Saleos2005-02-20 19:59:29
Let's say you're going to start your own religion. Maybe none of the other religions fulfill your spiritual needs. Perhaps you've had a revelation. Perhaps you're the son of God. (all of which have happened) What would you include in it? What would you want your religion to represent?
For the sake of argument, please bypass any desires for 300 days/year of legal holidays for which your work has to pay you and also any desires to be the object of sexual adoration of your nubile followers and also any desires for your followers to send you money regularly. (some of which have happened)
Would you have a Higher Power, even if that Higher Power is nothing more mystical than the electromagnetic force holding the universe together? Would it even have a gender?
Would you have holidays? What would they celebrate? What's the "official" opinion on other religions? Would you allow only a chosen race or hand pick all of your followers?
What would your God(ess)(s) be called? Look like? Act like? What would your spiritual leader be? What would be the Divine Plan, if any?
What would you do?
For the sake of argument, please bypass any desires for 300 days/year of legal holidays for which your work has to pay you and also any desires to be the object of sexual adoration of your nubile followers and also any desires for your followers to send you money regularly. (some of which have happened)
Would you have a Higher Power, even if that Higher Power is nothing more mystical than the electromagnetic force holding the universe together? Would it even have a gender?
Would you have holidays? What would they celebrate? What's the "official" opinion on other religions? Would you allow only a chosen race or hand pick all of your followers?
What would your God(ess)(s) be called? Look like? Act like? What would your spiritual leader be? What would be the Divine Plan, if any?
What would you do?
Unknown2005-02-20 20:26:52
Play Lusternia.
Unknown2005-02-20 20:33:58
QUOTE(Cron @ Feb 20 2005, 04:26 PM)
Play Lusternia.
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I'll join up.
Unknown2005-02-20 20:53:58
Yetism.
All true followers wear long, white fur coats and live on the top of mountains as hermits, pondering the true meaning of Yetism.
The idea of Heaven is a perfect alpine valley, covered in crisp white snow, with lots of meat roasting over fires, rivers of Perrier water, Sting-free bees that make much honey, easy to milk alpine sheep... and a pleasant feeling of warmth even though the temperature is sub-zero.
The idea of hell is being left naked on a glacier in midwinter, and having your feet cut off by locals selling Yeti souvenirs to tourists.
The Great God is a Yeti with a beard trailing to his feet, who is married to the Great Goddess, the incarnation of the sexual desires of all Yeti-Kind.
Evil is incarnated as an arrogant black-furred Dwarf-Yeti, who is not actually evil, but had a tough childhood.
All true followers wear long, white fur coats and live on the top of mountains as hermits, pondering the true meaning of Yetism.
The idea of Heaven is a perfect alpine valley, covered in crisp white snow, with lots of meat roasting over fires, rivers of Perrier water, Sting-free bees that make much honey, easy to milk alpine sheep... and a pleasant feeling of warmth even though the temperature is sub-zero.
The idea of hell is being left naked on a glacier in midwinter, and having your feet cut off by locals selling Yeti souvenirs to tourists.
The Great God is a Yeti with a beard trailing to his feet, who is married to the Great Goddess, the incarnation of the sexual desires of all Yeti-Kind.
Evil is incarnated as an arrogant black-furred Dwarf-Yeti, who is not actually evil, but had a tough childhood.
Daganev2005-02-20 20:55:46
My dad tried to start a religion.
He was going to put it on the web the day he got to the hotel his business meeting was in.
Got to the hotel, computers were broken. Hotel told him the building got struck by lightning on the same day he decided to start the religion, and hadn't been fixed yet.
The essence of the religion was to anser the question "Why not?"
He was going to put it on the web the day he got to the hotel his business meeting was in.
Got to the hotel, computers were broken. Hotel told him the building got struck by lightning on the same day he decided to start the religion, and hadn't been fixed yet.
The essence of the religion was to anser the question "Why not?"
Unknown2005-02-20 21:53:03
Religion Name: X-TREME CHRISTIANITY
Symbols:
An exploding cross.
Jesus playing the bass.
God grinding a pipe over hell on a flaming skateboard.
Holy Figures:
GOD (Brought to you by Coke-Cola)
Jesus, with spiked blonde hair.
Malboro Moses
Holidays:
Easter
MONKEY-FIRE-NASCAR-CHRISTMAS
Skateboarding Day
Kill Fat People Day
The 7 (X-TREME) Sins:
Nerdiness
Fatness
Ugliness
Not putting out
Baldness
Oldness
Parents
Symbols:
An exploding cross.
Jesus playing the bass.
God grinding a pipe over hell on a flaming skateboard.
Holy Figures:
GOD (Brought to you by Coke-Cola)
Jesus, with spiked blonde hair.
Malboro Moses
Holidays:
Easter
MONKEY-FIRE-NASCAR-CHRISTMAS
Skateboarding Day
Kill Fat People Day
The 7 (X-TREME) Sins:
Nerdiness
Fatness
Ugliness
Not putting out
Baldness
Oldness
Parents
Akraasiel2005-02-21 17:03:48
Trust me, creating a religion is not worth the hassel. Especially when people start to actually take it seriously. The Apostatic Movement was the brain child of myself and a few other disturbed individuals working for about eight months. The entire disbelief system was centered around the breaking down of mores, artificial meanings, etc., then using belief as a weapon to manipulate others, destroy the mental security of individuals, in short mental assault and battery.
Essentially it was the art of manipulation, dissociation, and complete apostacy, brewed down into a pseudo-religion. It was all well and good until my friend John got the great idea of releasing the documents we wrote up around campus (yeah, this was back when I was attending uni) and the whole damn thing turned into a reality. Bah, freaking idiots.
Hence what was originally a joke became a reality, and from what John tells me there are about 6000 non followers of it in Michigan now, as well as one or two sects of it springing up other places in the nation. I myself played only a minor role in the whole affair, I just worked on the construction of the thing, not the proliferation. To me, it was and still is a joke, and the result of too much free time. Carl and I wrote up most of it under the pen names of Brutus and Cassius.
EDIT: Looking back on it now, I see a lot of philosophical concepts tied into LaVey's and Discordianism, but with a much harsher tone than Discordianism, and a lot less stigma to it than LaVey's.
Essentially it was the art of manipulation, dissociation, and complete apostacy, brewed down into a pseudo-religion. It was all well and good until my friend John got the great idea of releasing the documents we wrote up around campus (yeah, this was back when I was attending uni) and the whole damn thing turned into a reality. Bah, freaking idiots.
Hence what was originally a joke became a reality, and from what John tells me there are about 6000 non followers of it in Michigan now, as well as one or two sects of it springing up other places in the nation. I myself played only a minor role in the whole affair, I just worked on the construction of the thing, not the proliferation. To me, it was and still is a joke, and the result of too much free time. Carl and I wrote up most of it under the pen names of Brutus and Cassius.
EDIT: Looking back on it now, I see a lot of philosophical concepts tied into LaVey's and Discordianism, but with a much harsher tone than Discordianism, and a lot less stigma to it than LaVey's.
