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SON OF MAN TEMPLE
Statement of Purpose
We have always hoped that we could establish a place in our community where hundreds of ideas could grow and flourish, where people could feel free to say and do the things that seemed most natural to them. The Son of Man Temple was created for that purpose, to serve in humankind's development.
However, the place in which we come together to express our humanity is not a church in the most traditional sense. We do not practice a religion; we are not Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, or Moslem. We do not honor one God or one reverend. This does not mean thatwe negate any religion; we all have differing philosophies and views ofour world. We are all a part ofeverything and it is a part of each of us.
Our belief is that every human being has the right to be free. We can all agree that we are not. Therefore, we come together to express our agreement on that belief every Sunday at the Son of Man Temple. It is a place where we can come to discover and learn. If we begin the week with this kind of unity and understading, we can carry through each day our concern and an enthusias tic feeling about our survival and our freedom.
The ways in which we express this agreement about our desire to break away from our common problem-oppression-may differ. Some of us might sing or dance about it, some ofus might playmusic about it, or some ofus might speak about various aspects of our problem. It does not matter what we do if it is done with sincerity and in our people's interest. OUf intent is not to simply talk or sing. We will, through various community programs in action at the Learning Center, which houses our temple, create the means of solving the problems we face.