it could be the "Religion Shopping Cart"! It could be based on Dell's model. Start with the base belief system and add or remove options as you go along. Maybe could even have a "I'm feeling lucky" google type button at the bottom.
On 1/28/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226013 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
