5.3.3 |
AS TO THE SUPREME AND
THE
NANAIC
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There is no obligation
to recognize
the supreme being,
but those who want to
shall be free
to symbolically recognize
the all-ananic.
They shall not worship
a god
or other being
that offends,
or has offended,
against the Norm.
And they shall
thus transcend
both theism and atheism.
No-one shall honor
or dishonor
those who recognize
the all-ananic
supreme being,
and
no-one shall dishonor
or honor
those who do not recognize
the all-ananic
supreme being.
The tenor of these ritual words is that no-one who believes in the
neutral-inclusive ideals may
give
'imself up to a
dogmatic belief in which it has become more important to
formally recognize
the all-neutral supreme being, or to
formally adhere to the doctrine, than to be neutral-inclusive,
than to be
ananic and/or
nanaic.
The all-ananic is a
symbol, and the acceptance of this symbol is voluntary.
It is
the norms of neutrality and
inclusivity themselves of which the
fundamental significance must be realized by every adherent of the
DNI. When
'e does realize the significance
of these immutable norms, 'e may still have the
extrinsic right to
recognize the personal authority of
theodemonical beings or other
beings responsible for the spread of extremism, exclusivism or
supernaturalism, but then 'e does not have the
intrinsic right to do so.
The first sentence of the first paragraph of the above ritual
statement may be called "the formula of voluntary recognition"
( f.v.r. ), the second sentence "the formula of mandatory
nonrecognition" ( f.m.nr. ). The second paragraph may be called
"the formula of
nanhonorable recognition"
( f.nh.r. ).
Unlike that of the all-ananic, the existence of
the all-nanaic is indisputable.
Since the all-nanaic is also a normatively inferior being, the question of
its recognition does not play the role it plays with respect to the
supreme being.
In view of the fact that the supreme being must not be addressed or
prayed to, a special facet of the all-nanaic is rather that it
can be addressed. Like the recognition of the all-ananic, the
act of addressing oneself to the all-nanaic is voluntary too.
But the intrinsic right to address oneself to the all-nanan, or
to a particular
nanan, is at once the
intrinsic duty not to
address oneself to an entity like the supreme being. And just
as the act of recognizing or not recognizing the all-ananic is
nanhonorable, so the act of addressing or not addressing oneself
to the all-nanaic is nanhonorable as well. All three
formulas are present in the following ritual statement about
addressing oneself to the all-nanaic:
There is no obligation
to address oneself
to a principal being,
but those who want to
shall be free
to symbolically address themselves
to the all-nanaic
or to a particular nanan.
They shall never address themselves
to the supreme being,
in order to make a request
or to express thanks,
for the supreme being
must not be prayed to.
No-one shall honor or dishonor those who address themselves
No-one shall dishonor or honor those who do not address themselves
No-one shall honor
or dishonor
those who address themselves
to the all-nanaic
or to a particular nanan,
and
no-one shall dishonor
or honor
those who do not address themselves
to the all-nanaic
or to a particular nanan.
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