Nowadays, religion is an integral part of people’s life and includes its many kinds. One can distinguish three main areas, such as Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Although differing, they have some general principles that form their basis (Cohen, 2020). A new religion could be based on the principle of treating others the way you want them to treat you. No wonder that virtue would become its foundation since all people want goodness and tranquility, somehow or other, respectively, it is called “virtuelism”.
Its mission statement is a global principle based on the complete return of what you have done to other people. Thus, its basis will be goodness and mutual aid since all your actions concerning others will return to you to the same extent. This constitutes the doctrinal dimension, and the mythical context is based on the ancient law of the universe, according to which good will return with property, and evil will turn back with troubles. The ethical dimension implies a certain principle, according to which mercenary motives will be considered evil since such actions are not sincere.
The ritual dimension is certain traditions and holidays associated with religion; in the current case, it is the Day of Virtue, when each person must do a good deed to five strangers. People will surely experience vivid positive emotions on such a day, which formulates the experiential dimension of “virtuelism”. The basis of every religion is reflections on life and death and what awaits people after death (Hexham, 2018). In this context, humans can gather in special buildings, where they will share with each other about their good deeds, since more good actions one does, better one will live. This is a social part of religion, as it will connect people together, in other words, unite like-minded persons. The material dimension will be a work of art, or buildings associated with it, for example, those ones where people who are committed to “virtuelism” are meeting.
References
Cohen, C. L. (2020). The Abrahamic religions: A very short introduction. Oxford University Press.
Hexham, I. (2018). New religions as global cultures: Making the human sacred. Routledge.