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I realise that I may be offending true believers of pastafarianism, invisible pink unicorn, etc. etc. but I'm curious. What is NSG's favourite parody religion and why?


I've only just stumbled across this phemomena recently, and am seriously intrigued.

I realise that I may be offending true believers of pastafarianism, invisible pink unicorn, etc. etc. but I'm curious. What is NSG's favourite parody religion and why?


I've only just stumbled across this phemomena recently, and am seriously intrigued.

Flying Spaghetti Monster FTW!


Also, I kill the person who dares mention Discordianism. In the face.

Flying Spaghetti Monster FTW!


Also, I kill the person who dares mention Discordianism. In the face.

Yeah, I'm leaning towards His Noodliness myself. and Discordianism is just weird. Hence it's non-inclusion in my poll...

Cthulhu-ism. (Great Old Ones worship, I suppose)

*is transformed into a gibbering lunatic*

Yeah, I'm leaning towards His Noodliness myself. and Discordianism is just weird. Hence it's non-inclusion in my poll...

I am going to have to dispatch the Golden Apple Corps to deal with you for including our sister religion, the Church of the Subgenius. If I were you I'd leave the country. Though, if I were you, I wouldn't listen to me.

Cthulhu-ism. (Great Old Ones worship, I suppose)

*is transformed into a gibbering lunatic*

Transformed?;)

I realise that I may be offending true believers of pastafarianism

If someone doesn't know that the FSM was created to mock/attack intelligent design being taught in schools. They're not a true follower.

Also, I kill the person who dares mention Discordianism. In the face.Discordianism...

Also, I kill the person who dares mention Discordianism. In the face.
Discordianism...

If someone doesn't know that the FSM was created to mock/attack intelligent design being taught in schools. They're not a true follower.

Well one would hope they had done their homework...before converting...but you never know these days.

Church of Emacs!

Transformed?;)
Touche. :)

Although in general I'm the coherent lunatic type, s- garble warble farble ph'ngluimglw'nafhcthulhur'lyehwgah'naglfhtagn :cool: :upyours: :gundge: :( :sniper: :headbang:

Discordianism...

Discordianism...

*kills*
*in the face*

I'm a Priest (possibly High, or something) of Keithism, which is my (ex-Jehova's Witness friend's) own religion. He's Pope, or something. Two of the rules are 1) no indoctrinating other people and 2) no bothering Keith. That's all I know, really. I'm not an expert.

Flying spaghetti monster

*kills*
*in the face**drops undead*

Church of Emacs!
Cult of VI you heathen scum! ;)

All religions, save my Church of Apathy, are parodies.

All religions, save my Church of Apathy, are parodies.No match for the High Church of Phlegmatism...

*kills*
*in the face*
*posts from beyond the grave*

Well one would hope they had done their homework...before converting...but you never know these days.

Yeah that's true.... especially considering that seems to happen a lot these days

I was so tempted to put Scientology, but I have to admit, I fear Tom Cruise's teeth.

I was so tempted to put Scientology, but I have to admit, I fear Tom Cruise's teeth.
Not Mr Hubberd's lawyers?

All religions, save my Church of Apathy, are parodies.
Pffft, we don't care.
Not Mr Hubberd's lawyers?

Dead men hire no lawyers.

Cult of VI you heathen scum! ;)
Vi is not its own OS! :)

You can't spell evil without vi!

Dead men hire no lawyers.
You know what I mean.

Flying Spagehtti Monster

Also, I kill the person who dares mention Discordianism. In the face.I sunk Ifreann!

I sunk Ifreann!

Pfft, I sunk Ruffy!

United Beleriandism, 'cuz it's got the cooler zombie.

Remember, zombies don't run & they sure as hell don't fly around in the sky. Stupid Jesuzombie's killing the concept.

Vi is not its own OS! :)

You can't spell evil without vi!

Preach it, brother.

Onward, Emacs coders, marching as to war,
with the cross of Stallman going on before.
Gnu, the royal Master, leads against the foe;
forward into battle see his banners go!

(Meta-x-Refrain):
Onward, Emacs coders, marching as to war,
with the cross of Stallman going on before.

At the sign of triumph Vi's host doth flee;
on then, Emacs coders, on to victory!
Vi's foundations quiver at the shout of praise;
brothers, lift your voices, loud your anthems raise.
(Refrain)

Like a mighty army moves the church of Gnu;
brothers, we are treading where the FSF have trod.
We are not divided, all one body we,
one in hope and doctrine, one in charity.
(Refrain)

ed and EVE may perish, TECO rise and wane,
but the church of Stallman constant will remain.
Gates of vi can never against that church prevail;
we have the Gnu's own promise, and that cannot fail.
(Refrain)

Onward then, ye people, join our happy throng,
blend with ours your voices in the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor unto Gnu the King,
this through countless ages men and lispers sing.
(Refrain)

Emacs is my operating system, and GNU/Linux its device driver

http://www.physik.fu-berlin.de/~dhansen/screens/revgnu.jpg

Forward Emacs users! And never doubt in the guiding hand of Stallman

Vi is not its own OS! :)

You can't spell evil without vi!
you are right. You can fit Vi in the boot sector

Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping!

or, these days with that fancy 'GUI':
Eighty Megabytes And Constantly Swapping!

Preach it, brother.



Emacs is my operating system, and GNU/Linux its device driver

I feel less nerdy for thinking Emacs was just a word processor. Huzzah.

Emacs is a webbrowser, an IRC client, basically everything which you can think of woks in Emacs.

(I think Emacs is a good operating System but to compete with Linux and BSD it needs a good editor)


And about the constantly swapping bit... the sound of a swapping PC is sweeter than the beep of a vi.

Seventh Day Adventists and Communists seem to be the ultimate parodies of religion from my point of view. Whenever the promised event doesn't come, they pronounce the conditions as not being correct, change their formulae and announce a new time and location where said promised event will occur. Hell, when they get whackjobs who do terrible things associated with themselves, they disavow their association and keep trundling along like it never occured.

It's a summary of all the most idiotic bits of religion out there.

Tried the Church of Elvis. Got kicked out for blasphemy. Formed the Church of Barney in response. Got bored and let it die.

Emacs is a webbrowser, an IRC client, basically everything which you can think of woks in Emacs.

(I think Emacs is a good operating System but to compete with Linux and BSD it needs a good editor)


And about the constantly swapping bit... the sound of a swapping PC is sweeter than the beep of a vi.

I didn't know it had an IRC client.

In the #latex \footnote{take your mind out of the gutter, not THAT latex but the text processor} channel on freenode, I repeatedly see people use it.

I'm old fashioned, and I don't fancy the way these young people are turning away from the Old Ways to follow their strange pasta-related deities. I was brought up proper to respect the Invisible Pink Unicorn (may her mighty hooves be ever-sharp), and dadgummit I will remain true to the Invisible Pink Unicorn (may her tail remain free of tangles). Heretic Pastafarians will be crushed by the mighty hooves of the One Untrue Non-God!

I worship the Supreme Porkiness of the Pig.

He came on this Earth to help humanity and every day sacrifices His Incarnations for the cause of Human Nutrition and Good Cooking.

Do not befoul His sacrifice by eating Him raw and unprepared, or turned into low-quality food supply.

Thou shalt transform the Meat, the Fat and the Blood of His Supreme Porkiness into Delicious Parma Ham, Well-Seasoned Salami, Delicate Bologna, Good Old-Fashioned Wurstel, Oily Slippery Lard or whatever tastes really porky, good and fat.

Thou shalt commune with His Supreme Porkiness by eating some of His Meat, Fat or Blood every day. Two times a day in those days other religions forbid to eat meat or fat, and three times when other religions forbid to eat at all.

Thou shalt not befoul His Porkiness by cutting His Meat in the wrong ways. The salami must be sliced diagonally; bologna leaves must be round and thin; Parma ham must be sliced with a knife, not with a machine.

I was actually blessed by the apparition of the Wild Avatara of the Holy Pig (also known as the Boar) two times in the last two years. This confirms my faith in His Supreme Porkiness.

;)


I forgot:
I invite everybody to an ecumenic meeting, where subgeniuses can play frisbee with pink unicorns while eating spaghetti alla carbonara (id est, with eggs, parmigiano and bacon).

I follow the Church of Utracia. Its doctrine changes at a whim, depending on my mood. :)

Emacs is a webbrowser, an IRC client, basically everything which you can think of woks in Emacs.

Don't forget the built-in psychiatrist.

Dead men hire no lawyers.
Actually, dead men hire lawyers all the time.

Or so the lawyers claim. Hey, how cool is it to have a client who can't fire you because he's dead? :D

I actually postulated a Church of Elvis in a sci-fi story I wrote once. They weren't a major part of it, just a background detail - the hero "sat down in front of a Presleyite storefront chapel and listened to the muted tones of someone playing 'Love Me Tender' on the synth inside."

I realise that I may be offending true believers of pastafarianism, invisible pink unicorn, etc. etc. but I'm curious. What is NSG's favourite parody religion and why?

I've only just stumbled across this phemomena recently, and am seriously intrigued.

I prefer the Invisible Pink Unicorn, because it has some really useful parallels to current monotheistic God-concepts. The Flying Spaghetti Monster just doesn't have the same mythological feel to it yet.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg/800px-Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpg/800px-Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage.jpgThis dude should seek a surgical boost of his noodly appendage....

United Beleriandism, 'cuz it's got the cooler zombie.

Remember, zombies don't run & they sure as hell don't fly around in the sky. Stupid Jesuzombie's killing the concept.*drops undead*


... again

I was so tempted to put Scientology, but I have to admit, I fear Tom Cruise's teeth.

http://slapnose.com/images/blog/1105/south_park_321x240.jpg

Cthulhu-ism. (Great Old Ones worship, I suppose)

*is transformed into a gibbering lunatic*

Ia! Ia!

Cthulhu doesn't need to make excuses about WMDs to invade a country... He IS a WMD!!

mormonism

I like how scientology is on there. It saves me the trouble of asking why it's not on there.

mormonism
isn't that spelled without the middle m ?

isn't that spelled without the middle m ?

Ouch.

What's so wrong with mormons? They aren't any more deluded than members of other religions. Except maybe scientology, which makes all other religions look like the fucking laws of gravity.

What's so wrong with mormons? They aren't any more deluded than members of other religions.

the whole thing seems like a scam that got out of control. and its factual idiocies are recent, obvious, and fundamental. other religions can more easily shrug off such problems because they're from a long time ago. but we have, for example, the actual papyri joey smith 'translated' the book of abraham from. needless to say, they are not a book of abraham at all.

I was so tempted to put Scientology, but I have to admit, I fear Tom Cruise's teeth.

Don't fear his teeth. Fear his Force POWAHS!

http://kickass-media.com/blogpics/June2005/tom-cruise-oprah.gif

the whole thing seems like a scam that got out of control. and its factual idiocies are recent, obvious, and fundamental. other religions can more easily shrug off such problems because they're from a long time ago. but we have, for example, the actual papyri joey smith 'translated' the book of abraham from. needless to say, they are not a book of abraham at all.needles to say

needles to say

needles?

poopism

Don't fear his teeth. Fear his Force POWAHS!

http://kickass-media.com/blogpics/June2005/tom-cruise-oprah.gif


....what??? :eek:

needles?too stingy?

....what??? :eek:
come on, you do know...
http://www.kevinfreitas.net/img/20050311-30.jpg

I used to be pastafarian, but I recently converted to udonism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon).

Frisbeetarianism.

I used to be pastafarian, but I recently converted to udonism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udon).
:eek: oh, is pastafarianism racist, ummm, i mean "ethnocentric" ? only italian pasta, but no eastern noodles?

wanna see what moves mormonism from simple fraud to outright joke? check this out:

this is directly from their official website
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac_3
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac3.gif

you'll note that there are hieroglyphs all over that thing. this is what the mormons officially claim they say:

EXPLANATION
Fig. 1. Abraham sitting upon Pharaoh’s throne, by the politeness of the king, with a crown upon his head, representing the Priesthood, as emblematical of the grand Presidency in Heaven; with the scepter of justice and judgment in his hand.
Fig. 2. King Pharaoh, whose name is given in the characters above his head.
Fig. 3. Signifies Abraham in Egypt as given also in Figure 10 of Facsimile No. 1.
Fig. 4. Prince of Pharaoh, King of Egypt, as written above the hand.
Fig. 5. Shulem, one of the king’s principal waiters, as represented by the characters above his hand.
Fig. 6. Olimlah, a slave belonging to the prince.
Abraham is reasoning upon the principles of Astronomy, in the king’s court.


now since smith's time we have learned how to read hieroglyphics. so what do they actually say*?

figure 1's say "Recitation by Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, Lord of Abydos(?), the great god forever and ever(?)"
figure 2's say "Isis the great, the god's mother"
the ones above figure 4 read "Maat, mistress of the gods"
figure 5 is "The Osiris Hôr, justified forever" - Hôr being the name of the dead guy these papyri were originally for.
figure 6 (the slave - he's black you see) says "Recitation by Anubis, who makes protection(?), foremost of the embalming booth,..."
and the glyphs at the bottom say "O gods of the necropolis, gods of the caverns, gods of the south, north, west, and east, grant salvation to the Osiris Hor, the justified, born by Taikhibit."

i mean, fuck, that's just ridiculous. easily checkable (and checked!) lies, and they don't even do the historical revisionism thing like normal. instead they just leave it up there. almost as if those in charge know they're just fucking with people.

*taken from "The breathing permit of Hôr" among the Joseph Smith papyri. Robert K. Ritner. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62.3 (July 2003): p176-177

i mean, fuck, that's just ridiculous. easily checkable (and checked!) lies, and they don't even do the historical revisionism thing like normal. instead they just leave it up there. almost as if those in charge know they're just fucking with people.

And yet when I propose that there should be laws against deliberate deceit people on this forum think that is an outrageous idea ;)

i was rather fond of the neo zen druids who worshipped the trees that were no longer there.

i think that was my favorite of all times and spaces.

of course what's not to love about discordianism

but i still lean a bit closer toward how i tend personaly to perceive neo zen druidism.

beyond anandaism is kinda cool too.

another of my guru's was a yogi bearly, who used to be in the commic press weekley or whatever it was called then, sometime back in the 70s.

=^^=
.../\...

All hail his noodleness.

The invisible pink unicorn (blessed be her holy hooves) is the only unseen path to salvation!

I was touched by His Noodley Appendage long ago.

And yet when I propose that there should be laws against deliberate deceit people on this forum think that is an outrageous ideaThat's an excellent idea. Misinformation like that should be punished by really long jail sentences.

btw, what about Powell?

wanna see what moves mormonism from simple fraud to outright joke? check this out:

this is directly from their official website
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac_3
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/abr/fac3.gif

you'll note that there are hieroglyphs all over that thing. this is what the mormons officially claim they say:



now since smith's time we have learned how to read hieroglyphics. so what do they actually say*?

figure 1's say "Recitation by Osiris, Foremost of the Westerners, Lord of Abydos(?), the great god forever and ever(?)"
figure 2's say "Isis the great, the god's mother"
the ones above figure 4 read "Maat, mistress of the gods"
figure 5 is "The Osiris Hôr, justified forever" - Hôr being the name of the dead guy these papyri were originally for.
figure 6 (the slave - he's black you see) says "Recitation by Anubis, who makes protection(?), foremost of the embalming booth,..."
and the glyphs at the bottom say "O gods of the necropolis, gods of the caverns, gods of the south, north, west, and east, grant salvation to the Osiris Hor, the justified, born by Taikhibit."

i mean, fuck, that's just ridiculous. easily checkable (and checked!) lies, and they don't even do the historical revisionism thing like normal. instead they just leave it up there. almost as if those in charge know they're just fucking with people.

*taken from "The breathing permit of Hôr" among the Joseph Smith papyri. Robert K. Ritner. Journal of Near Eastern Studies 62.3 (July 2003): p176-177
Is there a larger version of the wall art available somewhere?

Pastafarianism is the funniest but, i do also like Adminism

im not really a believer in either though...

Pastafarianism is the funniest but, i do also like Adminism

im not really a believer in either though...

I'm an Admin on a different site, worship me!

WWHRD?

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/index.php?pageNum_Recordset2=298

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice/index.php?pageNum_Recordset2=336

You need a button for "All of them."

Barring that, Me of course! I don't give receipts but, any money donated will go to a very worthy cause. Of that I can assure you with at significantly more honesty than any televangelist.

Is there a larger version of the wall art available somewhere?

maybe? i don't know

Have you guys read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian)? Beer volcanos, pirates and global warming. Its pretty damn funny.

Have you guys read this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian)? Beer volcanos, pirates and global warming. Its pretty damn funny.

I think the original letter by Henderson to the Kansas City school board was even better. Truly a classic.

Judaism. Which is a (poor) parody of ancient Mesopotamian religion. It's my favorite to argue against.

This is not related to anything. But as WWJD stands for "What Would Jesus Do?", I like to think that my initials JWW, stand for the followup question: "Jesus Would What?!"

Give me cookies!

Judaism. Which is a (poor) parody of ancient Mesopotamian religion.

they are an ancient mesopotamian religion - a derivative of one anyway

they are an ancient mesopotamian religion - a derivative of one anywayWho they? And aren't derivations parodies?

Who they? And aren't derivations parodies?

I don't think derivations are necessarily parodies. I'm pretty sure Protestantism was/is not a parody of the original Christianity, even though it derived from Christianity. Furthermore, I don't think Christianity was/is a parody of Judaism, even though it derived from Judaism.

Ecky-Thump

I worship the giant purple gumdrop. They broke away from the Invisible Pink Unicorn cult because IPU eats gummy worms.

I don't think derivations are necessarily parodies. I'm pretty sure Protestantism was/is not a parody of the original Christianity, even though it derived from Christianity. Furthermore, I don't think Christianity was/is a parody of Judaism, even though it derived from Judaism.Well, nevertheless I see Judaism as a parody, mockery even, of prior religions. But that needs no discussion here...

Well, nevertheless I see Judaism as a parody, mockery even, of prior religions. But that needs no discussion here...

A parody or mockery implies that it makes fun of or shows contempt for something. I see nothing like that apparent in Judaism. If you don't think it needs to be discussed here, discuss it somewhere else. Otherwise, don't just post random claims without backing them up. That's thought of as ignorant.

I'm an Admin on a different site, worship me!

*Worships Ifreann* ;)

Would Atheism fall under this category? i mean its technically not a religion:confused:

Oooooo and you also forgot Chuck Norris-ism!

Discordianism.

A parody or mockery implies that it makes fun of or shows contempt for something. I see nothing like that apparent in Judaism. If you don't think it needs to be discussed here, discuss it somewhere else. Otherwise, don't just post random claims without backing them up. That's thought of as ignorant.Judaism clearly displays a lot of contempt of any other faiths. Read your bible. And because it is made up of older religions but twists those beliefs, I consider it a mockery.
But since this is supposed to be a funny thread, that's enough for now.

My favorite parody religion is Evangelical Christianity.

what is Discordianism anyway?:confused:

Discordianism.


Don't be dissing accordians. The Accordian thieves will come after you. :sniper:

what is Discordianism anyway?:confused:

The best religion ever.fnord

Don't be dissing accordians. The Accordian thieves will come after you. :sniper:

Pastamancers totally pwn Accordian Thieves. Especially since they are closer to His Noodliness.

And because it is made up of older religions but twists those beliefs, I consider it a mockery.

except it isn't a caricature of those beliefs. not even an unintentional one.

I'm marginally upset that Campus Crusade for Cthulhu wasn't on that poll...

I'm marginally upset that Campus Crusade for Cthulhu wasn't on that poll...

As I said, I only recently discovered this marvellous phenomenon. I can't please everybody and their god.

I'm marginally upset that Campus Crusade for Cthulhu wasn't on that poll...

As I said, I only recently discovered this marvellous phenomenon. I can't please everybody and their god.

As I said, I only recently discovered this marvellous phenomenon. I can't please everybody and their god.

Or Great Old One as the case may be. Fair enough.

And yet when I propose that there should be laws against deliberate deceit people on this forum think that is an outrageous idea ;)

i don't know about laws against any deliberate deceit, but this is clearly fraud

Pastamancers totally pwn Accordian Thieves. Especially since they are closer to His Noodliness.

Do you folks play KoL? Or is there some other place where Pastamancers and Accordion Thieves are referenced that I don't know about ...