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Let's establish a religion...

George S

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The First Church of Yahweh, Scientist

Heaven is our name for Yahweh's home.
He and his kin embody Science whole.
He found a way to create a Universe within His reality.
Perhaps it would evolve and become a universe with minds sufficiently Scientific enough to create a universe within.
And so it goes ... and so it goes.
 
Can the English version of this religion be more in line with conventional grammar and not capitalize pronouns? Also, I'd think this god would be an 'it' based off our current level of understanding. I wouldn't assume it uses sexual reproduction as we understand it.

Is our tier of existence a subspace of Heaven? Is there a spatial connection?
 
If we're going to start a stupid and useless religion, why bother with that garbage? Let's just worship Aphrodite instead. That at least gives us a convenient excuse if our wives find out how much we've been spending on prostitutes.
 
Well, L. Ron Hubbard claimed you could get rich by establishing a religion. Thought I'd try my hand. Perhaps tithing is just the thing. You may begin immediately.
 
I want a fez. The tassel will be gold and the hat will be maroon. I'll join if I get a fez.

That's the Masons. They, by the way, have as their secret word the correct pronunciation of YHVH.

That uniform is taken.

You get to become a member by whispering the secret of the universe to my deaf ear.
 
I, Caveman

Air moves on its own and so do I. I need air to continue moving. Air seems to contain a mover spirit. The breath of life.

And the spirit moves upon the waters.

Some mountains belch fire and smoke on its own. There is an fire spirit there.

Waters rise and fall on their own. There is a water spirit there to make the tides.

Sometime the earth trembles on its own. There must be an earth spirit, too.
 
Future religion founding document discovered in 2916

At the start of all there Was the Land. Then out of the East there came
our heroes bold. Men and women came they here. To take what was theirs, a
gift of God.



At first we thought the Land was Taken by a native horde. And then God
intervened and brought them small Pox. And by the Will of God but two in
ten lived on. He had prepared an Easy way for us. Amen.



Not all the heathen were beyond redemption. The blessed Pocahontas (small
wonder) became as one of us. Being concubine had brought her to her
Blessed state. She learned her Lesson well.



And it came to pass that we should be peoples apart. Thus thirteen States
with thirteen Stars and thirteen Stripes was born. The Prophetess Betsy
had prepared a Flag, indeed the very token of the Unity to come.



In Philadelphia, so named for manly love of man, housed at that time the
unbroken Liberty Bell unrung. And when first Rung on The Fourth of July it
had completed its ordained duty and by God's will Denied to ring again.



There arose in that day the Wizard Benjamin. Although he never yearned for
formal leadership, there were those who knew the Truth. His Voice
contained in all its incarnations Truth, most dear. His touchstone being
only Truth from anywhere, he dared to tame the lightning in a jar. Known
for his buying short term concubines, sometimes for but one night, he still
in all ways was a moral man. Poor Richard, his nom de plume, back then,
emitted Truth in this Voice, too. Two men or more he was. Wizardry in
Freedom and in Science and in Living life in all its glory now.



At the same time in another State, the one Blessed by the Virgin
Pocahontas before she bacame as one of us, the George was born.
And grew to manhood captured by the burden of no means to tell a lie.
Dare we speculate that he was cursed?
If so by Whom we wonder. But The George was Entranced by this affliction
when discovered in a childish prank he could not lie. He could only take
full measure of his Father's wrath. And so he grew to be a man of Whole
integrity. How rare a man He was. He took only his expenses when he
became the leader of an army. Forsooth he made out better than if he had
taken a fair salary, but no matter, he meant it well, we know. He prayed
to God, you see, in all the Winter at the Valley of the Forge. And God in
his Mercy did Bring weather warm enough to melt the ice upon the river.
And so He led his troops to do battle to the Death to Right the wrongful
claim of Kingly rights claimed over We the People.






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There should be a rotating Duty Roster for gods, so everybody gets a turn and nobody gets burned out after a thousand years. That can happen.
 
Resurrect the Greek Pantheon, I say. Zeus with His lightening bolts, Athena, Aphrodite, wit and wisdom, love, capriciousness...how can you go wrong.
 
Mother Nature Church

Our Goddess is Mother Nature.

Put your god up against Mother Nature and win, or convert.

Our prophets (good and bad) attempt to divine Mother Nature's rules. Like any oracle, She always gives correct but nevertheless often misleading answers so previous explanations must continually be revisited.
 
Seems to me we also need:
> Sacrifices (and a quota system so the priesthood gets a prime cut)
> A special word to connote infidels & a policy for dealing with infidels
> Apologists, especially media spokesmen who can go on TV and explain any of our teachings that are considered batshit crazy by the outsiders
> A Sabbath, and I'm tired of Sat/Sun. Monday blows, why not make it Monday
> A cooler name for God. I never thought the western God acted like a Jehovah. Maybe Clint or Brant. Or a stylish name like Kiki or Beppo.
> TAX EXEMPT STATUS
> Some cosmological or historical claim that makes us distinct and high profile -- perhaps tied to an actual geographical feature. Dunno -- work needed here.
> Secret handshake or alternative ritual
> Any dietary taboos should be of repulsive foods, i.e., parsnips. Fuck parsnips.
 
Creed of the Second Church of Mother Nature

Prove your miracle here and now or shut up, bitches

Mother Nature Rules
 
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