First, I got this idea from this article:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16846962/
The point of the article really isn't important, but lines like this
starting getting thinking:
"The couple attend a fundamental Christian church and follow some teachings
of the Church of Scientology."
"The Spierings, who apply some tenets of Scientology to their faith, took
the silent birth concept a step further."
Now what this is clearly saying is that freedom of religion can be applied
(well - at least argued) even if that religion is actually a mish-mash of
multiple religions.
So, thinking like a computer programmer, I feel that there must be an
algorithm of some kind to maximize return on religious belief. For example
if you claim to be a "Christian who follows some of the teachings of Judism"
then you can claim to need both Easter and Yom Kippur off - but since you're
NOT a Jew you can still eat Pork guilt free!
Throw in "some of the tenets of Voodun" and you can also butcher chickens
without having to meet state sanitation requirements. Taken the polygamy of
the Mormons if you want more women, the menstrual seclusion of the
Zarathushtri if you want to see your woman less or the celibacy of the
Shakers if you're just plain tired of woman all together.
Don't want to pop $600 for a PS3? Well, just add a little Amish Anabaptist
in and tell your kids "sorry!"
In short I think that you could construct a religion to fit your exact
lifestyle, to get off the days you need and to basically live your like as
you want to live it.
What I propose is a website which consists of religious tenets ("do's and
don'ts", holidays, etc) and a simple application that will let anybody
answer a questionnaire which results in a perfectly tailored religion.
The site would also have a calendar that would link (preferably) ANY date to
a religion you can adopt to get that day off.
I really think that this would be useful service to all those poor souls
that have felt uncomfortable with traditional religions but don't want to go
through the hassle of just making up their own religion completely from
scratch.
This way you get the best of both worlds: respected, traditional religion
with the convenience of buffet-style believe structure.
Jim Davis
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