The Future Testament: Religion Beyond Belief First edition

The Future Testament offers religion beyond beliefs. In the 21st century, we are ready to move into the next stage of religious thought, going beyond arguing about different beliefs and entering the realm of certain knowledge. The challenge of a genuine, aware, religious life is to distinguish eternal truth from the cultural traditions within our religious scriptures and denominations. With eternal truths firmly identified, we can then determine the best way to express those timeless realities today, here and now, within our time, place, language, and culture. The Future Testament wants to help do that. Just like Jesus did not come to abolish the Old Testament but to fulfill it, the Future Testament has not come to abolish the New Testament, but to fulfill it. The Future Testament examines the Old and New Testaments in the light of the 21st century. The world is a very different place than it was thousands of years ago when the scriptures were written and the Earth was flat! We are performing laser eye surgery, manipulating DNA, and discovering new galaxies. The Future Testament is a serious reexamination of the eternal truths and cultural traditions of scripture. Everything is different. Everything. The Old Testament was written on sheepskin. The New Testament was written on papyrus. The Future Testament was written with a word processing program on a personal computer running on electricity. The Future Testament states up front that truth or falsehood can be determined the individual reader alone. True love, the end goal of humanity?s pathway, requires each person be endowed with complete freedom, which includes making up your own mind about religion, and in particular the Old, New and Future Testaments. The Future Testament presents new ideas, parables and real hope for today. More, The Future Testament provides a new way of approaching religion. In days of old, people were forced to accept things that could not be explained or justified. The Future Testament is different. Instead of demanding blind allegiance to creeds that cannot be explained (let alone justified), The Future Testament invites you to escape cultural prejudices and think for yourself. The Future Testament honors your mind, your heart, and all the gifts of God that are yours not by cultural, but Divine birthright. Truth is the only religion. Welcome to The Future Testament.