Yoism without Yo? The 5-10-Open-Heaven core of Yoism.
Just as there are many church and temple going Christians and Jews who are agnostics or even atheists, for a sizable minority of Yoans, Yo is irrelevant! While this contradicts a central belief of Yoism, it does not pose a problem for Yoans who “believe in Yo.” First of all, Yo, the Divine Mystery, is not a humanoid, jealous “God,” like the deity one finds in certain major, traditional religions. The notion that Yo is an entity whose feelings can be hurt by whether or not humans believe in and worship Yo is as close to blasphemy as anything can be in Yoism. Indeed, in Yoism, the very notion of blasphemy is blasphemous 😉 Here’s another way to understand why whether others believe in Yo is not a concern of those who do believe. Yoism is close to Buddhism in its core beliefs and values. Indeed, the belief in Yo is a major difference between certain forms of Buddhism and Yoism.
