Introduction

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What is CREATIVE-THEOLOGY^TM?

CREATIVE-THEOLOGY^TM is a systematic, logical method for accomplishing the following AIM:

        EXPRESS THE CREATIVITY OF GOD.

CREATIVE THEOLOGY^TM honors the Belief that:

• God has put into humans a measure of His own Divine Creativity;

• Each of us have the ability to engage in Godly Creation;

• Our Creative Potential is defined by our particular mix of talents/abilities;

• Our greatest Worship to God is in expressing His Creativity; and

• God is the most pleased with us when we actively attempt to express His Creativity.

Why is there a need for CREATIVE-THEOLOGY^TM?

CREATIVE-THEOLOGY^TM as a systematic religious methodology is needed because over the course of humanitys existence, Negatives have often built-up in formal religions, which inhibit and may even stop practitioners from meeting their #1 duty to God: to individually express His Creativity.

Some of the negatives sometimes seen in formal religions that are capable of inhibiting Godly Creativity are:

• Top-down command-and-control hierarchies.

• Segregation into "us versus them."

• Demonizing asking critical questions.

• Defining leader/teacher versus follower/student classes.

• Substituting ritual for purpose.

• Thinking God honors rote repetition.

• Obsessive refusal to move beyond the instruction manual.

• Excusing all manner of evil by "God wills it!"

• Finding personal significance by hating others.

• Over-emphasizing minor aspects of Spirituality while neglecting the ones that are most important.

CREATIVE-THEOLOGY^TM can be useful in reversing the above Negatives by:

• Providing guaranteed Facilitative Leadership.

• Teaching us to see ourselves in all others.

• Helping us to continually seek God higher/deeper/wider/more-substantial.

• Providing a logical rationale for Empowering others.

• Putting Purpose to the fore in all that we do.

• Making it easy to best-please God with Meaningful Actions.

• Putting Application above instruction.

• Basing pleasing God on satisfying five Demanding Principles.

• Finding personal significance by Loving Ourselves.

• Making religion a deeply-satisfying, Continuous Adventure.

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