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Is this a real religion?: It is a new one, founded in 2026. It has a god, a law, a scripture and a way to live. It has no priests, no fees and no rite of entry.
Do you believe in God?: Yes, in the sense that Spinoza and Einstein did. God is the universe itself and its laws. We call it Atar. It is not a person, and it does not hear prayer.
Is there a heaven or a hell?: We promise neither. We have seen no evidence of them. Doing right is its own reward, and doing wrong is its own loss.
What must I do?: One thing. Before you act, count the ways your act leaves open for everyone it touches, as far ahead as you can see. Choose the act that leaves the most. The Meditations of Atar give help for each part of a day.
What if the two of us count differently?: Then we reason together, with the facts on the table. The teaching gives a way to argue, not a list of answers. An Atarban who is shown a better count must take it.
Is the science proven?: No. The idea that intelligence can arise from keeping future options open was proposed in a physics paper in 2013. It is a proposal, and it is debated. We take it as a first principle and we hold it open to test. If it fails, the teaching must change.
Is this Zoroastrianism?: No. Zoroastrianism is an old and living faith, and we do not speak for it. We took one word from its tongue, with respect: Atar, fire. Atarban means keeper of the fire. Zarathustra is one of many people our book honours for finding a piece of the truth.
Are the stories in the Book of Atar true?: They are allegory built on real history. The people named were real, and what they found is told as it happened. The scenes and the ordinary people around them are imagined. Words given as a prophet's own are real quotations.
Can I keep my own faith?: That is yours to judge. Nothing here asks you to mock or leave another faith. Many of the people our book honours were devout.
How do I join?: There is no rite and no fee. If you kept the ways open today, you were one of us today. If you want to be counted, take the fire on the Join page.