Congregation of Universal Wisdom

Laying on of hands to the vertebrae shall be the sole means of maintaining the LIFE FORCE through Universal Wisdom The Congregation of Universal Wisdom is a quack religious organization founded by chiropractor Walter P. Schilling. The group's beliefs are a hash of chiropractic philosophy and New Thought beliefs, with a strong dose of anti-vaccination bullshit tossed in. There are no real chapels and no requirement for members to meet. Prospective ministers need only to submit a dissertation that is examined by five other ministers. An essay cited by the United States National Institutes of Health calls the organization a "sham religion" used by thousands of parents to avoid getting their children vaccinated.

The organization believes in a universal intelligence similar to New Thought Christianity, and they believe that the only way someone can be healed is through the manipulation of the spine. The primary purpose of the "congregation," however, is to allow members to claim a religious exemption from vaccination laws. They define vaccination as sacrilegious:

It shall be sacrilege to depart from the precepts of the Congregation by the following:

a. The ingestion of medication or other chemical substances that defy natural law.

b. The injection into the body of medication or other matter of substances that defy natural law.

c. The application of medication, chemicals or other foreign matter or substances unharmonious to the laws of nature.

d. The inhalation of medication, chemicals or other foreign substances in disharmony with the laws of nature.