Creativity (religion)

Creativity

Creativity flag; the red field symbolizes the struggle for the survival, expansion, and advancement of the white race under Creativity, and the white triangle on the right represents a "whiter and brighter world."
Founder
Ben Klassen
Regions with significant populations
Midwestern United States, Texas, Eastern Europe, Australia, Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Scriptures
Nature's Eternal Religion, The White Man's Bible, Salubrious Living, "Expanding Creativity", "Building a Whiter and Brighter World", "RAHOWA! This Planet Is All Ours", "Klassen Letters, Volumes One and Two", "A Revolution Of Values Through Religion", "Against The Evil Tide", "On The Brink Of A Bloody Racial War", "Trials, Tribulations And Triumphs" and "Little White Book"
Languages
English, Spanish, French, Serbian, Croatian, Ruthenian, Icelandic, German and Polish

Creativity is a white separatist new religious movement which has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. It was founded in Lighthouse Point, Florida by Ben Klassen as the Church of the Creator in 1973. The church's worldview is based on the veneration of the white race and the supposed safeguarding of its survival.

The Church of the Creator is promoted by two organizations: the Creativity Movement (TCM) and the Creativity Alliance (also known as the Church of Creativity). The groups have common origins.

Adherents of Creativity are known as Creators. The church was founded as the Church of the Creator, and was originally known as the World Church of the Creator. Use of the names was lost to the Church of the Creator, an unaffiliated church based in Oregon, in a trademark-infringement case. Membership is restricted to persons whose genetic heritage is "wholly or predominantly" from Europe or members of the white race, regardless of where they reside. The word "Creator" does not refer to a supernatural deity, but to adherents of Creativity and the white race (which is credited with the creation of civilization). The church has several organizations, including the Creativity Movement.

The movement, as formulated by Ben Klassen, exists for the "survival, expansion and advancement of the White Race." Creativity has sixteen commandments which primarily address conduct and five fundamental beliefs, which deal with race. These include the belief that "race is their Religion", Creativity is based on the "external laws of nature, the experience of history, on logic and common sense", that the white race is "nature's finest", and that which helps the biological continuance of the white race on Earth is the "highest good". They believe that American culture is becoming "more decadent," evidenced by "black crimes, growing acceptance of homosexuality, interracial marriage, increasing drug use, and lack of racial identity among white people". Creators are encouraged to recite the "five fundamentals" daily. Creativity promotes a religious diet and health doctrine, 14 Points of Salubrious Living (a form of raw-food veganism), although it is not a religious requirement.

"What We Believe In" is stated in two extensive lists: Essence of a Creator and What a Creator is Not, which are core guidelines for general behavior and ideas to exemplify. What We Believe In is an extension of the Five Fundamental Beliefs of Creativity.