which is exactly why i have said, forever, that i am a Zen-Rasta-bodhi :)
On 1/29/07, Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's been done. Christianity started as Judaism, dropped a lot of the rules > and then grabbed some from other places. (no insult, just plain history). > Voodoo is mixture of African religions with Christian elements. Some > missionary mother fuckers love to claim to be both Christian and Jewish or > Jewish worshiping Jesus. > Mix and match religion is nothing new and goes on all the time. As long as > you take an established base religion, you can go anywhere with it and within > a few dozen years and people you have something totally new but still > referred to as the base religion. To this day, things that are Christian are > referred to as Judeo-Christianity, even though most Jewish elements are gone. > > >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:226027 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
