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A parody religion or mock religion is a belief system that challenges the spiritual convictions of others, often through humor, satire, or burlesque (literary ridicule). Often constructed to achieve a specific purpose related to another belief system, a parody religion can be a parody of several religions, sects, gurus, cults, or new religious movements at the same time, or even a parody of no ...
Adam-God doctrine: A previous Mormon belief that Adam was an alien who became God on his death. Alexamenos graffito: Possibly the oldest depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus was made by a boy mocking his Christian peer by depicting the Messiah with a donkey for a head. The All-Joking, All-Drunken Synod of Fools and Jesters
Chaos Gods – Warhammer; Church of All Worlds – Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein (inspired a non-fictional religious group of the same name) Church of Science – the bogus religion established by Salvor Hardin in Isaac Asimov's Foundation; The Covenant Religion, also known as "The Great Journey" – Halo
[7]: 434 Some existing religions (new religious movements) more or less openly announce their "invented" status, and a number of them have been inspired by works of fiction or pop culture, or even incorporate elements of published fiction; some of them have been also called "fiction-based religions" as well as "parody religions".
It is not the ordinary form of madness, but a behavior that is consistent with the premises of a spiritual path or a form of complete absorption in God. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] DiValerio notes that comparable "mad saint" traditions exist in Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic and Christian cultures, but warns against "flights of fancy" that too easily draw ...
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
Charlamagne Tha God appeared on the Dec. 4 episode of “The View” (via Entertainment Weekly) and got into a debate with co-host Whoopi Goldberg after he claimed that Joe Biden lied when it came ...
The believer typically makes a positive virtue of faith's being strong and unshakable, despite it not being based upon evidence. There is a conviction that "mystery", per se , is a good thing; the belief that it is not a virtue to solve mysteries but to enjoy them and revel in their insolubility.