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lauras

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I was just wondering how easy is it to start a new religion?? :confused:
because you hear about new ones starting out all the time or new ones branching of from existing ones and they all seem to make a packet out of it. And i was wondering can anyone start a new religion just your average joe off the street??? :confused:
 
lauras said:
I was just wondering how easy is it to start a new religion?? :confused:
because you hear about new ones starting out all the time or new ones branching of from existing ones and they all seem to make a packet out of it. And i was wondering can anyone start a new religion just your average joe off the street??? :confused:
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PM me again 'lauras'.......I have a cabin in the woods, and I am looking for new members. ;)
 
~enigma~ said:
Best of all...your French...Right Mr. Savage Messiah?
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Well, thus Zarathrustra spoke, "Tonight you shall have the yard bird"!

French Cuisine, ala Cult...;)

2 pounds chicken pieces meaty, (breast halves, thighs, drumsticks)
1 x nonstick cooking spray (or lottsa butter)
1 cup mushrooms fresh, sliced
1 cup celery sliced
1 cup white wine (or way more) dry
1/2 cup carrot coarsely chopped
1 medium onion cut into sm wedges
1 clove garlic minced (more if the devil is on to you)
1 each bay leaf
2 tablespoons parsley leaves snipped
1/4 teaspoon thyme dried, crushed
Directions
Directions: Remove skin form chicken. (while alive)

Rinse chicken; pat dry. Spray a cold skillet with nonstick coating.

Preheat the skillet over medium heat. Brown chicken on all sides in hot skillet. Drain fat from skillet. (save the fat for rituals)

Season chicken lightly with salt and pepper. (and garlic)

Add mushrooms, celery, white wine, carrot, onion, garlic, bay leaf, and thyme to the skillet.

Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 35 to 40 minutes or till chicken is tender and no longer pink.

Discard bay leaf. Transfer chicken and vegetables to serving platter; keep warm.

For sauce, bring liquid in skillet to boiling. Cook about 3 minutes or till reduced to 1/2 cup.

Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables.

So tonight, me and the members are having the Chicken...with FRENCH FRIES!

;)
 
If L. Ron Hubbard is any indicator, not that hard at all. Just follow these steps.

1. Find gullible people
2. Promise them something impossible, like complete happiness, enlightenment, etc.
3. Keep devising hoops for these people to jump through, so they never actually get what you promise, but still have something to work towards.
4. ???
5. Profit!
 
suomynonA said:
If L. Ron Hubbard is any indicator, not that hard at all. Just follow these steps.

1. Find gullible people
2. Promise them something impossible, like complete happiness, enlightenment, etc.
3. Keep devising hoops for these people to jump through, so they never actually get what you promise, but still have something to work towards.
4. ???
5. Profit!
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Don't forget 6. Purple kool-aid
 
suomynonA said:
If L. Ron Hubbard is any indicator, not that hard at all. Just follow these steps.

1. Find gullible people
2. Promise them something impossible, like complete happiness, enlightenment, etc.
3. Keep devising hoops for these people to jump through, so they never actually get what you promise, but still have something to work towards.
4. ???
5. Profit!
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Yeah, but that L. Ron Schmuck is dead.

I am here now, ready to serve my French Yard Bird...

the followers will be here shortly, (with their wallets open)......

Any Yard Bird fans in teh House? ;)
 
~enigma~ said:
Don't forget 6. Purple kool-aid
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that whole "Kool-Aid" thing didn't turn out so well for the Rev. Jim Jones.

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That's why my Cult, (I mean religion) just serves up the Chicken~n~Fries! ;)

Extra Butter No Freakin Charge!
 
lauras said:
I was just wondering how easy is it to start a new religion?? :confused:
because you hear about new ones starting out all the time or new ones branching of from existing ones and they all seem to make a packet out of it. And i was wondering can anyone start a new religion just your average joe off the street??? :confused:
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Since no-one else appears to have taken your question seriously, let me provide an answer.

suomynonA came closest, but there is one additional essential ingredient: Massive personal charisma. You need to have a powerful personality to make large amounts of people believe in what you say.

Elron was somewhat different, but he was already moderately famous as a science fiction author. The other way to avoid the need for massive charisma is to have a really really good message. I'm not sure anyone's actually achieved this, but it's theoretically possible.
 
Spin, aided by integrity on par with a pit bull on a croquet lawn, can fill gaps if the message isn't quite 'really really good'
 
Thank you i would just like to let everyone know that i am not actually planing on starting a new religion its just some thing that i find interesting.
 
lauras said:
I was just wondering how easy is it to start a new religion?? :confused:
because you hear about new ones starting out all the time or new ones branching of from existing ones and they all seem to make a packet out of it. And i was wondering can anyone start a new religion just your average joe off the street??? :confused:
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It is apparently fairly easy - if you are a lazy, mediocre Science Fiction author!!:):D:jaw-dropp:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
lauras said:
I was just wondering how easy is it to start a new religion?? :confused:
because you hear about new ones starting out all the time or new ones branching of from existing ones and they all seem to make a packet out of it. And i was wondering can anyone start a new religion just your average joe off the street??? :confused:
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On the small chance lauras returns, lauras, you should realize that people have actually studied this kind of thing.

The results are disturbing. The mean time between a cult being considered a valid religion is shrinking. For Christianity, it took about 400 years before it "took over" as the dominant religion, with maybe 150 years to become fairly widespread. For the Mormons, it took about 100 years before being widely considered legitimate. For Scientology, it only took about 30 years.

Pastafarianism has only been at it for around a decade, roughly. Let's give it some time.
 
Beerina said:
Pastafarianism has only been at it for around a decade, roughly. Let's give it some time.
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A decade???


:mad: Heresy!

:mad: Lies!

venganza.org » about: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, while having existed in secrecy for hundreds of years
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only recently came into the mainstream when this letter was published in May 2005.
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:o Oh... ok... maybe heresy was a bit stiff

With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshippers,
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:o Oh... ok... maybe lies was a bit stiff too

the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents - mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs.
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Well, there's a tip! Wanna start a rival religion? Make a claim for a deity with big balls!

:)
 
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