Rituals and Practices
Rituals and Practices (Canon-Consistent)
All Church practices follow one constraint:
They must never impose participation, belief, speech, or conformity.
Accordingly, practices are opt-in, reflective, and non-authoritative.
1. Recognition Practice
A voluntary practice of naming imposition.
Participants may:
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Identify forms of involuntary imposition in the world (natural, systemic, situational)
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Distinguish harm from blame
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Acknowledge unavoidable immorality without assigning guilt
Purpose:
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Moral clarity without condemnation
2. Reduction Practice
A voluntary orientation toward prevention.
Participants may:
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Reflect on ways future imposition could be reduced
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Prioritize reversibility and restraint
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Prefer non-escalation when uncertain
Purpose:
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Directional moral improvement without moral heroism
3. Silence / Non-Action Practice
A sanctioned practice of choosing not to act.
Participants may:
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Acknowledge limits of knowledge or capacity
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Refrain from intervention when action would impose
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Accept unresolved immorality without denial
Purpose:
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Respect for autonomy and epistemic humility
4. BPW Reflection
An optional contemplative practice.
Participants may:
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Reflect on the Best Possible World as a moral horizon
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Contrast contingent harm with logical necessity
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Affirm that coercion is not inherent to existence
Purpose:
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Maintain hope without prediction or promise
5. Exit Practice
A formal recognition that leaving is always permitted.
No explanations required.
No penalties.
No moral inference drawn.
Purpose:
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To ensure the Church never becomes a source of imposition.