Creativity (religion)

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Creativity is an atheistic new religious movement espousing white separatism, antitheism, antisemitism, anti-Christianity, and religious/philosophical naturalism. Creativity is an openly racist religion urging for "White pride" and has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League. It was established in Lighthouse Point, Florida, United States, by Ben Klassen as the religion of his Church of the Creator (COTC) in 1973. It now has a presence in several states of the U.S. as well as Australia, Eastern Europe, and the United Kingdom. Creativity was initially the religion of Klassen's COTC. After his death in 1993, he was succeeded as leader by Matthew F. Hale (who renamed it the New Church of the Creator, then the World Church of the Creator). When Hale was arrested and sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2003, two groups were created that continue to uphold the religion: the Creativity Alliance (CA also known as the Church of Creativity)...

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