In accepting the need for leadership by ideological authorities....?

Question

In accepting the need for leadership by ideological authorities that serve as intermediaries between the sacred and the profane, does a believer reject the idea that everything is sacred?

Answer 1

Devoting energy, space and time to a community of faithful believers lead by me is different for followers than devoting energy, space and time to a community of faithful believers lead by ideological authorities that proclaim myth of exclusive divine revelations of spiritual knowledge contained within a sacred text to be truth of a perfect divine eternal revelation of the discovery, will, word, and law of a good one in Heaven at war with an evil one cast down to and ruling over Earth. I do not claim that myth contained within this House of Ideology Manifesto offers the many of our global culture the truth of a perfect divine eternal revelation of discovery, will, word and law of a good one in Heaven at war with an evil one cast down and ruling over Earth. I claim that the myth and fantasy contained with this House of Ideology Manifesto is part of a model of self and world that enables me to have the highest esteem of self and world that I can possibly imagine. I think, believe and expect that if I can lead the many of our global culture to have the highest esteem of self and world that they can possibly imagine with the leadership, education, and entertainment provided by this House of Ideology Manifesto then the many will be in the best possible position to achieve and maintain happiness and good health. I am consciously aware that composition and interpretation of this House of Ideology Manifesto are subject to limitations of unconscious minds produced by alien fractal infernal temporal seed bodies. I am consciously aware that composition and interpretation of this House of Ideology Manifesto are subject to limitlessness of conscious minds willed into existence by alien divine eternal soul spirits. Devoting energy, space and time to a community of faithful believers lead by me is different because I am an agnostic theist: I recognize that the discovery and mystery of existence make possible a number, variety and diversity of possible ways of building a model of self and world out of truth and myth. I affirm an inability to know about the non existence of a deity or deities and I claim this inability leads me to a belief. I encourage each individual to choose the one possibility out of all that in the mind of self produces the highest esteem of self and world imaginable and thereby balance the emotive forces of the mind to achieve happiness and maintain good health. I have co-authored this House of Ideology Manifesto, founded a spiritual association called the House of Ideology and incorporated office of High Ideologue of the House of Ideology as High Ideologue, A Corporation Sole to lead myself and others to;

1. take a love of homotolerant, agnostic, positivistic, nationalistic, spiritization of their models of self and world to it’s logical extreme.

2. converge upon a foundation of truth and knowledge based on scientifically reproducible discovery that produces the most powerful physiological responses of good health possible.

3. converge upon a framework of myth and fantasy based on mystery that produces the most powerful emotional responses of joy, faith and love imaginable.

4. combine this foundation and framework so as to complete, make up a whole and bring to perfection a model of self and world that best satisfies the need and aspiration of the many of our global culture to achieve and maintain happiness and good health;

5. devote energy, space, and time to thoughts, beliefs, and expectations about self and world that follow from the organization of this house of ideology.

I believe our infinity divinity eternally one self-organizes into and manifests as an infinite four; infinite seed, infinite body, infinite soul and infinite spirit. Seed, body, soul and spirit are four structures of form and content that manifest in an infinite number, diversity, and variety of finite forms contained within form an infinity divinity eternally one.

Answer 2

I've read this question 5 times and I still don't totally understand it. Am I dumb, or is the question nonsensical/poorly worded?

After 1 more read, I "think" your question answers itself. What need is there for an intermediary between sacredness and profanity, if everything is sacred? So, I guess the answer is YES. Unless, of course, the profane can be considered sacred, in some way. Moreover, both sacred and profane are subjective and mean different things to different people.

Answer 3

Who are these intermediaries between the sacred and profane that you speak of?

But in your Socratic equation here, I would say that, yes, a believer that accepts leadership from an intermediary between the sacred and profane implicitly acknowledges that there is something known as "the profane."

THAT SAID, I am not sure if your hypothetical situation actually exists. Again, who are these alleged intermediaries?

Answer 4

nope.... as long as faith in one remains (no matter what one believes in), the manner we were reared and taught in sacreligious beliefs, we accept it by heart. by what learned thru own's faith is the only thing that remains sacred to each of us...

(by the way, what he meant was: in accepting the belief that there is a GOD, as taught by religious scholars and seculars, who serve as mediators between what is righteous or not, do we reject the idea that everything is sacred?)

Answer 5

Yes, and very often the first thing that gets the axe is himself. Far too many people who follow ideological authorities are quick to call themselves "lowly", "humble", "sinner", "unworthy", etc. I think it is a darn shame, to diminish your own divinity that way. You know what I mean?

Peace!

Answer 6

huh?