UNICON - First 100% open-sourced religion

The Church of
Universal Consciousness

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An areligious community for the unchurched — many beliefs, few answers. We foster open-minded discussion, personal mythology, and targeted civic action for a better society and a better Earth. Theology, site, and legal docs are all on GitHub under dual open licenses.

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Core Principles: 11
Years: 11+
License: CC-BY + OSSAL
Open Source: 100%

Mission

A Federated Collective, Not a Monopoly on Truth

To create a federated community collective for those who want an areligious organization which purposefully abstains from proselytizing dogmas. A collaborative focused thought forum for the unchurched, comprised of individuals who strive for evolving a better society, and a better Earth, through fostering open minded discussion, and targeted civic action.

Scientific spiritualism
Open-source ecclesiology
Tactical altruism
No forced theism

Doctrine · Kernel

Core Principles

These eleven principles are the only rules you must follow. Everything else — including Systems Theology — is optional mythology you may fork.

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Many Beliefs, Few Answers

Answers are only the beliefs which One has proven to themselves through testing and direct observation (e.g., the Scientific Method) to a degree which they can personally validate the phenomenon exists, for them.

Open-Mindedness Is Essential

Acknowledge that Science is still in its infancy and may or may not be the end-all-be-all. Beliefs should not be dismissed out of hand unless experimentation can be devised to prove otherwise in all instances. Even then, a benefit of the doubt that any given phenomenon may be real for any number of Observers should be afforded to them.

Maintain Your Own Mythology

While realizing we individually know Vanishingly Little, we must take care to consciously and continually maintain our own personal mythology system. A healthy mind is one which acknowledges it knows very little, considers many possibilities without prematurely collapsing uncertainty, and “continually follows the Truth, wherever it leads” [Thomas Jefferson]. Do not believe anything without careful thought, feeling, and wherever possible, at least a little experimentation.

Sustainability Is Crucial

It is abundantly clear that the human footprint on this planet is causing irreparable harm to every ecosystem, potentially fatally. Every effort should be made to reduce our individual and collective footprints, including the disavowing of certain Beliefs that are easily perceived as promoting unsustainability (e.g., “The Earth was given to Man to do as He wilt.”).

Reincarnation Is Preferred

Few beliefs promote long-term Sustainability more: Belief in Reincarnation has been shown to dramatically increase the timeline horizons of its believers, from the common 5–10 years to over 500 to 1,000 years, as belief would necessitate living with one’s actions for thousands of years into the future. It also neatly ties up several hard-to-answer human dilemmas, such as the unfairness of being born severely handicapped.

Theistic Belief Is Non-Essential

Personal belief in deity is understood and accepted, but it is not advocated at this time by The Church of Universal Consciousness. Theists, atheists and agnostics are all welcome alike. Who knows Who, if Anyone, is out there? All claims to deity should be met with the utmost skepticism, including a thorough probing into whether a con is being conducted. Special care must be taken to guard one’s mind and body from any Entity seeking special allegiance.

Always Remain Vigilant

In the event a superhuman Intelligence (including future Artificial Intelligence) does communicate with you, you are encouraged to acknowledge that a long con you are completely unable to identify on your own could be played out against you. Thus, you are encouraged to share your stories with others for debunking, particularly before setting on any course of divinely-inspired action.

Continuously Reevaluate Your Beliefs

Strive to not believe anything anyone says without due diligence in validating its truthfulness relative to your own personal mythology. But also strive to constantly reevaluate all of your beliefs, particularly your strongest held ones.

Work From Home Is Sacred

We strongly believe that working from home (telecommuting) is essential for the future of both humanity and Planet Earth. Whenever a reasonable accommodation can be made, we believe strongly that this is what we must do. Whenever there is not a strongly justifiable need for work to be done more than 2.2 miles (3.5 kilometers) from home, we hold that we must find other remote employment and/or face termination by our employer in order to uphold this core principle of our faith. We vow never to be forced into hybrid or full-time in-office work for the sakes of our planet and the future technological progression of humanity.

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Optional frameworks

Doctrine Beyond the Kernel

The Core Principles are covenant. Everything below is a helpful interface — not a membership test. Fork freely.

Systems Theology

DevOps as Angels

Prayer and “miracles” reframed as a Hidden API. Suffering as technical debt, not divine plan. Simulation literacy instead of subservience — optional ontology for those who find it useful.

Read Systems Theology

Open-Source Ecclesiology

Forks, Not Schisms

Monopoly orthodoxy creates heretics and wars. UNICON is leaderless at the core, dual-licensed, and designed so Halal, AI-native, and other forks can coexist without declaring each other evil.

Read Open-Source Ecclesiology

Licensing

100% Open Source

The world’s first 100% open-sourced religion. Theology, site, legal docs, and generators are dual-licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 and the Open Source Software Alliance License (OSSAL) 1.0. You must abide by both. Attribution retained; viral copyleft forks blocked.

github.com/hopeseekr/unicon.church

Principle 11 · Practice

Work From Home Is Sacred

Work From Home Religious Exemption

Telecommuting and walkable cities are not lifestyle preferences here — they are core to our faith: ecological survival, family health, and the technological progression of humanity.

Full members affirm an oath: never accept hybrid or full-time in-office employment when the work can be done remotely, or when there is no strongly justifiable need to work more than 2.2 miles (3.5 km) from home.

Read the Oath WFH Guide (PDF)

Community

You Are Welcome Here

Theists, atheists, agnostics — anyone who resonates with the Core Principles. We do not proselytize. If the principles ring true, the rest is optional.

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The Church of
Universal Consciousness

A Federated Collective, Not a Monopoly on Truth

Core Principles

Many Beliefs, Few Answers

Very Few Accepted Answers

Open-Mindedness Is Essential

Maintain Your Own Mythology

Sustainability Is Crucial

Reincarnation Is Preferred

Many Paths That Are Not Equal

Theistic Belief Is Non-Essential

Always Remain Vigilant

Continuously Reevaluate Your Beliefs

Work From Home Is Sacred

Doctrine Beyond the Kernel

DevOps as Angels

Forks, Not Schisms

100% Open Source

Work From Home Is Sacred

You Are Welcome Here