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The '''Creativity Movement''' was a term originally coined by ] as a descriptive phrase encompassing all adherents of the religion known as ''Creativity'', whether they held membership in the church or not. |
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The current group calling itself '''The Creativity Movement''' (formerly '''(World) Church of the Creator''') is an often violent ]-based ] organization that advocates the ] religion, ''Creativity''.<ref>Hedda Rosner Kopf, "Understanding Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl: A Student Casebook" (1997) Greenwood Publishing Group at p. 189.</ref> The movement's use of the term ''creator'' does not refer to a ], but rather to themselves (] and/or ]s).<ref>Expert: Hatreds rooted in poverty don't thrive here, the Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA), ], ]</ref> Despite the former use of the word ''Church'' in its name, the movement is ].<ref></ref> |
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==History== |
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The Creativity Movement was founded by ] in early 1973 under the name Church of the Creator. The group was later led by ] as its ] (high priest), until his incarceration in January 2003 for plotting with the movement's head of security, Anthony Evola (an ] informant), to murder a federal judge. |
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In 1996, it became the New Church of the Creator which was quickly changed to the World Church of the Creator (WCOTC). Hale prefixed the name with ''World'' in 1996 in an effort to symbolize the organization's global mission of attaining a white world without ]s and non-whites. The group is not related to the TE-TA-MA "Truth" Foundation's ], which legally ]ed the name Church of the Creator and won a lawsuit in 2002, forcing the most recent name change. Since its start, the Creativity Movement's members have been charged and convicted in over 17 acts of racial violence, including murder.<ref name="CMHistory">{{cite news | url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=219| title=Church of the Creator: A History | publisher=] |date= Summer 1999 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> |
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In 1991, COTC "reverend" George Loeb is ] and ] with the ] of Harold Mansfield Jr., a ] ] veteran, in a ] parking lot. He was tried and ] of first-degree ] on July 29, 1992, and received a ] with no chance of ] for 25 years.<ref name="NYTimes1996">{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D12FF3B5D0C738EDDAC0894DE494D81 | title=Supremacist Told to Pay Black Family | publisher=] |date= 1996-05-20 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> His wife Barbara Loeb was ] to one year in ] on ] possession charges. |
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Subsequently, the murder victim's family successfully sued the organization, winning an award of ]1 million in damages in March 1994.<ref name="NYTimes1996" /> Before the judgement was handed down, Klassen sold the organization's North Carolina compound, which housed its headquarters to Doctor ], head of the ], to avoid money being paid to Mansfield's heirs. The SPLC filed suit against Pierce for his role in the fraudulent scheme, and won an $85,000 judgment in 1995.<ref name="SPLC-Pierce">{{cite news | url=http://www.splcenter.org/legal/docket/files.jsp?cdrID=27 | title=Mansfield v. Pierce | publisher=] |date= 03/07/1994 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> The amount was upheld on appeal and the money was collected prior to Pierce's death in 2002.<ref name="SPLC-Pierce" /> Klassen then chose former ] Richard McCarty as his successor, who moved the organization to ]. Soon after appointing McCarty in the summer of 1993, Klassen committed ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F2061FF934590C748CDDAE0894D1494D81 | title=Hate Groups Seeking Broader Reach| publisher=] |date= 1999-07-07 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> Hale became leader of the group in 1996<ref>http://www.adl.org/learn/ext_us/WCOTC.asp?xpicked=3&item=cm</ref>. |
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During the weekend of July 4, 1999, group member and fellow law student ] went on a ] because ] was denied a law license.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70912FA3C5C0C708DDDA80894DA404482 | title=White Supremacists Rally in York, Pa. |
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| publisher=] |date= 2002-01-13 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> Smith is viewed as a ] by Creators. |
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In 2000, the ]-based TE-TA-MA Truth Foundation filed a lawsuit against the World Church of the Creator for using the name ], which the Oregon group had registered as a ].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=64 | title=What's in a Name? | publisher=] |date= Winter 2002 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> Early in 2002 U.S. District Court Judge ] ruled in favor of the World Church of the Creator. However, this decision was appealed by TE-TA-MA, and in November 2002, in a reversal of the previous ruling, a panel of three judges in the appeals court overturned the previous decision. District Judge Lefkow then enforced the appeals court injunction in favor of TE-TA-MA; barring the use of the name by Hale's organization.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=60 | title=Creator Crack-Up | publisher=] |date= Winter 2002 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> In December 2002, the World Church of the Creator announced it was moving its headquarters to ], in what the ] claimed was an effort to avoid the court injunction barring use of the name.<ref> by The Anti-Defamation League, ], ]</ref> |
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On January 9, 2003 Hale was arrested and charged with attempting to direct his security chief Anthony Evola to murder Judge Lefkow.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Midwest/01/08/white.supremacist/index.html | title=Race extremist jailed in plot to kill judge | publisher=] |date= 2003-01-09 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref><ref> grand jury indictment, 2002.</ref> Hale was found guilty of four of the five counts (one count of solicitation of murder and three counts of obstruction of justice) on April 26, 2004 and in April 2005 was sentenced to 40 years in a Federal penitentiary.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=News&id=1510781 | title=White supremacist found guilty | publisher=ABC7Chicago.com |date= 2004-04-26 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> |
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On July 22, 2002, two followers of the organization were found guilty in ] of plotting to blow up ]ish and ] landmarks around ], in what prosecutors said was a scheme to spark a "]."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40810F73F5B0C738FDDA10894DA404482 | title=Hate, American Style | publisher=] |date= 2002-08-30 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> A federal jury deliberated seven hours over two days before convicting ] (the 31-year-old ] son of ] activists) and his 22-year-old girlfriend, Erica Chase. |
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In August 2004, Reverend Hardy Lloyd, friend and colleague of Reverend Hale, killed a former associate in ], who was attempting to murder him and his wife <ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04221/357934.stm | title=About Hardy Lloyd | publisher=] |date= 2004-08-08 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.postgazette.com/pg/04221/357934.stm | title=Squirrel Hill man claims self-defense in fatal shooting | publisher=] |date= 2006-11-02 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> The act was ruled a case of self-defense by a jury on November 3, 2006.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=738 | title=The Blotter | publisher=] |date= 2006-11-03 | first= | last= | accessdate =2007-08-17}}</ref> Lloyd founded and was elected as Pontifex Maximus for the Church of Creativity, which was based in ], ], in 2003. He disbanded the COC in September 2007, and created the "New Dawn", a multi-racial Fascist think-tank. Lloyd now spends his time promoting Fascism throughout the world. |
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==Salubrious Living== |
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While not a mandatory part of church doctrine, Salubrious living is greatly encouraged within the Church. The basic doctrine is laid down by ] and Arnold DeVries in the book "Salubrious Living". The program emphasis the following areas or "basic points" |
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1. We believe in living in accord with our human biological heritage and in harmony with the Laws of Nature.</br></br> |
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2. This means eating fresh wholesome food in its natural state as Nature has given it to us. It must be uncooked, unprocessed, |
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unpreserved and not tampered with in any other way. This further means it must be organically grown, without the use of |
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chemicals.</p> |
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3. Availing us of a clean, wholesome environment; fresh, unpolluted air; clean water; and the beneficial therapy from the direct |
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rays of the sun, every day.</p><br><br> |
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4. Some form of strenuous physical exercise several times a week.</p><br><br> |
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5. Rest and relaxation, both mental and physical, including sound and efficient sleep.</p><br><br> |
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6. A form of recreation that is gratifying to our sense of accomplishment.</p><br><br> |
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7. A sense of purpose, security and confidence to fuel our goals for accomplishment and living the good life. We must have |
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goals and we must be motivated.</p> |
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8. Deliberate self-mastery of our lives and our work.</p> |
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9. Gregarious living within the framework of our CREATIVE religion, our White society and social intercourse with our White |
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Racial Comrades. We are social animals.</p> |
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10. Healthy expression of our sexual instincts.</p> |
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11. Living in a pleasing and healthful environment.</p> |
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12. We do not believe in the use of any "medicines.” drugs or chemicals as having any healing or therapeutic value. In fact, all |
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medicines, drugs, narcotics, and chemicals are poisonous and toxic to the human body. Furthermore, and for the same reason, |
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we do not believe in the use of vitamin, mineral, or enzyme supplements, or the use of artificial food coloring, preservatives, nor |
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refined or fragmented foods.</p> |
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13. We strongly believe in THE PRACTICE OF FASTING as the best means of ridding he body of accumulated poisons and |
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toxins. We are convinced that fasting is the most natural and effective means the body has of overcoming all forms of disease, and restoring itself back to health.</p> |
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14. Living in, and promoting a eugenic White society. This means that we take particular care in not only assuring the |
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perpetuation of our precious White Race, but we take deliberate care that the misfits are culled and that each generation |
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advances to higher and more salubrious levels, physically, aesthetically and mentally. |
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</blockquote> |
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== The Creator Declaration == |
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(1) Humanity will be radically changed by technology in the future. We foresee the feasibility of redesigning the human condition, including such parameters as the inevitability of aging, limitations on human and artificial intellects, unchosen psychology, suffering, and our confinement to the planet earth. |
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(2) Systematic research should be put into understanding these coming developments and their long-term consequences. |
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(3) Creators think that by being generally open and embracing of new technology we have a better chance of turning it to our advantage than if we try to ban or prohibit it. |
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(4) Creators advocate the moral right for those who so wish to use technology to extend their mental and physical (including reproductive) capacities and to improve their control over their own lives. We seek personal growth beyond our current biological limitations. |
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(5) In planning for the future, it is mandatory to take into account the prospect of dramatic progress in technological capabilities. It would be tragic if the potential benefits failed to materialize because of technophobia and unnecessary prohibitions. On the other hand, it would also be tragic if intelligent life went extinct because of some disaster or war involving advanced technologies. |
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(6) We need to create forums where people can rationally debate what needs to be done, and a social order where responsible decisions can be implemented. |
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(7) Creativity advocates the well- being of all sentience (whether in artificial intellects, humans, posthumans, or non- human animals) and encompasses many principles of modern humanism. Creativity does not support any particular party, politician or political platform. |
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==See also== |
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==References== |
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