Thank you.

I suppose I should introduce myself.

I am Marc Perkel. I'm the founder of the Church of Reality - a religion 
based on believing in everything that's real. Our slogan, "If it's real, 
we believe in it!" However our knowledge of reality is limited so the 
Church of Reality is really about the pursuit of the understanding of 
reality by humans. Our mission is a religious dedication to continually 
increase our understanding of reality from generation to generation.

In order to do that humanity needs to continue to evolve forward and we 
need to continue to develop the tools that allow knowledge to be stored 
and shared. Thousands of years ago humans developed language that 
allowed us to communicate and allowed complex ideas to be passed from 
individual to individual. This formed a network of information that 
allowed our minds to work together building a vast amount of shared 
knowledge which we call the "Tree of Knowledge" which is the sum total 
of human understanding.

As we evolved we developed writing which vastly expanded our ability to 
transfer and share knowledge. Information could be communicated between 
individuals in different places and different times. It also allowed 
information to be more accurately stored than in the biological minds of 
individuals. The invention of the printing press vastly expanded this 
ability to communicate and store information. Then we invented 
photography, the telephone, radio, television, and now .... the Internet.

The Internet is a sacred shrine in the Church of Reality in that it has 
allowed us to communicate information on a level never before achieved. 
The Internet represents a significant advancement in the evolution of 
humanity. We are now evolving through our common knowledge more that 
physical evolution. Biologically we have changed little in the last 300 
years. But we can now fly, talk to people across that world, taste the 
water on Mars, and feel the heat of the creation of the universe.

So - we call the Internet the "Sacred Network" or "Golden Router" 
because it is the means that allows us to fulfill our purpose of 
exploring reality as it really is. We have a religious interest in 
preserving the Internet as a free and unrestricted tool of humanity and 
a common asset for our survival just as our common air and water is on 
this planet. The Internet must be a tool that serves humanity as opposed 
to a tool that oppresses it as in an electronic dark ages where 
knowledge is restricted and oppressors use it to rule the oppressed.

So - that basically sums up our interest in the Internet. If any of you 
are interested in more information about the Church of Reality the web 
site is http://www.churchofreality.org

Marc Perkel
First One
Church of Reality
"Keeping it real!"

Konstantinos Komaitis wrote:
> Congratulations and welcome on board Marc.
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> Konstantinos
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> Dr. Konstantinos Komaitis,
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> Lecturer IT & T Law,
> University of Strathclyde,
> The Law School, The Stenhouse Building,
> 170 Cathedral Street,
> Glasgow, G4 0RQ
> UK
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> email: [log in to unmask]
> tel: +44 (0)141 548 4306
> http://konstantinoskomaitis.blogspot.com/
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency on behalf of Dave Kissoondoyal
> Sent: Mon 8/4/2008 19:08
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: New member organization
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> Congratulations and welcome onboard Marc
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> Best regards
>  
> Dave Kissoondoyal
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>   _____  
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> From: Non-Commercial User Constituency
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Milton L Mueller
> Sent: 04 August 2008 21:06
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [NCUC-DISCUSS] New member organization
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> The Executive Committee has just approved the membership of the Church of
> Reality, please welcome Marc Perkel, their representative, to our list. 
>
> http://www.churchofreality.org/wisdom/welcome_home/ 
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> --MM
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