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      Let's make a religion, only this time let's make one that isn't based upon our beliefs about objective truth, but let's try to make a religion that will have the best effects on a person's social, mental, and physical health and wellbeing. Have you guys got any ideas?
      Super profundo on the early eve of your day

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      I bags being God.

      That'd be quite good for MY wellbeing.

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      My idea is that I'm fed up with religions. There has been already an excess of them. I just don't need it.

      But to each his own, if you want another brick in the wall, feel free to start it.
      I'm tired being sorry.

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      Well I'm already a part of Pastafarianism, Ninjaism, The Jedi and Kimpossibleism, but I guess it wouldn't hurt to have another one.

      Anyhow, I think the fundamentals of the religion should be these:

      Peace, Knowledge, Freedom and Reason.

      Peace:
      It has obvious social advantages. Violence has quite apparent negative effects on people, socially, mentally and physically, and therefore should be avoided unless absolutely necessary.

      Knowledge:
      With knowledge comes understanding. Understanding is the basis for compassion and many other mentally positive and healthy ways of thinking. As well, with knowledge we can better take care of ourselves and others.

      Freedom:
      People should be allowed to do what they like so long as it doesn't remove peace or limit other people's freedom. Obviously there still needs to be rules, otherwise it would be total chaos.

      Reason:
      Because without reason there is only mindlessness. Without reason there is no basis for making decisions. Without reason, understanding can never reached. If you take reason out of the picture you are left with nothing but insanity. There are obvious mental health advantages to being sane.

      Now when I say that there needs to be restrictions to freedom, they don't necessarily have to come in the form of written rules or laws. As long as reason is used, we can know when peace or other's freedoms have been compromised. In other words, it's all subjective. There are limits and exceptions. For example, violence should not be used in general, but it would be an exception in self defense so long as it wasn't superfluous. But again, that's where reason comes in and why it is important.

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      In general I agree with Cavalier Extraordinaire. But yes freedom connot be misinterpret with
      anarchy. We don't live in the Western movies where one can be freely shot down for an unshaved face.
      I'm tired being sorry.

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      Quote Originally Posted by The View Post
      I bags being God.

      That'd be quite good for MY wellbeing.
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      I bags being the son of God

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      How about let's not and say that we did. I'm a little tired of all the religions and all of the killing that is happening right now in the name of one god or another.
      you must be the change you wish to see in the world...
      -gandhi

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      look, I've said it before, and I'll say it again

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordianism
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      We should worship the phallus. It is the seed of all humans on this planet.

      Phallusism.

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      Here's an idea... http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:hrv7ID...t=clnk&cd=1

      You can choose to believe it if you are righteous.
      How do you know you are not dreaming right now?

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      Mark75:
      I'm pretty sure you just described Buddhism

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      Quote Originally Posted by Manifold_Time View Post
      We should worship the phallus. It is the seed of all humans on this planet.

      Phallusism.
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      That's a better idea than you might think.

      I think we should dust off polytheism, it's way better than monotheism, except when you try to philosophise about it, but to counter that we put some focus on subjectivity. I'm already working on an updated pantheon. We have to take religion from a subjective worldview rather than an objective one(as most past religions have done) because as far as objective religions go, science is the king. So instead we should focus on people's personal experiences, make gods that represent forces of an individual's psyche rather than forces in nature. We should aim for areas that science hasn't conquered yet, the 'soft sciences'. Oh and before you suggest it, no animal sacrifice.
      Super profundo on the early eve of your day

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      Quote Originally Posted by Manifold_Time View Post
      We should worship the phallus. It is the seed of all humans on this planet.

      Phallusism.
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      Hahaha

      You can all worship my phallus! You give me 10% of your salary and I give you gifts from my phallus!

      My phallus only requires prays twice a week. I can settle for once a month if you really know your prayers!

      Now kneel and adore my phallus!
      The ego is a dangerous thing to feed…

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      I am sure everyone allready knows about it, but: http://www.venganza.org/ The flying spagetti monster!

      I think our religion should have a heaven that is exactly like las vegas, only everything is free and you gamble with prostitues instead of money.
      “What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume

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      Quote Originally Posted by spoon View Post
      Mark75:
      I'm pretty sure you just described Buddhism
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      Oops. I'm accidentally Buddhist, I guess.

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      Quote Originally Posted by The View Post
      I bags being God.

      That'd be quite good for MY wellbeing.
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      ok..............bags being satan, if any religion id "correct" then im probs going to hell so i might as well rule it.


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      Wait if i remember correctly someone already decided to create their own religon....

      i beleive they are called scientologists...

      There is alot of money to be made from it also, the creator of scientology said himself that if you want to be a millionaire start your own religon....

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      I would but the blue meanie already bagged being god so this religion is officially blasphemous. We may even have to fight a war.

      Oh an peaches, L Ron Hubbard was not the first motherfucker to make a religion, he was like the 40 billionth. Every different sect of Christianity and all other religions was a different dude making a new religion.

      Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.


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      A religion thatworships money power and electronics especially cell phones and televisions. Oh yea thats most of the human race.
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      Haha!! I cant believe Im only finding this thread now. Me and a few friends have decided to create our own religion, just for the hell of it, to see how many people join and see how far we get
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      Quote Originally Posted by ExoByte View Post
      Haha!! I cant believe Im only finding this thread now. Me and a few friends have decided to create our own religion, just for the hell of it, to see how many people join and see how far we get
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      is it "ExtraFreakyShadowism"? =P

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      Hehe, I wish. Wait... No I dont

      Our current messege:

      Ascensionism - We Dont Worship Elevators!!! (Currently Looking for a Virgin Sacrafice)
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