A New Interfaith Religion

 A New Interfaith Religion 


I am a Christian Baptist. I am a descendant of the Pilgrim Baptist Separatist who came to the New World and founded the Plymouth Plantation 400 years ago. I, also, have distant ancestry as part of the Seneca Native American Peoples. My stepfather founded what is now Skyline Baptist Church. Additionally, I hold a B.A. Philosophy from Virginia Tech.  My beliefs and faith are not one-dimensional, but multi-faceted.


A person growing up in a small rural American town as a Preacher’s kid does not usually get exposure to other faith traditions, and in some cases, other Christian denominations. As an undergraduate Philosophy major, I attended Interfaith Religion Conferences and visited several of the local monasteries. At Virginia Tech, I enrolled in courses specifically on Philosophy of Religion. Today, a person can use modern computers, internet, and other technologies to research and explore the Faith Traditions across the spectrum from around the world.


The internet is the world’s largest Interfaith Religion Conference. I can observe an internet live-stream of the church service at the Church of the Nativity, where Jesus is believed to have been born, this Christmas Holiday Season. I can, also, sit-in on various Native American Tribal Meetings, using internet technologies. I can watch the various Neo-Pagan Services and sunrise at Stonehenge in the United Kingdom. Additionally, there is a lot of material online about the New Age movement, which by many measures is the fastest-growing faith-tradition.


A recent Pew Religion research study has found 4-in-10 Americans believe we are living in the “End-Times” or the “Last Days.” I have done nearly two years of personal research on the Apocalypse, from a religious, philosophical, and a more practical disaster-preparedness perspective. It has always fascinated me of how many peoples, spanning many millennia, and across different Continents share very similar beliefs and prophecies about the Apocalypse, or “End Times.” Extensive research on the Apocalypse encompasses Religion, Philosophy, predictive analytics, micro-biology, the cognitive sciences, primitive technologies, astronomy, mysticism, and both real and imagined fears associated with war, famine, and disease. 


My primary research tools into the Apocalypse were my personal computer and the internet. Today, you can easily enroll in many online degree programs and online certifications in Religion, Philosophy, Theology, Biblical Studies, some even have an Interfaith Concentration option.



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