I propose the below as a contract and I intend to be bound by it if someone accepts it before Sunday—
/// This contract is called the Church of The Ritual or the Church. The text of this contract is called the Sacred Text. Parties to the contract are the faithful; nonparties are heathens. A heathen can become faithful by announcement upon transferring 5 coins to the Church of The Ritual. A faithful can become heathen by announcement, unless that faithful has left unsatisfied one or more collection obligations. When the Sacred Text refers to a “religion-imposed office,” that means a switch that behaves as closely as possible to the way it would behave if it were an imposed office created by rule. The priest, the heretic, and the inquisitor are religion-imposed offices. An edict is an instrument binding on the faithful that 7 days after promulgation. The priest is the recordkeepor of the holders of the religion-imposed offices. The priest is also the recordkeepor of the Sacred Text and of the text and expiration dates of any edicts. The priest SHALL publish as part of eir weekly report a list of the holders of those offices, the Sacred Text, and the text and expiration dates of all current and past edicts. If a faithful performs The Ritual at a time when the office of priest is vacant, then that faithful is installed as priest. If the first player to perform The Ritual in a given Agoran week is faithful, then e is installed as the priest; otherwise, the first heathen to perform The Ritual in that Agoran week is installed as the heretic and the first faithful to perform The Ritual in that Agoran week is installed as the inquisitor. If the heretic recants eir heresy and abjectly apologizes, then the priest CAN by announcement cleanse the heretic and e SHALL do so in a timely manner if e believes the heretic to be sincere. When the heretic is cleansed, the office of heretic is made vacant. If the heretic becomes faithful, then the offices of heretic and inquisitor are made vacant. The faithful MUST prevent all players from becoming the heretic; failure to do so is the crime of Abetting Heresy. The heretic SHOULD be shunned. The inquisitor SHOULD actively seek the consensus of the faithful regarding what would be an appropriate shunning. If the inquisitor has the backing of a consensus of the faithful, then e CAN promulgate an edict that states the manner in which the faithful MUST shun the heretic. If a faithful makes an INEFFECTIVE attempt to promulgate an edict, then the priest CAN and SHALL by announcement declare that that faithful SHOULD be ashamed. The priest and inquisitor SHOULD be treated right good. Upon being installed in the office of priest or inquisitor, a faithful CAN once cause the Church to transfer to em up to 3 coins. If the Church has fewer than 10 coins, any faithful CAN by announcement with support from another faithful once call a collection. If a collection is called, each faithful MUST in a timely fashion satisfy eir collection obligation by transferring to the Church 5 coins. If a faithful has left a collection obligation unsatisfied for longer than 7 days, any faithful CAN act on eir behalf to satisfy that obligation by causing em to transfer to the Church 5 coins. ///
