List of fictional religions. Omphalos hypothesis. Support[edit] "Although the grasses were only a moment old at their creation, they appeared as if they were months old.
Likewise, the trees, although only a day old when they sprouted forth, were nevertheless like ... years old as they were fully grown and fruits were already budding on their branches. "[3] Chateaubriand wrote in his 1802 book, Génie du christianisme (Part I Book IV Chapter V): "God might have created, and doubtless did create, the world with all the marks of antiquity and completeness which it now exhibits. " Creationists still argue the same way.
When Adam was created, he no doubt looked like a mature adult, fully able to walk, talk, care for the garden, etc. He does not extend this idea to the geological record, preferring to believe that it was all created in the Flood, but others such as Gerald E. Landover Baptist Church. The Landover Baptist Church is a fictional[1] Baptist church based in the fictional town of Freehold, Iowa.
The Landover Baptist web site and its associated Landoverbaptist.net Forum are a satire of fundamentalist Christianity and the Religious Right in the United States. Origin[edit] The site was created by Chris Harper, who obtained his Master's Degree in English Literature from George Mason University in 1993 after being expelled from Liberty University (founded by Jerry Falwell) in 1989 for producing a satirical radio show which Liberty's administration found offensive.[2] Description[edit] The fictional Landover Baptist Church is a parody of fundamentalist, Independent Baptist churches and Biblical literalism.
Landover "operates" under a dictatorial structure whereby its "Pastor" holds all authority over the church, its members, and its extensive holdings. Within the Landover universe, Landover owns well over 1,000 acres (400 ha) in Freehold. Kibology. Kibology is a parody religion.
It grew out of the Usenet newsgroup alt.religion.kibology named after Kibo,[1][2] the central figure. Practitioners of Kibology are called Kibologists or (sometimes more disdainfully) Kibozos. James "Kibo" Parry and his friends began Kibology about 1989 at the suggestion of Mark Jason Dominus. In its early Usenet days it was centered in the newsgroups talk.bizarre and alt.slack, until the creation of alt.religion.kibology in late 1991. Invisible Pink Unicorn. The Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU) is the goddess of a parody religion used to satirize theistic beliefs, taking the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink.[1] She is a rhetorical illustration used by atheists and other religious skeptics as a contemporary version of Russell's teapot, sometimes mentioned in conjunction with the Flying Spaghetti Monster.[2] The IPU is used to argue that supernatural beliefs are arbitrary by, for example, replacing the word God in any theistic statement with Invisible Pink Unicorn.[3] The mutually exclusive attributes of pinkness and invisibility, coupled with the inability to disprove the IPU's existence, satirize properties that some theists attribute to a theistic deity.[4] History[edit] The Invisible Pink Unicorn logo used to depict atheism The concept was further developed by a group of college students from 1994 to 1995 on the ISCA Telnet-based BBS.
Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. Iglesia Maradoniana. Diego Maradona in 2012 The Iglesia was founded on October 30, 1998 (Maradona's 38th birthday) in the city of Rosario, Argentina.
It could be seen as a type of syncretism or as a religion, depending on what religious definition one chooses to use. It was said by Alejandro Verón, one of the founders: “I have a rational religion, and that’s the Catholic Church, and I have a religion passed on my heart, passion, and that’s Diego Maradona.” Church of the SubGenius. Jehovah 1, the primary deity of the Church of the SubGenius The Church of the SubGenius is an American parody and UFO religion that targets established faiths.
It teaches a complex belief system that focuses on J. R. Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism, a movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools.[3] Although adherents describe Pastafarianism as a genuine religion,[3] it is generally seen by the media as a parody religion.[4][5] The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" was first described in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005 to protest the Kansas State Board of Education decision to permit teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes.[6] In that letter, Henderson satirized creationist ideas by professing his belief that whenever a scientist carbon-dates an object, a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs is there "changing the results with His Noodly Appendage".
History Internet phenomenon Positions Creation Afterlife Pirates and global warming. Church of Euthanasia. The Church of Euthanasia is a political organization started by Chris Korda in the Boston, Massachusetts area of the United States.
Overview[edit] According to the church's website, it is "a non-profit educational foundation devoted to restoring balance between Humans and the remaining species on Earth. "[1] The Church uses sermons, music, culture jamming, publicity stunts and direct action to highlight Earth's unsustainable population. The Church is notorious for its conflicts with Pro-life Christian activists. According to the church's website, the one commandment is "Thou shalt not procreate". Slogans employed by the group include "Save the Planet, Kill Yourself", "Six Billion Humans Can't Be Wrong", and "Eat a Queer Fetus for Jesus", all of which are intended to mix inflammatory issues to unnerve those who oppose abortion and homosexuality. The church's website previously had instructions on "how to kill yourself" by asphyxiation using helium.