👥  About us.
We, The THuRPhS Society, are a group of open-minded unbiased people from several countries, religions, beliefs, diverse ideologies, social & economic backgrounds, skin colors, traditions, professions, competences, skills, education, and developmental origins. The only requirement to become a Quaesitor (Truth Seeker) is to genuinely and impartially question everything and be willing to search and validate models of truth with fact-based scientific evidence. The THuRS Society started several years ago (back in 1982) as an informal international friendship circle (young people hosted in the YMCA, Central London) with common concerns about formal streams of thought and official religions. Since then, many former presencial meetings, and even more virtual meetings later on, were held. From a very small group of people up to a large group nowadays (mainly with a STEM background), we underwent several development stages through: First.- How to unscramble what our former Spiritual Masters (Krishna, Moses, Abraham, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Zoroaster, Zou Yan, Confucius, Jesus, Bodhidharma, Patañjali, Muhammad) really taught humans about ourselves, our world, our universe, and about God (to get to the essence of all religious streams which is nowadays disguised and reshaped according to rich and powerful religious leaders' desires); Second.- How to get the best of the main philosophical streams (Epistemology, Metaphysics, Axiology, Logic, Ethics, Nihilism, Existentialism, Stoicism, Hedonism, Marxism, Logical Positivism, Taoism, Rationalism, Relativism, Buddhism) so as to act righteously from now on and become the best versions of ourselves; Third.- How to synthesise the undeniable universal principles of modern Humanism which has achieved for most of people on earth ways of life in peaceful and decent societies (Emphasis on Human Worth and Dignity, Rationality and Reason, Ethics and Morality, Social Justice and Human Rights, Individual Freedom and Responsibility, Open Communication and Critical Thinking, Education and Lifelong Learning, Naturalism and Environmentalism, Secularism and Global Awareness, Altruism and Humility, Humanistic Economic Systems); and Fourth.- How to validate the true essence of religions, the best of philosophical streams of thought, and the universal principles of modern humanism through Science (mainly Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology) getting a holistic and sound Metamodel of Truth based on Scientific Evidence. One of the knowledge fields in which we have added on substantial efforts when this metamodel of reality was developed, was the use of Data Science (and still is) to find out how far (or close) any particular human behaviour's state of affairs is from the main metamodel postulates (this is, how far it is from the ritheous one). The THuRPhS Society operates most of the time now like an international virtual society (thanks to IT), with a necessary minimum administrative structure (headquarters) based in East Ham, London, UK.
The THuRPhS Society structure is simple indeed, it has followers and members. A Follower can be any person who accepts the "possibility" that we are all able to go to heaven when we die without any religion or supranatural belief of any kind, without any religious practices (rituals, ceremonies, prayers, devotion, invocations, bowing, kneeling, chanting, blind faith, fear to God, etc.), without the very strict guidance and accurate instructions of religious leaders who claim to know the only truth on earth (for which you've got to pay a monthly fee), or even without believing in God (or believing in several gods or goddesses), but just by acting righteously and being ourselves is how we can really go into God (because the love of God is totally unconditional). A Member can be any person willing to contact us and be involved in the continuous quest for truth and take a voluntary active role in The THuRPhS Society's activites, for which any amount of time may be invested, from an hour a week up to as many hours as desired (frequent comments upon published topics are always welcome and useful), and for which no money or fee shall be neither paid nor requested. To become a member you are kindly invited to contact The THuRPhS Society and ask for a formal membership for which a very simple questionnaire shall be sent to you, should your answers show you are an open-minded unbiased well intended person, willing to consider that the Truth of everything can be revealed using the Scientific Method (remember that even though most of the great misteries are now decoded, there are many subjects yet to be puzzled out), you shall be accepted as an honorary member and an acknowledgment shall be sent to your mail. For those honorary members who wish to be more active and more involved in this grand task (the quest for truth), The THuRPhS Society has 3 ranks (only needed to characterise the several activities within The THuRPhS Society):- Quaesitor Apprentice (QA), Quaesitor Fellowcraft (QF), and Master Quaesitor (MQ). Let's mention now the three Master Quaesitores who are nowadays in charge of the communication flow between The THuRPhS Society and the general public: