What We Believe
Our Creed
We believe God is the source of all things. We believe that being the creations of God we are driven to follow God’s path. We believe to create is to know God, to seek the objective truth is to commune with God, and that service is the path to salvation.
Our Doctrine
The Church of the Objective Truth is a Deistic Church following in the tradition of Deism. We honor writings such as De Veritate, Judging for Ourselves, or Freethinking the great Duty of Religion, The Resurrection of Jesus Considered, and The Age of Reason. We believe that the most likely truth that humans must come to terms with, is that God created us and has left us to progress and evolve as a species free from direct intervention.
We are skeptical that any person has been born as God incarnate nor had a direct line to God inaccessible to any other person. We also believe that religions, cults, or schools of thought spawned by such “prophets and messiahs” are fundamentally flawed and lead their followers astray from salvation and the objective truth. Nevertheless, we do believe the works and writings of some do shed light on aspects of obtaining salvation. For example, the writings of Ptahhotep, the teachings of the Mahavira and Buddha, and the sermons of Jesus speak generally to many traits which we should all seek to possess.
How We Worship
Creation is the first form of worship. God created us so that we may know the joy and sense of self-worth that comes from meaningful creation.
Seeking knowledge is the second form of worship. God made us intelligent, curious, of free will, and provided paths to enlightenment and we should use those gifts to pursue the objective truth.
Service - doing good for the betterment of the species rather than solely for self - is the third form of worship. God brings life to bring life, we too must strive to create value absent a desire for self-enrichment.
Prayer, meditation, relaxation, feasts and festivals, song and dance, and natural connections are forms of celebratory worship meant to restore us mentally and physically and to thank God for our undeniable souls.
How we think about “sin”.
The Church of the Objective Truth considers sin to be those things that hinder our or others individual pursuits of the objective truth and/or the path to salvation for self and others. Thus, we consider sin to be actions that objectively harm self (e.g., self-destructive behaviors) or others (e.g., physical hurting another or being emotionally cruel). We consider the impact of sin when considering appropriate response by the Church and its Membership. And, while we submit to the laws of man, we hold no faith in their ultimate authority, nor do we endorse any political party, candidate, or policy.