Post by Cussbeard on Aug 27, 2008 20:10:56 GMT -5
While plying through the online oceans, one particular piratey search piqued my interest for having both pirate and religion in the search result. Naturally I had to look: Welcome to The Oceanic Brotherhood. www.theoceanicbrotherhood.co.uk/
I scoffed. I jeered. I mocked and furrowed my brow and exclaimed laughter, but what amused me was just how straight up Brother Kelp was mentioning how 'vital to the survival' of his religion was that his visitors buy from his online store. The thoughts of scam came to mind, among other less noteworthy things.
So anyway, taking a somewhat serious approach to all this, I needed to understand what defines a religion. I might have better luck finding balls on a eunuch since there seems to be as many definitions as there are denominations. If I truly gave a damn, I might well find 'the' definition, but I digress. These will have to do: encyclopedia Britannica, Religious Tolerance.
Do you recall hearing about the United Kingdom census results from 2001? If Jedi Knight comes to mind, help yerself an extra dram of rum, on my tab. Here's an e-article to refresh your mind: www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/09/jedi_knights_achieve_official_recognition
And note page 93 of www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pdfs/section5part3.pdf
I might have to start my own religion as a joke of sorts and see where it ends up. I don't know but I wondered just now if Scientology started out that way?
Speaking of homebrew, if anything religious develops (such as talking fish) from smoking a warehouse of hemp or getting overly intoxicated on rum, you will be the first to know.
I scoffed. I jeered. I mocked and furrowed my brow and exclaimed laughter, but what amused me was just how straight up Brother Kelp was mentioning how 'vital to the survival' of his religion was that his visitors buy from his online store. The thoughts of scam came to mind, among other less noteworthy things.
So anyway, taking a somewhat serious approach to all this, I needed to understand what defines a religion. I might have better luck finding balls on a eunuch since there seems to be as many definitions as there are denominations. If I truly gave a damn, I might well find 'the' definition, but I digress. These will have to do: encyclopedia Britannica, Religious Tolerance.
Do you recall hearing about the United Kingdom census results from 2001? If Jedi Knight comes to mind, help yerself an extra dram of rum, on my tab. Here's an e-article to refresh your mind: www.theregister.co.uk/2001/10/09/jedi_knights_achieve_official_recognition
And note page 93 of www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pdfs/section5part3.pdf
I might have to start my own religion as a joke of sorts and see where it ends up. I don't know but I wondered just now if Scientology started out that way?
Speaking of homebrew, if anything religious develops (such as talking fish) from smoking a warehouse of hemp or getting overly intoxicated on rum, you will be the first to know.
