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The Church of the Reverend Pontiff Greg Bard

Spirituality is an individually unique value. Other people aren't supposed to tell you what to do with your spirituality. So I have taken my spirituality into my own hands and formed my own religion with one member.

The Church of Greg Bard is wholly founded by and comprised of Greg Bard, who by authority of education and experience is at least as enlightened to the answers of metaphysical questions as any other human being. All people are equal in our rational capacity. I believe we are equal in our spiritual capacity as well.

There are some questions for which we cannot get any answers, and yet our move forward in life requires us to operate on some kind of answer. We face situations which hinge on the answer we give to 'How did I come to be?', 'Why do I exist?', and 'What will become of me?', etcetera. Sometimes we struggle to get the answer. That's where organized religions come into the picture. They take advantage of our spiritual needs.

Organized religion is a bane on society. They want you to turn off the thinking process and think the way they think. That is simply unacceptable. Each of us has a duty to think for himself or herself.

I don't encourage people to try to become a member of this or any other church. This Church has one member: Greg Bard. I am a professor and holder of spiritual beliefs like everyone else, but also formally a minister, Reverend and the Pontiff of this Church. Believe whatever church you want, just don't give any organized religion any money. Take charge of your own spirituality by forming your own religion.

I am guided by conscience to oppose all organized religions of more than one person. Organizations that propagate a set of beliefs about answers to questions to which we can't know the answer are taking unfair advantage of the spiritual needs of their members.

Organizing an entity whose aim is fundamentalism, anti-pluralism, or conformity of spiritual values is immoral. Encouraging people not to question any particular subset of their own set of beliefs is immoral.

As Pontiff I am responsible for the assignment of members of the Set of Beliefs of the Church of Greg Bard. I have a duty to proscribe for myself a particular manner of acting, or way of life, that is moral. I have developed a system of thought that is convenient for understanding the universe and comprehensive in addressing ethical questions. However, fundamentalism is immoral, so I reveal this system primarily to lead by example. The task of assigning members of the Set of Beliefs is itself unassignable. Only onself has the right and the duty to assign members to one's own set of beliefs. My designation as Pontiff of my own religion is therefore appropriate.

Some of the members of the Set of Beliefs are claims of fact about the actual historial universe, others of which serve as ethical axioms, and some others which can be described as observations.

As Pontiff I have a duty to address the fundamental and ultimate questions having to do with deep and imponderable existential, teleological, and cosmological questions. I have addressed these in a series of foundational statements which are the most significant members of the Set of Beliefs.

I have determined that there are only a few legitimate ways to add to the Set of Beliefs.

The Church provides services in the community by providing moral leadership in general. I will consult with you on your legal and political rights concerning your actions required by your spiritual values.

I also provide leadership in ceremonies as deemed appropriate by Reverend Greg Bard. This includes nontheist, nontraditional, and nondenominational marriages, civil unions, and handfasting. Contact me for details.

As Pontiff, I may designate persons as having titular citizenship in the Church of Greg Bard. I have named all of the following persons Saints.

The Church recognizes the organizational efforts of secular organizations as a path toward furthering good values. The following organizations are in Communion with the Church of Greg Bard.