Before we begin discussing Divine Humanity as a religion, we need to define exactly what religion is as well as what it is not. When I turned to three references for a definition of religion, I was amazed at what I discovered. The following are the three sources and their definitions:

1.      HarperCollins Dictionary of Religion:

Defining religion is often held to be difficult…A specific definition of religion usually comes from a particular discipline or theory of religion. Thus, definitions that refer to religion as social representations are rooted in sociological explanations of religion, and definitions that refer to religion as symbolic of some mental or unconscious reality are based in psychology. Although some definitions place theoretical limitations on what the term religion means, there is nothing inherently invalid or false about such definitions…One may clarify the term religion by defining it as a system of beliefs and practices that are relative to superhuman beings.

2.      Webster Dictionary:

The worship of God or gods. A belief; a system of doctrines of faith and worship.

3.      Merriam-Webster’s Encyclopedia of World Religions:

A definition that has received reasonable acceptance among scholars is as follows: religion is a system of communal beliefs and practices relative to superhuman beings.

Are you as shocked as I was? The following is Divine Humanity’s definition of Spirituality, Organized or Institutional Religion and Pure Religion:

·         Spirituality—the belief in a reality greater than the individual, which will then lead to an exploration of the mysteries of life and creation. A person may be spiritual without having any connection with or any allegiance to organized religion.

·         Organized Religion—a group or system of beliefs and practices, grounded in dogma and doctrine, which attempt to explain the mysteries of life and creation.

·         Pure Religion—a belief and/or system of beliefs, absent of dogma and doctrine, that attempt to explain the mysteries of life and creation.

According to the three preceding definitions, Divine Humanity may be viewed as a 'Pure Religion of Spirituality' or a 'Pure Religion of Heaven and Earth.'

SPIRITUAL REBELLION

Down through the ages, the power elites of society, secular as well as religious, have feared any form of spiritual rebellion. Holding on to the past, the entrenched privileged have refused to let go of their precious jewels of power and control. But all is for naught as a new age always brings a pristine and fresh vision of spiritual and religious thought and expression:

"Not a single founder of any of today’s socially acceptable religions has come from an established priesthood or hierarchy.

Two thousand years ago, the Sanhedrin, the council that defined Hebraic law, was not too happy with a cultist rebel from Galilee who was contradicting the laws of Moses. Moses himself rebelled against his adopted Egyptian society to become what Pharaoh viewed as a cult leader of the Jews. Mohammed rebelled against the pantheistic faiths of fellow Arabs. And then there’s Gautama Siddhartha, the Hindu heretic and spiritual hippie. He tuned in to a Dharma of a different and non-Brahmin vein turned on to Nirvana and dropped out of Hindu society to hang out by the Bodhi trees in Bihar province." (The Millennium Book of Prophecy, John Hogue, pgs. 254 – 255.)

'There is one clear truth that organized religion can never deny. Gods light, the Sun, the Moon and the Morning Star shines on everyone.' JC Husfelt, D.D.