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Eggman
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| How easy is it to start a religion? |
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iamnotaparakeet
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:21 am Post subject: Re: New religion/ |
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| Eggman wrote: | | How easy is it to start a religion? |
Carve some wood and give it a name. Use the leftover wood for heating your home/cooking.
Isaiah 44:9-17
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Postperson
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| Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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just_ben
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I was hoping this thread would have Zakk Wylde in.
Yay!
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The_Cucumber
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Depends, if your simply creating yet another interpretation of Christianity (or any other major religion) then it shouldn't be much tougher then your average nonprofit group. This is because you can simply be a legitimate theologian.
If you want to start a completely new religion, you need to portray yourself (probably falsely) as some kind of prophet. You then have to use complicated methods of coercive persuasion to win converts. You then have to endure being attacked by Militant Atheists and Christians at the same time. If you are trying to rob your followers, you have to hide it from authorities, I personally recommend swiss bank accounts. It's quite complicated and very difficult to get away with, I wouldn't recommend it.
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iamnotaparakeet
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Instead of all that, you could serve Mountain Dew!!! 
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It's hard to think of a brand new one, I thought of one, but Scientology has already been started. I can't make a religion to worship Satan as a deity, among others, in the politheist sense, it wouldn't be original.
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Delirium
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Ask L. Ron Hubbard.
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Fnord
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| prometheuspann wrote: | how easy is it to start a USEFUL religion?  |
 BUWAHAHAHAHAHAH ... good one!
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iamnotaparakeet
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Any system of beliefs should be judged by the veracity and historicity of the truth claims made.
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Fnord
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| iamnotaparakeet wrote: | | Any system of beliefs should be judged by the veracity and historicity of the truth claims made. |
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAH ... another good one! They just keep on coming...
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Eggman
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| aybe if I got corpoarte sponsering? |
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| Fnord wrote: | | iamnotaparakeet wrote: | | Any system of beliefs should be judged by the veracity and historicity of the truth claims made. |
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAH ... another good one! They just keep on coming... |
stop your useless spamming it contributes nothing |
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DentArthurDent
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| AdolfOscarMayer wrote: | | Fnord wrote: | | iamnotaparakeet wrote: | | Any system of beliefs should be judged by the veracity and historicity of the truth claims made. |
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAH ... another good one! They just keep on coming... |
stop your useless spamming it contributes nothing |
Whats so different between 'agreed' and 'buwahahahahah' both mean the same thing and saying you agree with a comment is useful as it helps judge opinions. I would suggest that you stop being authoritarian because that is often not helpful.
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