A Covenant is a Promise and a Commitment

The Sacred Covenants is a commitment of the institution of the Church of Reality to the world that we will maintain our missions and goals so that the Church of Reality doesn't evolve into something other that what it was intended to be. People have often asked about the future of the Church of Reality. They wonder if it will become corrupt. They wonder if it will evolve into something that it never should have evolved into. They wonder if the church will be able to maintain its integrity. These are serious and legitimate concerns and we take these concerns seriously. We don't want to turn into some horrible religion that is different than what we intended so we are trying to take steps in these early stages so that the Church of Reality will always be the Church of Reality and not some messed up religion that is using reality as a marketing label. One advantage that the Church of Reality has over fiction based religions is that we are tied to reality itself. So if we get off track we have something solid to compare ourselves to. Fiction based religions don't have that advantage. If a religion is founded on fiction and the fiction changes then who is to say which fiction is better? But if you have a basis in reality then you have something to test against to tell if you are off course. Reality is like a lighthouse that guides us back. However, as humans pursuing reality we are often confused and misled. It's easy to be tempted into compromising reality in order to be more popular or politically correct. So it is useful to build in safeguards and reminders into church doctrine because the dedication to reality as it really is has value and deserves protection. To that end we have the Principle of Scrutiny to encourage the public to watch us to make sure we stay clean. The Principle of Humility helps us resist the temptations of self importance. A covenant is an agreement and a promise that one expects to be held to. It is a way of giving your word in the expectation that the promise will be kept. It creates a bond between entities for which people can rely upon. It forms the basis for trust. The Sacred Covenants are the promises of the Church of Reality to the people of the world that we will stick to our values. The Church however exists as a work of humanity and is not something that is divinely created or inspired. The church is its members and the members are the church. Therefore this is also the covenant of the members of the Church of Reality to the church to keep our religion clean and on track.

 

The Covenant of Reality

The Covenant of Reality is our promise that the Church of Reality is going to stick with reality. This is our promise that we aren't going to compromise on what is real. If the Church of Reality doesn't stick with reality then the name doesn't mean anything and our religion becomes indistinguishable from the fiction based religions. The pursuit of reality as it really is requires the disciplines of scientific principle. If we believe what we want to believe rather than what is real then our pursuit of reality becomes diluted with misinformation and our fictions become barriers to the Path of Knowledge. We therefore make this covenant to commit ourselves to reality as it really is.

 

The Covenant of the Future

In order to truly pursue reality we have to make progress through time with every day increasing our understanding of reality as it really is. In order to do this we have to grow the Tree of Knowledge so that in real terms our collective understanding of the universe increases. We also have to improve ourselves and our societies so that our lives are better and we can expend the resources in order to progress. The Principle of Positive Evolution is our most sacred principle because if we fail to progress then we have failed to pursue reality. The Church of Reality is a forward looking religion that commits to making tomorrow better than today. We are the caretakers of tomorrow and we accept the responsibility of using Reason and Wisdom to make good decisions today to help ensure the progress of our human family. The Covenant of the Future is our commitment to progress. It is our pledge to be forward thinking, to take Responsibility, and to accept that our choices have consequences. We can not allow ourselves to make the past more important than the future. Our improvement has to be more important than tradition. We are a people who embrace change for the better and we are excited about what will come because we take responsibility to improve the human condition.