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I used to get things in the mail from the Church of the Subgenius back in the pre-internet eighties, or early Nineties. Couldnt figure out what they were about so I never joined them. Didnt know that they were still around.

I did not exactly join, not that it is an actual requirement.
Like Bob I too can make a million dollars every time I screw up, now I am playing one oneupmanship, I want to make a billion dollars every time I screw up

I have been beat to the punch by Melinda Gates with Microsoft "Bob"
Many consider this the worst operating system known to man! It did not stop billion to keep rolling in

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While most religions promise the moon but only give a slice of holy cheese, its really more an anti religion poking fun at all forms of guilt and fear manipulation, it my not be for most common cud chewing post chimpanzee normals.

You may find yourself wanting to take a gander at ↆ PuzzlingEvidenceTV I think its chock full of aspies of every stripe.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdK-uBh93U[/youtube]

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Never before have I come across this.

Who's Bob anyway?

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When the seas give up there dead and monsters walk the earth you will be ready.

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This is what initially attracted me to Church of Subgenius back in the 80's. It did get talked up at length by Leary* (he had a zine of sorts, Mondo 2000 I think it was) and some of the other artists would mention it in interviews. So I thought it would be weirdly wonderful/wonderfully weird, just like the weirdly wonderful artists who liked it. I bought the book (came out in the mid-80's) but it wasn't wonderful and it wasn't nearly as weird as it seemed from a distance. What really turned me off the Church of the Subgenius was how forced the weirdness seemed. It just seemed like a bunch of "laugh at the straights" memes cobbled together with no actual art or even authenticity. Flying Spaghetti Monster is a similar satire of religion but manages to do it more gracefully.



I suspect that the people who join Church of Subgenius are far more interesting and wonderfully weird/weirdly wonderful than the Church itself. It's value seems to be as a way for certain people to find each other. I was disappointed that people so interesting and creative could make something so dull and self conscious but then I was looking for art, not for community. As community they are clearly valuable.

*writing this post made me nostalgic for Mondo 2000 so I looked it up. Woops. It wasn't Leary's zine at all. I just remembered it that way because they wrote loving articles about him.

I am not a member but I have heard of them. Aren't there a lot of celebrities who are a part of it? I was thinking of Devo and George Clinton.

A friend years ago had told me about Bob and the Church of the Sub-Genius, though he himself was a self described Discordian.

I want my slacks, just like anyone else, but I think that this religion is too funny to help anybody.