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GLOBAL UNITY PHILOSOPHY
GLOBAL UNITY PHILOSOPHY is a comprehensive social, economic, political, legal and theological philosophy that is based on the social, behavioral and life sciences. This philosophy, also known as "xenophytism," is explicated in the Xenophyte Perspective Series, authored by Alex Van Allen.

Like the term "neophyte," the term "xenophyte" has a botanical corollary. As it applies to people, it denotes a "class of strangers or foreigners to a particular society or culture." Theoretically, such a class of foreigners should be able to see the conventions of a society from a more impartial and detached standpoint than members of the society themselves. As such, the "xenophyte perspective" attempts to critque society from the standpoint of relative ideological neutrality. It clearly ends up favoring certain viewpoints that are more or less closely associated with either liberalism or conservatism. But, the views which it adopts are based on functional considerations, and not on some preexisting ideological loyalties

The most important principle, or the "prime criterion" of xenophytism (pronounced zen-ah-fit-ism) is "maximizing the survivability of the species. Specifically, xenophytism bills itself as the "most functional ideology," or the ideology that will prove to be maximally conducive to human survivability over the longer term. It accepts that historically, all ideologies have had major limitations which have prevented them from achieving this goal. But, it contends that due to recent advances in the social, behavioral and life sciences, such an optimally functional belief system is possible, and has been realized in the form of xenophytism.

The most concise summary statement of global unity philosophy can be found in the Xenophyte Code, which is a statement of its core values. The Xenophyte Code contains 25 elements.

1) A Xenophyte believes that maximizing the survivability of the human species is the highest value. 2) A Xenophyte believes that ideologies or belief systems fundamentally affect the survivability of the human species. 3) A Xenophyte believes that Xenophytism is the most functional ideology, or the belief system that will prove maximally conducive to human survivability. 4) A Xenophyte believes that reason, not the emotions or faith, is the highest faculty that man is given to discover the natural order, natural law, and divine will. 5) A Xenophyte believes that the ideology that will prove most conducive to human survivability is also the one that is most in accord with the natural order, natural law and divine will. 6) A Xenophyte believes that to be most stable, progressive, and conducive to survivability, human societies must be organized according to principles of natural law. 7) A Xenophyte is a functionalist. (One who judges morality in terms of how it functions, or how it conduces to the survivability of the species.) 8) A Xenophyte is a synthesist. (One who synthesizes or combines elements of opposing ideologies such as liberalism and conservatism.) 9) A Xenophyte is a cosmopolitan. (One who believes that highly homogeneous societies are in closest accord with natural law.) 10) A Xenophyte is disciplined. 11) A Xenophyte is dynamic and industrious. 12) A Xenophyte is devoted to learning. 13) A Xenophyte observes moderation in habits of living. 14) A Xenophyte is foresighted and responsible. 15) A Xenophyte values fitness and health. 16) A Xenophyte values fidelity and the family. 17) A Xenophyte is a heterosexual. 18) A Xenophyte is a eugenicist and a preservationist. 19) A Xenophyte is an environmentalist. 20) A Xenophyte sees life in cosmic terms, or in terms which go beyond the mere quest for personal happiness. 21) A Xenophyte believes that because humans have freedom of will, and the ability to reason and learn, they have a moral responsibility to be judgmental, and they have a corresponding responsibility to gain the knowledge that is needed to reach correct moral conclusions. 22) A Xenophyte believes that for both individuals and societies, adverse consequences tend to naturally follow from a failure to reach the correct moral conclusions. 23) A Xenophyte believes that all religious works (including those which serve as the basis for the great religions) are products of man, and are only in accord with divine will (rationally understood) in the degree that they are functional, or conducive to human survivability. 24) A Xenophyte believes that Christianity, Buddhism (especially Zen) and the TXS are the religious forms that will prove maximally conducive to human survivability. 25) A Xenophyte believes in a God of natural laws, and a God which operates through natural laws alone.

The Xenophyte Code also represents the creed that all "Xenophytes" (followers of Xenophytism)are sworn to uphold and follow.

The primary organization that is responsible for the explication and advancement of the xenophyte philosophy is the Secular Xenophyte Synthesis, more commonly known as simply the SXS. The SXS was founded in 2000 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland. Although it is classified as an NGO (non-governmental organization) the SXS effectively serves as the parent organization for "synthesis" parties around the globe. Synthesis parties are political parties that are based upon the philosophy of xenophytism.