Well, kinda sorta.
Dudeism.
What I really have in mind is this:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')ccording to The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, ed. Brian Ash, Harmony Books, 1977:
"... [Hubbard] began making statements to the effect that any writer who really wished to make money should stop writing and develop [a] religion, or devise a new psychiatric method. Harlan Ellison's version (Time Out, UK, No 332) is that Hubbard is reputed to have told [John W.] Campbell, "I'm going to invent a religion that's going to make me a fortune. I'm tired of writing for a penny a word." Sam Moskowitz, a chronicler of science fiction, has reported that he himself heard Hubbard make a similar statement, but there is no first-hand evidence".
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There is but one God, and his name is The Dude!
There is but one God, and his name is The Dude!
by TheDude » Wed 14 Mar 2007, 22:56:24
Any of the more charismatic among ye considered gathering your flock?
Cogito, ergo non satis bibivi
And let me tell you something: I dig your work.
And let me tell you something: I dig your work.
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Re: There is but one God, and his name is The Dude!
by Polemic » Thu 15 Mar 2007, 03:37:07
Reminds me of:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t is claimed waggishly in church doctrine that Dobbs inspired L. Ron Hubbard to create his own cult when he remarked to him that the general public may be pink, "but their money is green". The Church also claims that in 1986, an official SubGenius ordainment for Hubbard was paid for and mailed to his address—only two weeks before the Scientology founder's death.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')t is claimed waggishly in church doctrine that Dobbs inspired L. Ron Hubbard to create his own cult when he remarked to him that the general public may be pink, "but their money is green". The Church also claims that in 1986, an official SubGenius ordainment for Hubbard was paid for and mailed to his address—only two weeks before the Scientology founder's death.
Wiki: Church of the SubGenius
More nuggets:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he Church describes its philosophy in the following manner:
“The Church Of The SubGenius is an order of Scoffers and Blasphemers, dedicated to Total Slack, delving into Mockery Science, Sadofuturistics, Megaphysics, Scatalography, Schizophreniatrics, Morealism, Sarcastrophy, Cynisacreligion, Apocolyptionomy, ESPectorationalism, Hypno-Pediatrics, Subliminalism, Satyriology, Disto-Utopianity, Sardonicology, Fascetiouism, Ridiculophagy, and Miscellatheistic Theology."
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Slack
The central belief in the Church is the pursuit of Slack, which generally stands for the sense of freedom, independence, and original thinking that comes when you achieve your personal goals. The Church states that we are all born with Original Slack, but that Slack has been stolen from us by a worldwide conspiracy of normal people, or "pinks". The Church encourages originality and frowns on actions seen as pinkness, which happens when one bows down to authority and the accepted limits of society.
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