AN OPEN LETTER TO CHRISTIANS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Dear brothers and sisters,
As a national idea for the United States of America I propose to choose a motto
“SPIRITUALITY, UNITY, AMERICA”.
1. SPIRITUALITY – is knowledge of religious Truth and doing Good. This is a two-component idea of Spirituality, which we can indirectly find in the Bible, both in The Old Testament (Gen.26:4-5; Ex.15:26; 19:5; Lev.19:37; 20:22; 26:3; Deut.4:5-6; 6:17-18; 27:10; 28:1,9; 29:9; 1Chr.29:19; Ezra7:10; Jer.7:23; 11:4,6; Ezek.18:9; 20:19), and in The New Testament (Mt.7:24-25; Lk.6:47; 8:21; 11:28; Jn.14:21).
Doing Good – is the realization of religious Truth into life (Mic.6:8, negative proof – 1Sam.15:19; 13:13; 2Sam.12:9; 1Jn.3:4).
Spirituality is the main quality of any human being and people. In spiritual roots, there is the reason of ascent for both human being and people (Lev.26:1-13; Deut.28:1-14; 30:9-20; Mt.7:24-27). A history of Israel, Roman and Byzantine empires, and the countries of Europe, and North America, brightly illustrate this.
High Spirituality is the foundation of spiritual, psychical and somatic health. High Spirituality is immunity against spiritual illnesses. High Spirituality is a guarantee of peaceful and successful development of any people and country. Having High Spirituality people become Nation.
Cultivation of Spirituality, doing Good and the struggle against Evil must be the main task of any government, of any state.
The Bible has set out fundamental laws of life, for human beings, family, people, and state, which must be laid, in the foundation of the Constitution of any Christian state.
2. UNITY – an indispensable condition of life for any people and country (Jn.17:21-23, Eph.4:1-6). For the United States of America, in conditions of co-existence with many Christian people and denominations, the idea of spiritual Unity has the most important significance.
3. AMERICA – is one of the biggest and strongest states of the world, with long-standing Christian traditions. Traditions of Truth, Goodness, Justice and brotherly Love. Within the territory of America, reside many Christian people and only Christian Spirituality will be able to unite them into one powerful Christian Nation.
In proposed motto for consolidation of all healthy forces of America, principle of progression ideas of Unity and America stay on the second and on the third place, because both - Unity and America must be supported only until they contradict the Idea of Spirituality.
NOTICE:
1. Spiritual illness is an adherence of human beings to some sort of ideology, which has a kind of religious system and has as a goal, something other than the salvation of the soul (Mt.16:26, 7:21).
2. Fascist ideology is an ideology which puts the profit of some people, country or race and the ways of achieving this profit, above religious values.
3. Communist ideology is an ideology which puts the profit of some predominant group of people of some country and the ways of its achievement, above religious values.
4. Liberal ideology is an ideology which put the rights and freedoms of some individual higher than religious values.
5. Terrorism is violent activity of some individual or group of people, which put his (their) profit and the ways of its achievement higher than religious values.
6. Religious values of Christianity, are the values written in the Bible.
WITH CHRISTIAN LOVE – YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST – YURI SHAPUROV.
01.06.2002 – 05.11.2015
TO METROPOLITAN OF SMOLENSK AND KALININGRAD KIRILL
FROM YURI SHAPUROV
Dear brother Kirill,
It seems, in the past few years, there have been many disputes about the idea of Spirituality. I want to briefly set out my thoughts.
From one side, a human being is a spiritual creature. Very few Christians will dispute this. That’s why the main quality of any human being must be called Spirituality.
From another side, the main quality of any person is that by which we will be judged. And we will be judged not according to our fasts, prayers and bows, but according to our deeds (Mt.7:21; 16:27; 25:1-12; 25:31-46; Mk.3:1-5; Lk.6:6-11; 6:46; 13:22-30; Jn.4:34; 5:25-29; 1Peter 1:17; Rom.2:6; Rev.2:23; 20:11-13; 22:12,14), according to doing good, and according to the realization of religious Truth into life. And for the realization of religious Truth into life – it is necessary to know it (Truth).
So, we can see that Spirituality – is the knowledge of religious Truth and doing Good. Doing Good is the realization of religious Truth into life (Mic.6:8, negative proof – 1Sam.15:19; 13:13; 2Sam.12:9; 1Jn.3:4).
It is, probably necessary to pay attention to opinions of theologians of the first centuries of Christianity, but is it necessary to invalidate the word of God by somebody’s traditions (Mt.15:1-9; Mk.7:1-13)?
WITH CRISTIAN LOVE – YOUR BROTHER IN CHRIST – YURI SHAPUROV.
01.02.2003 – 05.11.2015
TO VITALI TRETIAKOV
FROM YURI SHAPUROV
Dear Vitali,
In your program “What to do?” of 29.05.2011 there were many disputes about totalitarianism. I propose my definition of totalitarianism:
TOTALITARIANISM is theory and practice of some ideology which has a kind of religious system and which put its theory and practice higher than religious values.
Totalitarianism may not only be communist and fascist, but also monarchical (in the time of John the terrible), liberal, democratic, panhuman, human, patriotic, nationalistic, conservative, corporative, etc.
Totalitarianism may also be Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, Zionistic, etc.
Totalitarianism may not be Christian, Islamic or Hebrew, because these religions by definition do not put their theory and practice higher than they are.
Totalitarian may be sects, churches, parties, corporations, organizations, states, unions of states, etc.
The higher this ideology put its theory and practice over religious values – the more totalitarian this ideology is.
SINCERELY YOURS – YURI SHAPUROV.
30.05.2011 – 05.11.2015
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