The Healing Faith's Tenets

THE HEALING FAITH’S TENETS

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 I.  ADVOCACY

                 

Adherents of The Healing Faith are encouraged to participate in some form of advocacy as part of the mission of the faith to be a moral compass to promote sound decision making, both on a personal and a professional level – inside and outside the faith; especially, when it comes to the conduct of The Healing Faith hierarchy in its mission to serve the adherents needs, according to majority inclinations via referendums; at advocacy committee  levels of service, which included political as well as social action as best represents the faith according to the majority.

II. CUSTOMS

The Healing Faith tenets as they relate to bodily purity and sexual activity of adherents is as follows:

A.    Donations – The only donations accepted by The Healing Faith are gifts of time, goods and services, and already prepared meals for The Sharing of Meals after the service which may be warmed up by sterno prior to consumption as necessary. There are not to be ovens, only microwaves and sinks in the kitchen areas of the pot-luck buildings and Clubhouse.

B.    Sexual Activity – The Healing Faith condones sexual activity amongst adherents along the following terms:

1.              Adults

a. Those 18 years or older who are not married are recommended to refrain from oral sex in order to save that activity for the wedding night with their new spouse. They are otherwise free to engage in sexual intercourse based on mutual consent.  This tenet rule of oral sex abstinence until the wedding night applies to committed couples as well.

b. A newly married couple is instructed to participate exclusively in oral sex after their exchange of vows on their wedding night until the hour strikes midnight, whereby they are free to engage in sexual intercourse as well; and, of course, anytime thereafter based on their mutual consent.

c. The Healing Faith does not condone anal sex, other than the light insertion and penetration of an index finger, fully encapsulated by a protective hygenic sheath, for Msamesexuals, Gsamesexuals, and DGsexuals.   Gsamesexuals and DGsexuals of The Healing Faith are permitted light vaginal insertion and penetration by index fingers as well.

d. Sexual Service Providers – The Healing Faith supports, where legal, the labor rights of sexual service providers around the globe. Each Healing Faith adherent that is not in a committed relationship is free to procure, where legal, a sexual service provider at will at any time without it being deemed a sin. For those Healing Faith adherents in a committed or marriage relationship, and who are not fully sexually satisfied in their relationship by their partner, are where legal, permitted to procure the services of a sexual service provider up to four times a year within their committed or marriage relationship without it being deemed a sin.

Of course, there is the understanding that all sexual acts between the adherent and the sexual service provider are to be consensual in order for the act(s) not to deemed sinful, too.

The Healing Faith tenets incorporate the belief that sexual service providers’ adult, consensual sexual labor activity, only for adults, should be legal on all continents and in current nations worldwide.

2.      Children

The only sexual activity amongst children in committed dating relationships permitted in The Healing Faith is a light peck of a kiss, not lasting more than two seconds per peck on the frontal facial area of the cranium.

3.      Sex and Reproductive Education Rights

1.       Eight Birthday

a.               The Healing Faith endorses sex education for children to begin on their eight birthday. Parents or legal guardians are to sit down with the child under their care on their birthday for two hours with a book containing graphic drawings (no pictures) of sexual intercourse to educate them on the reproductive process, both in humans and in animals. The book is to also contain rudimentary information on the basic functionality of human sexual organs and the gestation process only. Note: the child should be advised in the strictest of terms that sexual intercourse and other sexual activity is adult activity and not for their participation until they reach 18 years of age.

b.               The child should then be advised to read the book from cover to back within a week’s time; afterward, they are to ask you any question on the topic that may be of interest to them.

c.                The Healing Faith requires parents or guardians provide their local Healing Faith affiliate a notarized document, signed by themselves and the child before three witnesses, stating that they have provided their eight year-old the lesson, the book, and answered any questions they had on the above topic within a month of the child’s eight birthday.

2.      Thirteenth Birthday and Above

a.    The Healing Faith endorses parents and legal guardians of a child, thirteen and above, with the following access and tools to help them navigate through puberty and beyond. Note: the child should be advised in the strictest of terms that sexual intercourse and other sexual activity, with the exception of an age appropriate light kiss on the frontal facial area of the cranium, is adult activity and not for their participation until they reach 18 years of age.

1.       For Girls

a. A vibrator and dildo of their choice; two masturbation towels; their own choice of fruit for masturbation purposes; and, access to a total of 10 minutes of parental or legal guardian supervised, legal sexually explicit videos and/or magazines per day of their own choice.

2.      For Boys 

a.      Two sex tools of their choice; two masturbation towels; their own choice of fruit for masturbation purposes; and, access to a total of 10 minutes of parental or legal guardian supervised, legal sexually explicit videos and/or magazines per day of their own choice.

The Healing Faith requires parents or guardians provide their local Healing Faith affiliate a notarized document, signed by themselves and the child before three witnesses, stating that they have provided their thirteen or above child in their care will all the above access sex and reproductive education rights.

4.       Virginity

a.      Adherents to The Healing Faith are obligated according to the tenets to refrain from sexual intercourse until they reach 18 years of age and engage in such activity only by mutual consent.

b.      When an adherent child of both genders, or gender neutral, reaches the age of 13, they are to shave their entire pubic area until they lose their virginity; whereby, they let their pubic hair grow, and are only allowed to lightly trim and shave as necessary for comfort, desire, and cleanliness purposes. If an adherent loses their virginity not by mutual consent, then they are to still maintain their pubic-hair-free status until they do so.  

C.    Cleanliness  – The Healing Faith considers maintaining personal cleanliness an obligation by its adherents, who are expected to shower at least three times a week, and certainly before attending a temple service; not to litter; and, not to fail to clean up after themselves as much as they possibly can at the pot-luck luncheons, with the assistance of a volunteer Corps of Luncheon Aides to help any elderly or others, who may be deemed unsteady and infirm according to their prior advice in requesting assistance. 

D.   Temple Rules

a.                  Admittance – It is customary for all members to remove their coats and leave them at the coat check area prior to entering the sanctuary, where facial recognition software will match coat on numbered hangers with owners upon retrieval.

b.        Footwear – Casual smart clothing and footwear is required at all times on Temple grounds and in the sanctuary. Neither men, nor women, nor gender neutral persons are permitted to wear spiked heels inside the Temple or sanctuary, even during introduction, commitment, engagement, wedding, or memorial services. Rounded or squared-off heels, measuring no less than once inch rounded or squared-off and no more than two inches in height, are permitted.

c.      Food and Drink – No food or drink is permitted inside the sanctuary. Those items, including coffee and water, are restricted to the pot-luck buildings; or, off-site at a substitute location prior to the construction of a stand-alone temple facility.

E.    Temple Attendance – Attendance at Healing Faith services is recommended but optional, knowing that all temple services will be, in the future, live-streamed from a stand-alone temple (s) and available for latter review by adherents and others. In the meanwhile, the recording of off-site services by non-ordained ministers of the faith, are recommended as well to be recorded, prior to the construction of a stand-alone temple(s). 

     

III.      DIVINITY

a.      Gods - The Healing Faith believes in the existence of all recognized Gods who serve The Creator of The Universe and The Galaxies From Here To The Beyond and The Heavenly Committee of Gods of The Galaxies From Here To The Beyond, which services The Creator and their adherents.

     b.     The Healing Faith’s God - The Healing Faith recognizes its own God in the formulation of its core beliefs with The Creator, whom we believe has finally ultimate decision making authority on matters of life and death. In the matter of determining the disposition of adherents current conduct, whether good or evil, and where they will be sent after death, either to Heaven or to Hell, that will be up to The God of The Healing Faith with The Creator interceding at will per her inclination as the ultimate decision making authority in isolated cases of adherent destination determination.

    e.      Current God and President - The God of The Healing Faith, and the President of The Healing Faith in The United States of America, at this time, is its founder: His Excellency, Ambassador Jonathan Rodgers Chase, Humble Most Most Humble God and Messenger to The Creator of The Universe and The Galaxies From Here To The Beyond and to The Heavenly Committee of Gods of The Galaxies From Here To The Beyond.

f.       The Healing Faiths God’s Terms of Service – The God of the Healing Faith serves, at most, two consecutive or non-consecutive four year terms in office; whereby afterward they retire as one of The Healing Faith’s God Emeritus for infinity. Gods of The Healing Faith are either male or female, but they must have originated in human form before they transition into spiritual form after their mortal death.

If a God of The Healing Faith dies before their term of service is up, then an interim God is readily appointed from members of The Chairs of the Continents to serve as an interim replacement.

g.     Destination Judgement of Adherents – Destination Judgement of The adherents will be accomplished by The God of The Healing Faith once they are in Heaven. Amb. Jonathan Rodgers Chase will judge the pending adherents that have mortally died before him. In the event that Amb. Jonathan Rodgers Chase is not affirmed by the faithful, all authority in judging the pending adherents awaiting disposition in Heaven reverts back to adherents on earth to appoint a new God of The Healing Faith in order to conduct that determination upon their own mortal death. The founder of the faith is able to appeal the decision of not being earthly affirmed to The Heavenly Committee and The Creator to render an ultimate decision on his affirmation.

h.     Adherent Status After Mortal Death - Currently, all adherents of The Healing Faith who have died are destined to Heaven for a probationary period due to the fact that the God of The Healing Faith is still living in the flesh on Earth and does not yet have a vote on The Heavenly Committee to determine dispositions and destinations of souls, as most deities of other faiths are able to do so; and, therefore, has been granted special dispensation to allow Healing Faith adherents, when the die, into Heaven until the God dies, whereby The Healing Faith’s God will be able to cast a vote on The Heavenly Committee as a member with full voting rights.

The Healing Faith believes that the souls of those after death live on through infinity. Subject to each soul’s behavior upon and after death, determines whether they are to gain entry into Heaven or offered some sort of suspended entrance consideration subject to their life’s work, before and after death. This is due to the fact that animals are not able to communicate their prolonging life decisions to humans.

   IV. MEMBERSHIP

a.          Adults 

At this time, those 18 years or older may leave The Healing Faith for any reason whatsoever – either public, private, or subconsciously undisclosed but to themselves; however, in the future a referendum may be put forward and passed by The Board of Directors of the faith at the highest continental level which provides a directive to be followed requiring adults to obtain a notarized document signed by themselves and three witnesses, whereby the faith will retain the original and the adherent will maintain copies (5 copies are suggested to be maintained by the former adherent in the following example of this particular family unit: one for their partner; one of their parent(s); and, one each for each of their 3 children).   

b.          Children 

       When a child reaches 10 years of age, The Healing Faith believes that they are able to make a reasoned independent assessment on whether to continue to participate in The Healing Faith Sabbath or any other youth group activities.

If such a child, 10 or older, does not want to accompany their parents to Sabbath services or any other Healing Faith activity, such as the pot-lucks or youth group activities, the parents or guardians should not necessarily compel the child to do so, but rather give the child the option of seeing the Sabbath services, live-stream on a mobile or computer device; or, not see them at all. If the child, 10 years or older, decides to leave the faith, then The Healing Faith may require at a future date a notarized documents from the child, signed by the parent(s) or guardian(s) indication their desire to abandon the faith.

    V. ON ASSISTED DYING

Humans - The Healing Faith believes that any adherent deemed mentally competent by at least a panel of three licensed physicians, should have the right to terminate their mortal life under the following circumstances: 1) They have been diagnosed by five separate, non-professionally employment affiliated institutional physicians (i.e. not working in the same medical facility) with a rapid progressing, debilitating disease; 2) That the right to terminate their own life by assisted means is permitted in the country, state, country, and city of residence; 3) That they have obtained a written notarized document that they have notified their next of kin of their intensions; 4) That the majority of the five physicians, who diagnosed the insidious terminal disease in the patient, sign a notarized document restating their findings so that it can be provided to a team of three nurses fully trained and licensed nurses for the specialized task, who have been delegated to be witnesses and prepare  the lethal dose necessary to accomplish with desired task within 10 minutes time after it is ingested; or, within about 25 minutes time if the patient chooses the task to be performed intravenously by Intravenous tubing once the terminal patient has activated the drip-switches for release of both intravenous tubes attached to each cerebral brain vain in each arm; 5) That the terminal patient be the one to self-administer either method used, after preparation by the attending fully trained and licensed nurses for the specialized task.  

Pets and Other Animals -  The Healing Faith believes that all pets and animals that are in human care which have been involved in an accident in which they are deemed unable to live beyond three hours, due to severity of their injuries, by a licensed veterinarian, or by logical observation of an owner of such a pet or animal, should be euthanized for compassionate reasons; however, if it is a farm animal, for example a chicken, that was intended for slaughter insured itself slightly then it may still be used for consumption provided it has not broken it’s neck until such time that it is slaughtered outright by decapitation or the slitting of the throat as they do in some Asian and African nations, for example.

The Healing Faith does not believe in the deliberate euthanasia of pets simply due to old age, blindness, cancer, incontinence, paralysis, or any other age-based degenerative disease unless the animal is crying out in obvious pain and anguish for more than five minutes at a time, successively and repeatedly.  This is due to the fact that animals are able to communicate to humans their prolonging-life or not decision; but, humans are, so far, unable to ascertain their pet's true intentions due to the inter-species language barrier. To put it plainly, humans don't speak "Bark" or "Meow" "Chirp-Chirp" etc. and pets other than the Parakeet can't communicate speak human languages. Note: A parakeet just mimics the human voice, it does not actually have to capacity to communicate its feeling in human languages.

    VI. ON TAKING HUMAN LIFE

a.      On principle, The Healing Faith believes that the taking of human life by another is sinful; however, in some cases it is a forgivable sin – such as just wars or conflicts in which there is a clear evil-doer opponent that needs to be vanquished on the battlefield, either by human hands or by other instruments of destruction, man-made and controlled by human hands for a close as to precision use as humanly possible.

b.      There also times in society whereby a deranged or certainly mentally unhinged individual might take a person hostage or use any instrument for normal use, such a vehicle, to try to inflict harm in which there must be reason to believe that the individual has a death wish either for themselves or against others, such as a ‘suicide by cop’ situation. In that case The Healing Faith believes that the safety and life of a would-be and innocent bystanders in harm’s way, as well as authorities responding to the situation supersede those of the individual threatening the lives of others; and, therefore, be first disabled in a non-lethal way if that is also an option without it being a risk to the hostage or innocent bystanders. If non-lethal force is deemed not sufficient to diffuse the threat, then lethal force may be used against the assailant with hopes that the lives of those in harm’s way are not mortally impacted by the use of such lethal force intended to save them.

   c.       The Healing Faith’s position on capital punishment is that it is opposed to its use.

VII.     PRAISING

The Healing Faith believes in employing music and faith-based healing words via songs, readings, and sermons to acknowledge The Creator of The Universe, who created The Galaxies Here to The Beyond; The Heavenly Committee; its own deity; dedications to the memory faithful adherents, and other notable persons of the faith about the industrious nature of their past endeavors on behalf of The Healing Faith and its adherents.    

 VIII.     RITES

a.                   Introduction(s) – Healing Faith adherents are introduced twice if they come into this world as dependents. The first introduction is performed between 3   years of age and the day before they child reaches 18 years of age. The first introduction welcomes the child as a provisional adherent to the faith. Those who have been baptized as provisional adherents to the faith are so because they are not old enough to vote on referendums put forward for ‘Reform and Replace’ as deemed necessary by the adult faithful, 18 years of age or older; however, Healing Faith youth are expected to use advocacy methods, such as lobbying via the use of their own youth committee, for any and all issues that concern them directly or indirectly, as put forth as agenda items or referendums to be voted upon in committee(s), Board of Director’s council(s), or the congregation(s) through referendum(s).

The second introduction (or, the first and only one necessary if one is being baptized as a new convert in the faith as an adult 18 years of age or older) is performed at the age of 18 or older. The second introduction confirms the adherent as a full adherent to the faith and their ability to vote on all items concerning the well-being of The Healing Faith, either on a committee basis or referendum basis.

Being a faith that is well-grounded in liberal-conservatism, the second introduction is required for all those who’ve undergone the first introduction and must be performed within the 18^th year of their age in order for them to continue as adherents to the faith.

b. Commitment(s) – Those adult adherents of The Healing Faith, 18 years and above, are eligible to participate in commitment rites as a demonstration of their affection and devotion to one another and the faith before family and friends; or, before at least three adult witnesses testifying in support of the commitment vows of the couple, and their intended fidelity to the commitment rite.Commitments may dissolved at will by either party for any known or unknown reasons, but The Healing Faith must be notified by a notarized letter of the dissolution of their commitment if such a ceremony was performed by The Healing Faith.

c. Engagement(s) – Those adult adherents of The Healing Faith, 18 years and above, are eligible to participate in an celebration of the engagement as a demonstration of their affection and devotion to one another and the faith before family and friends; or, before at least three adult witnesses testifying in support of the engagement vows of the couple, and their intended fidelity to the engagement rite.

Engagements may dissolved at will by either party for any known or unknown reasons, but The Healing Faith must be notified by a notarized document of the dissolution of their engagement if such an engagement celebratory ceremony was performed by The Healing Faith.

d.      Marriage(s) –   Those adult adherents of The Healing Faith, 18 years and above, are eligible to participate in marriage rites as a demonstration of their affection and devotion to one another and the faith before family and friends; or, before at least three adult witnesses testifying in support of the couple’s marriage vows, and their intended fidelity to the marriage rite.

e.       Funeral – All adherents to The Healing Faith are eligible for funeral rites in The Healing Faith temple of their choice. The Healing Faith does not permit remains, caskets or urns containing any remains of the deceased, or otherwise any associated boxed or concealed items, to be displayed in any Healing Faith temple.

All funeral rites in The Healing Faith are considered to be memorial services, which celebrate the live and work of the deceased.  Remembrances of the deceased may be conveyed in any number of ways, including by testimonials, videos, music, pictures, etc.; all within tasteful and recommended celebratory fashion; respectful of the deceased, their relatives and friends, The Healing Faith temple and the faith.

f.       Special Dispensations – Special dispensations for commitments, marriages, and funerals are granted to members of another faith who desire to undergo commitment, engagement(s), marriage(s), and funerals in The Healing Faith as long as they are part of a union with a partner of The Healing Faith. Special dispensation may also be needed from the faith, or no faith, of which the non-Healing Faith member is an adherent of in order to be recognized; however, as long as the couple of different faiths attest their inclinations in a notarized documents witnessed by three known or unknown individuals, then The Healing Faith considers that sufficient to undergoing the ceremony.

Of course, all due diligence is applied in the notarized document that will state that both individuals truthfully attest that there is no civil or legal impediment for either to perform such ceremonies on their behalf, such as not having a previous commitment, engagement, or marriage dissolved.

    IX. RITUALS

    

a.      Incense – The burning of incense in the processional heart is mandatory as a symbol of thanksgiving from the adherents for all the blessings from The Creator in Heaven. Prayer cones will be available after services in a designated area outside area of the temple; whereby, under supervision, incense cones (maximum of five per adult and child, 13 and above) may be lit once stand-alone temples are constructed. The lighting of prayer-cone incense will be available to light 24/7, seven days a week. 

X.    SERMONIZING

 Ministers of The Healing Faith are restricted to having commitment or  Marriage-relationships, which the faith believes are important to reaffirm  The Healing Faith’s belief in maintaining healthy relationships; these are  needed, in the faith’s view, for personal growth of Healing Faith ministers

and, each adherent, as a sign of openness to oneself and one another as  one, united in the worldwide, human family; whereby, each individual  benefits from the joy of having and sharing a commitment or marriage as  adults with a partner of similar inclinations.

         

XI.    SHARING OF A MEAL

The sharing of a luncheon meal on the Sabbath Day in The Healing Faith symbolizes the community spirit of the adherents in celebrating the joy of sharing the fruit of their labors with one another in preparing meals, as well as the labor involved in all aspects associated in preparing the presentation of said meal.

The sharing of the meal also symbolizes the bond that the faith strives to maintain to be socially and politically open to listening to desires of the faithful in social environment, especially on topics of reform and replace they deem might be necessary to be placed on a ballot in yearly referendum to keep pace with the majority needs of the adherents.

XII. TENET AMENDMENTS

            Voting on Tenet amendments requires 51% percent of the nations to affirm, not a majority of Chairs from The continents' adherents, in order form and vote on amendment changes to the tenets of The Healing Faith; such as whether to conclude that the God(s) of The Healing Faith can be just in human flesh form; or, just be a deity(s) prior and even after mortal death;  such as a God(s) emeritus would be who has(ve) died and perhaps sit(s) on The Heavenly Committee of The Gods of The Galaxy Here and Those Beyond at the will of the adherents, in lieu of other other God(s) emeritus of The Healing Faith who do(es) not. 

XIII.     TESTIMONY

Giving testimony as children, young adults, and adults within their own peer groups is an integral part of The Healing Faith. It is with testimony, given either in private before a group of six peer group members or in public before the congregation that forms the catalyst necessary for adherents of The Healing Faith to confess that they have been aggrieved and that their testimony becomes a part of the parcel for them to receive salvation and redemption, as well as to reveal any injury they feel they may have suffered at the rhetorical whims of an offender’s words and/or by an offender’s physical assault without mutual consent, either by verbal or written form.