Godular
19-11-2004, 02:04
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Cassius Longarm, Grand Poobah of the Dominion of Godular, announced before throngs of supporters that the inevitable had finally come to pass. After a planet-wide survey of all Godulan citizens, it has been found that not a single one of the Godulan people adheres to any of the old-world religions.
This development has been widely attributed to harsh government policies against religious organizations that have remained in effect over the course the nation's existence. Churches had to pay income tax, were denied the freedom to protest as a result of the government deeming "Gods Will" as not being "Good enough reason", and all religions were effectively given the cold shoulder when it came to being allowed to do anything at all.
In their place, a strange, customized offshoot of Buddhism and the belief in reincarnation has come to prominence. This new belief espouses the idea that once an individual passes on in one reality, their soul moves on to another plane of existence, where it lives another life, blissfully unaware of the previous existence. This process continues to infinity.
"Its really a tad spooky," Grand Poobah Cassius Longarm was quoted as saying. "Really death based. It even alludes to dead people returning to other dimensions after they die, seeing their relatives, and not even knowing it!"
The commonly held belief also purports that given proper stimulus, the displaced soul could actually remember its previous lives.
At the moment, this belief, called "The Petitioner Cycle" has no written tenets, though an odd form of morality has emerged based around the idea that the better one's conduct in one life, the better their circumstances will be in the next.
The Dominion Governate Publishing Corp is expected to release a written version of the new belief, putting its most commonly held aspects in writing, in order to consolidate the religion and prevent any potential destabilizing schisms.
"That's the last thing we need," Cassius Longarm stated. "People fighting each other over a shoe or a gourd, this one at least has a chance of maintaining cohesion!"
>NEWS BRIEF ENDS<
Cassius Longarm, Grand Poobah of the Dominion of Godular, announced before throngs of supporters that the inevitable had finally come to pass. After a planet-wide survey of all Godulan citizens, it has been found that not a single one of the Godulan people adheres to any of the old-world religions.
This development has been widely attributed to harsh government policies against religious organizations that have remained in effect over the course the nation's existence. Churches had to pay income tax, were denied the freedom to protest as a result of the government deeming "Gods Will" as not being "Good enough reason", and all religions were effectively given the cold shoulder when it came to being allowed to do anything at all.
In their place, a strange, customized offshoot of Buddhism and the belief in reincarnation has come to prominence. This new belief espouses the idea that once an individual passes on in one reality, their soul moves on to another plane of existence, where it lives another life, blissfully unaware of the previous existence. This process continues to infinity.
"Its really a tad spooky," Grand Poobah Cassius Longarm was quoted as saying. "Really death based. It even alludes to dead people returning to other dimensions after they die, seeing their relatives, and not even knowing it!"
The commonly held belief also purports that given proper stimulus, the displaced soul could actually remember its previous lives.
At the moment, this belief, called "The Petitioner Cycle" has no written tenets, though an odd form of morality has emerged based around the idea that the better one's conduct in one life, the better their circumstances will be in the next.
The Dominion Governate Publishing Corp is expected to release a written version of the new belief, putting its most commonly held aspects in writing, in order to consolidate the religion and prevent any potential destabilizing schisms.
"That's the last thing we need," Cassius Longarm stated. "People fighting each other over a shoe or a gourd, this one at least has a chance of maintaining cohesion!"
>NEWS BRIEF ENDS<