Hello everybody Emily here this season we've been looking at what a less fundamental more

non-dual view of Christian ideals could look like and we've been talking with patrons and the symposium and

guests about potential new ideals and creeds and we've been playing around with what feels important and helpful to

Declare in these statements

So to get us started today, I want to play a little game with you a put a finger down game

So put up seven fingers and when you hear something that you agree with put a finger down. Are we ready?

Okay

Put a finger down if you think we should strive to act with compassion to all creatures

Put a finger down if you think that the ongoing struggle for justice is a necessary

pursuit and should prevail over laws and institutions

Put a finger down if you think that your body belongs to you and should be subject to your will alone

Put a finger down if you think that the freedom of others should be respected

Including their freedom to offend

Put a finger down if you think that one should not bend or distort facts and science to fit their own personal beliefs

Put a finger down if you think that people are fallible and if someone makes a mistake

They should be allowed the opportunity to rectify it and resolve any harm they caused

Put a finger down if you think that any creed or tenant created should serve as a guiding principle

designed to inspire nobility in action and thought and that the spirit of compassion

Wisdom and justice should always prevail over the written or spoken word

Okay, how many fingers you have left? Maybe just a few maybe not at all

All right, here's the thing I have a confession to make these are not actually creeds or tenants that we're working on

Those were the seven tenants of Satanism

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