Aldeism

Aldeism is a philosophy based on three core principles. They are Altruism, Deism, and Reason. Aldeism was founded in the year 2000 by Allan Revich.

In addition to the three principles of Aldeism (Altruism, Deism, Reason) there are also three tenets:

• Belief in God,
• Do no Harm,
• Silent prayer,

and a three part creed:

• Create Something New,
• Do Something Good,
• Fight Against Injustice.

Aldeism differs from deism in that it believes that God is still exerting influence on the world today. Its tenets and creed are deliberately left vague so as to avoid arguments over semantics. Theoretically, people can define the words in the tenets and creed in very different ways, yet still agree on the tenets and creed because aldeism does not insist on any particular definitions. There are no formal membership requirements besides living by the principles, tenets, and creed. There are no formal meetings or meeting places besides the Aldeism web site [1] (http://www.Aldeism.com). Aldeism is generally opposed to organized religion. Hence, there is no way to measure the number of aldeism adherents, or to show that the number of adherents is greater than one.

Critics note that claims of novelty by proponents of Aldeism are open to question. For instance:

• A god that exerts and influence on the world today is a theistic god, not a deistic god at all.
• Most of Judaism explicitly teaches that the nature of God is unknown and that humankind will never be capable of fully comprehending the nature of God. The same is true for segments of Christianity and Islam. Thus, Aldeism's claims of novelty are, in some respects, false.