Viermar
20-11-2005, 00:49
Viermaran Religion: Breakdown
Viermaran Reformed Church (Official Religion) 53%
Viermaran High Church 12%
Viermaran Anabaptist 17%
Unitarian Conference 8%
Roman Catholic 3%
Church of Human Enlightenment 3%
others 1%
The official Church of Viermar is the Viermaran Reformed Church. It is an offshoot of the Viermaran High Church which is itself a break from the Roman Catholic Church. The government tolerates Christian Religions but frowns upon evangelizing and their spread.
Each religion is catagorized under 7 headings:
The nature of Humanity
Humanities main problem
The Cause of the Problem
The End of humanity
The means to that end
What is Reality
What is most Sacred
Viermaran Reformed Churched:
Humanity: Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Human nature tends toward self knowledge and this acceptance is what seperates Man from God
End: At the end of time the faithfull will be awoken from the slumber of death and will live on earth in eternal paradise the unfaithful will cease from existence
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (consubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: God is existent in three parts equal and yet seperate. At the ressurection humans will recieve the same triune nature.
Viermaran High Church:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: At the end of time the faithfull will be awoken from the slumber of death and will live on earth in eternal paradise the unfaithful will be locked in the lake of fire with Satan.
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (consubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: The Father is sacred appearing on earth in the form of spirit preasent in those who believe. Jesus was the greatest manifestation of Spirit indwelling man.
Roman Catholic:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: Faithful will spend eternity in heaven with God, the unfaithful will be sent to Purgatory or in the case of Anethema eternity seperated from God in Hell.
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (transubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: God is existent in three parts equal and yet seperate.
Viermaran Anabaptist:
It should be noted that the anabaptists do not hold a central authority but rather form a loose coalition and doctrine differs according to the local institution.
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: Those accepting God's grace will spend eternity with him, those not will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.
Means: Heaven is achieved only from God's grace through his Son.
Reality: God created time and space perfect, Satan's tampering began the decline in harmony.
Sacred: God is three parts equal yet seperate.
Unitarian Conference:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans have caused self and universal destruction.
Cause: lack of self knwoledge causes people to destroy God's creation
End: People attaining self knowledge will escape earth(purgatory) and ascend into heaven. For those few who deny God's existence await seperation from existence (hell).
Means: Living the Straight and Narrow middle path as taught by Jesus.
Reality: All is a cycle of life and unlife except God who represents that between
Sacred: The State Between and the enlightened Prophets
Church of Human Enlightenment:
Humanity: Humans are defined by the Five souls and thier roles in life
Problem: Lack of order and harmony in the world
Cause:Lack of leading virtues and pious lives
End: A world of harmony and social structure
Means: Respecting tradition and acting within our prescribed social roles
Reality: Life is interconnected and determined by roles and rules
Sacred: Morality and virtue exist outside of whether or not the spiritual exists.
Other religions exist but only as small pockets. These are usually animistic or indigenous in nature in the deep woods that exist throughout Viermar.
Viermaran Reformed Church (Official Religion) 53%
Viermaran High Church 12%
Viermaran Anabaptist 17%
Unitarian Conference 8%
Roman Catholic 3%
Church of Human Enlightenment 3%
others 1%
The official Church of Viermar is the Viermaran Reformed Church. It is an offshoot of the Viermaran High Church which is itself a break from the Roman Catholic Church. The government tolerates Christian Religions but frowns upon evangelizing and their spread.
Each religion is catagorized under 7 headings:
The nature of Humanity
Humanities main problem
The Cause of the Problem
The End of humanity
The means to that end
What is Reality
What is most Sacred
Viermaran Reformed Churched:
Humanity: Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Human nature tends toward self knowledge and this acceptance is what seperates Man from God
End: At the end of time the faithfull will be awoken from the slumber of death and will live on earth in eternal paradise the unfaithful will cease from existence
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (consubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: God is existent in three parts equal and yet seperate. At the ressurection humans will recieve the same triune nature.
Viermaran High Church:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: At the end of time the faithfull will be awoken from the slumber of death and will live on earth in eternal paradise the unfaithful will be locked in the lake of fire with Satan.
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (consubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: The Father is sacred appearing on earth in the form of spirit preasent in those who believe. Jesus was the greatest manifestation of Spirit indwelling man.
Roman Catholic:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: Faithful will spend eternity in heaven with God, the unfaithful will be sent to Purgatory or in the case of Anethema eternity seperated from God in Hell.
Means: Through the seven Sacraments that show God's Grace on earth. Baptism ,confirmation, penance, eucharist (transubstantiation), marriage, holy orders, anointing the sick.
Reality: universe created by Christ and began to fall apart with the tampering of Satan
Sacred: God is existent in three parts equal and yet seperate.
Viermaran Anabaptist:
It should be noted that the anabaptists do not hold a central authority but rather form a loose coalition and doctrine differs according to the local institution.
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans are seperated from God due to thier sin nature.
Cause: Original Sin that stems from Adam through his descendents and makes us sinful creatures and seperates us from God
End: Those accepting God's grace will spend eternity with him, those not will spend eternity in the Lake of Fire.
Means: Heaven is achieved only from God's grace through his Son.
Reality: God created time and space perfect, Satan's tampering began the decline in harmony.
Sacred: God is three parts equal yet seperate.
Unitarian Conference:
Humanity:Humanity was created in the image of God and charged to take care of the earth.
Problem: Humans have caused self and universal destruction.
Cause: lack of self knwoledge causes people to destroy God's creation
End: People attaining self knowledge will escape earth(purgatory) and ascend into heaven. For those few who deny God's existence await seperation from existence (hell).
Means: Living the Straight and Narrow middle path as taught by Jesus.
Reality: All is a cycle of life and unlife except God who represents that between
Sacred: The State Between and the enlightened Prophets
Church of Human Enlightenment:
Humanity: Humans are defined by the Five souls and thier roles in life
Problem: Lack of order and harmony in the world
Cause:Lack of leading virtues and pious lives
End: A world of harmony and social structure
Means: Respecting tradition and acting within our prescribed social roles
Reality: Life is interconnected and determined by roles and rules
Sacred: Morality and virtue exist outside of whether or not the spiritual exists.
Other religions exist but only as small pockets. These are usually animistic or indigenous in nature in the deep woods that exist throughout Viermar.