NationStates Jolt Archive

Today the Dictator Rosalina announced she would establish a State Wide Religion mandated by the Constitution for all citizens. As such this will be the only religion recognized by the Government through the state and it's territories.

The MDC is deeply saddened by the forbidding of the practice of Catholicism in Console do Anjo..

Unless of course that is the state wide religion imposed. In that case, we are elated.

-Andre Romell,
-Eric Wright,
MDC, FMNM

To Console do Anjo,

We wish to inquire as to which religion this would be? If it is the Path of the Blessed, than you will have full Beatusian support. We await your response.

Signed,
General Sid Simon,
Acting Leader,
The Theocratic Republic of the Beatus

To: Console do Anjo
From: Nikolai Kaskan, Arch-Bishop of Volzgrad

All of Volzgrad and I would like to congratulate you on your nation wide religion. However, we would like to know what sort of religion your people practice now. If it is Roman Catholicism, then you have the blessing and support of Volzgrad.

ICCD recognizes the right of any organization to create its own civil practices as long as they do not contradict more pervasive fundamentals. If there is any persecution or repression of non state religions then ICCD feels that issues of difference in opinon may differ. In this respect ICCD extends refugee status should reports of persecution or repression on non state religions come to our knowledge.'

Also ICCD is interested in learning more of your state religion and welcome representives of your religion or are willing to send a mission to study your tradition.

From the DCDA:

We see there has been some expressing of interest in our new religion. We shall prepare a full report of the details as soon as possible.

Message from the Center for Human Rights
--- a section of the Firehelper Foreign Ministry:

While our government has no say on your practices concerning religion, we do not condone your actions and with with for you to have freedom of religion. While we believe that missionaries can be restricted religions are beliefs they cannot merely be outlawed. A belief is something that people will try to protect, even die for. Thus the actions of your government will lead to the inhumane treatment of those that do not believe as your government believes. No matter your state religion your nation will never be 100% of that religion as and such we implore you to revise your actions concerning this event. This event will cause much dessent among your population leading you to use force to enforce the law (OOC:if you say your nation is 100% of one religion... official as it may be, unofficially it will never be such). As such our nation will place pressure on your nation to change to a state of free religion (so long as they comply to other civil laws) and people have a right to believe what they want to believe and it is not the place of the government to tell someone to believe something.

---HTD foreign Ministry

From: His Holiness, Juan Diego de Guadelupe, Holy Father of the Church in The American Privateer, Arch-Bishop of Port San Lucas, Vicar of Saints Peter and Longinus, Patriarch of The American Privateer, and Defender of Christendom

To: The leadership of Console do Anjo

Subject: The establishment of a State Religion

We are saddened by the establishment of a State Religion within your nation. the right to believe what you shall is a basic and fundamental human right handed down to us by YHWH and spread to the world by his risen son, Jesus Christ. Therefore, we must ask that you remove this article and allow the faithful to worship as they see fit.

Signed: Juan Diego de Guadelupe
Holy Father of the Longinean Catholic Church in full Communion with the Church of Rome

The Details Regarding the Church

Belief system:
I. God:
A. There is only One God; God the Father, Jesus Christ is his messenger. God has no children of his own but has bestowed divinity upon select children through the ages. Mary Magdalene was the first “Beloved Daughter of God.” As of today this divinity has been bestowed upon Rosalina Sócrates and her decedents.
B. Wrath of God?: God does not bestow wrath upon the world. For if he did he would destroy the planet in his heated rage. Rather he gives sends turbulence as a mean of balance, endurance. Natural disasters, death, etc. all attributes of this. Those that are faithful can live through great tribulation, those that question will not.
C. God is forgiving for those that seek his forgiveness. He will only forgive if you are truly repentant.
D. Body; No Body?: Whether or not God has a body is not debatable. If God willing he reveals himself in body form, then he is of flesh, if he chooses spirit, than he is spirit. God has the power and the agency to choose his formation.

II. Worship and Ritual
A. God demands the respect from his people that he has so given life. You must worship and praise him. There is no set Sabbath day but you should be mindful frequently.
B. A set ritual should include a sermon of what one should be doing to draw closer to God, what sins to correct in one’s life, and the nature of God.
C. Worship no other but God.

III. Commandments
A. All 10 major commandments are recognized
B. One should remain humble and live in humility.
C. Judge ye, who is unworthy and purge them from you.

III. After Life
A. Heaven is neither a place nor destination, it is a cleansed Earth free of troubles, and all who have been devoted shall
B. Those that succumb to temptation shall be eternally lost into a great darkness.

IV. Marriage and Family
A. Marriage and Family is the key stone to God’s Plan. Go forth ye and replenish this earth.
B. One is to take charge of the house hold and one is to maintain the family.
C. Marriage should be between Man and Woman. Those that are of the same sex should refrain from wedding each other.
D. Raise children to order, teach them the ways of the Church.

AUTHORITY
Authority comes directly from God, and direct revelation.
A. The Beloved of God Son/Daughter-Leader of the Church has authority over all scripture. Will be leader of the State of which this religion is officiated in.
B. High Priest/Priestess: Shall be the leader and overseer of congregations. Can write hymns, scriptural books, spiritual magazines etc. If any apocrypha is added it must be approved by the Beloved of God.
C. Local Preacher: Shall assemble congregations and teach them. Allowed to assemble missionaries.
D. Assistant Preacher: Will assist the Head Preacher

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We see your religion is an intresting one and will certianly premite the practice of it in our Empire.

This religion will be allowed to practice in Kurona

Formal Statement

Following a close investigation, it has been found that this religion does not have any elements which might threaten or harm the Protectorate, and so, it is the decision of the Protector-General and the National Assembly that there is no cause to prevent its practice here.

Having said that, we are upset that a modern nation would establish a state creed. Such practices are not intellectually sound in this day and age. They cause social friction, which in turn causes revolutions.

Mr. Eliot Duke, official Spokesman of the National Assembly

We don't worry about social friction. The Lord knows this nation needs stability after years of blasphemy by the former Secular Government.

We don't worry about social friction. The Lord knows this nation needs stability after years of blasphemy by the former Secular Government.

Do as you will, but I ask you, will the Lord know you need help as the people in your country whose lives are negatively affected by this new state religion beat down your doors?

If you are going to support one system above others, at least take measures intended to protect yourselves. Saphronia practices apartheid, and we do not lay about and just assume nobody will ever do anything about it.

Mr. Eliot Duke, official Spokesman of the National Assembly

To Console do Anjo,

We apologize, but this religion will stay out of the Beatus, as we only allow the one true religion here. We are sorry, but it is the pillar of our daily lives, and has infiltrated every facet of society.

Signed,
General Sid Simon,
Acting Leader,
The Theocratic Republic of the Beatus

The decision is yours.

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