are no accidents in nature when “IT’S” laws are strictly adhered to, I attest to the fact that “IT” is the greatest GOOD; the All-knowing, All-caring and Ever Present Being.

7.        To “IT” be all my respect, obedience and loyalty, as I extend my hands of love and brotherhood to all human beings, co-heirs and offspring of this Almighty Creator and Father of all. Therefore, my creed concisely is this: 

(a) THE UNIVERSE IS MY COUNTRY AND INHERITANCE,

(b) ALL MANKIND, MY BLOOD RELATIVES AND EQUALS,

(c) SEEKING THE TRUTH, LIVING THE TRUTH, PROPAGATING

THE TRUTH AND DOING GOOD AT ALL TIMES – IS MY RELIGION.

My 50^th Birthday Gift to Mankind.

Composed by DR J. K. DANMBAEZUE between 1970-1998

& Ratified by the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator in1999

This is the concise version. There is a more comprehensive /longer version

DR. KENEZ DANMBAEZUE’S PLEAS

TO EVERY TEACHER OF HIS CHILDREN

*****(Each paragraph/plea can be used as the theme of Morning Assembly Talks)*****

Dear Teacher, 

Preamble:    Your job is an onerous one, commendable by both God and man, 

       My child will look up to you as a role model, a mirror to view the world;

      You will have to father him for 5 hours a day, 5 days a week and 35 weeks per year,

                     That’s long enough to make or mar his future, his classmates and that of this country.

1.             Teach him to look around and admire the beauty in nature, himself inclusive,

Let him know that for every child he sees, there are two parents – a father and a mother;

So for the birds he sees, trees, animals, hills, rivers, sun, daylight, night and moonlight,

There is but One Almighty Father, who created and takes care of us all on a daily basis.

2.             Teach him to trust and obey The Almighty Creator with worship in humility,

And to love every other being, as we all are sons and daughters of the same Creator;

Let him realise that when it rains, it’s for every one: plants, animals and man,

The Creator’s kindness and benevolence does not choose those to hate or love.

3.             Teach him that for every lie he tells, he will tell ten more lies to cover it up,

And for ten lies, he needs one hundred more lies – that is foolishness;

So let him learn that truth is golden, more precious than wealth and riches,

Knowledge, wisdom and fame are the rewards earned by truthful people.

4.             In school, let him love and respect his classmates and fight to protect the weaker ones,

Allow him to taste bitter and sweet things; and to combine laughter and suffering;

That way you will have prepared him to deal with wicked and honest human beings,

Thereby teaching him to differentiate good from evil and to do good all his life.

5.             Teach him that lying, cheating and stealing produce criminals and rogues,

Teach him that a kobo earned is better than a hundred won by lottery;

It’s better to go hungry for days than enjoy a meal prepared with stolen money,

Or eat crumbs of bread among finest friends than a loaf among dishonest men.

6.             Teach him that a passage studied, understood and memorised,

Is far better than one simply crammed and repeated like a parrot;

The former leads to ingenuity, resourcefulness and creativity,

The latter to imitative behaviour, and lack of self-confidence;

Teach him that it’s more honourable to fail an examination,

Than to copy, cheat or use “expo” methods to pass any examination.

7.             Finally teach him that it is better to be neither too poor nor too rich,

Than to become wealthy by stealing, deceit and cutting corners;

The former leads to contentment, peace of mind and long life,

The latter to arrogance, greed, restlessness and sudden death;

Explain to him what “Honesty is the best policy” really means,

And the practical implications of the saying: “More haste, less speed”.

Postscript:            You’ll have to believe and practise these yourself,

Before you can teach them to my son and his mates;

But be assured that if you succeed in this assignment,

You will be a hero and the father of heroes and heroines;

And that’s what our dear country needs most.

May God guide your endeavours!

I. S. M. UNIVERSAL PRAYER

The Animator International’s Version

Lord of the universe, the Almighty Creator God, I am your humble son,

Jideofo Kenechukwu, born into the family of Sir Daniel Paul Mbaezue.

In your Infinite Wisdom and Love you have created me for a purpose,

Permit me to understand and fulfil the mission you have assigned me,

May your Holy Spirit guide me to accomplish it in my short span of life. 

My Eternal Creator and Lord of the universe, I know that you exist,

I observe also that all beings are interdependent, we need each other,

Therefore, increase my loyalty and dependence on your benevolence.

I love you as the Father of all that exists, I want to love other beings,

As much as I love myself, permit me to truly achieve this increasingly!

I worship you as my first beginning, I wish to do this as long as I live,

I acknowledge your constant sustenance and care for me and all that is,

Guide me by your divine wisdom, correct me with your eternal justice,

Comfort me with your mercy and protect me with your limitless power,

So that I may obey all the laws, you put in creation for our own good!

I have a princely heritage in that I function at three levels of operations,

In that tripartite functionality of thought, word and action I am like you.

Grant me a large heart and mind to appreciate the universal knowledge

That all humankind are blood relatives and co-heirs of this your ability,

Therefore, we all are brothers and sisters, children of the same Father!

Permit me to fix all my thoughts on you; my words to edify mankind,

My actions to reflect my love for all humanity because I respect you,

And all my trials and sufferings to be endured for your greater glory.

I want to do whatever you ask of me, in the very way that pleases you,

Thereby, obey all your natural laws for as long as you permit to live here.

Lord, enlighten my understanding, strengthen my will, purify my heart

And make me holy so as to resist temptations and repent of all my sins,

Help me to rise above human weaknesses and to grow stronger in truth,

So that with simplicity of heart and humane love I may care for others,

And in caring for others may my worship and adoration be self-evident.

Help me to conquer every anger with gentleness, greed by generosity,

Apathy by true charity, selfishness by works of mercy and compassion,

Help me to forget myself and thereby freely reach out towards others.

Let my conscience be clear most of the time, my conduct without fault,

My speech blameless, my thoughts edifying and my life well ordered.

Make me very prudent in planning ahead for all, courageous in taking risks,

Patient in adversity, honest at work and unassuming in times of prosperity.

Keep me attentive at my prayers, temperate at table and sober in drinking,

Firm in my holy resolutions, diligent in my good intentions/ labours of love.

May my lifestyle be exemplary and reflect your infinite goodness for all to see.

Put me on guard against mundane desires, protect me from every vanity

And licentiousness, which can draw me away from obeying your dictates.

Let me cherish your benevolence for all humanity and imitate your ways.

Teach me to realise that the world is passing by and that nothing here lasts,

That my true happiness is being a loyal citizen in your heavenly kingdom!

At the dusk of my earthly life, help me to prepare for death with a proper focus

On your fair judgement, for even guilty I still rely fully on your Infinite Mercy.

Lead me safely thro’ the pangs of physical death to that endless place of peace,

Where all those who have done your will on earth will be adequately rewarded,

With the bliss of singing your praises in communion with your saints forever!

Lord, search and find that I have kept the golden rules of the psalmist:

Lord, who may enter your temple or worship at your sacred hill?

·        A person who obeys God in everything, especially the natural laws and as far as it is humanly possible, has always done what is right at all times and places.

·        Whose words are true and sincere, and therefore he does not slander others.

·        He does no wrong to his friends nor spreads rumours about his neighbours,

·        Rather he has compassion for the needy and always forgives his offenders.

·        He despises those whom God rejects, denouncing their hypocritical lifestyles.

·        Nevertheless, he honours those who respect and obey the eternal laws of the Lord.

·        He always does what he promises, no matter how much it may cost him, in terms of material or human resources.

·        He makes loans without charging interest and cannot be bribed to testify against the innocent.

·        Whoever does these things will always be happy and feel secure in your love.

THIS IS THE LITMUS TEST FOR ALL GENUINE KENEZIANS

Anyone who cannot internalise the noble thoughts, words and actions enunciated in this universal prayer has no business joining Kenezianism, a.k.a. INTEGRATIONAL SPIRITAN MOVEMENT. Every sane man or woman who lives by the dictates of this interethnic, intercultural, inter-religious, interdisciplinary and international prayer points is a true Kenezian and a candidate of God’s kingdom on earth. We must be saints here not after our deaths. Kenezianism is the only natural path to holiness.

* Signed at 0500 hours GMT on 11^th March 2001 by Rev. Prof. J. J. Kenez

& Approved by the Holy Spirit of the Almighty Creator of the universe. *

The Youthful Face of the Animator International when this lengthy prayer was composed for ten years.

Dr. J. K. Danmbaezue, D. Sc., FACRS,

*My 53^rd Birthday Gift to all Educationists,

Inspired by Abraham Lincoln’s letter, Gestation Period: 1997-2001