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10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:44am On Jul 20, 2016 |
[b]10. Big Butts If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a woman’s behind and thinking that you’re having a spiritual experience, we have the religion for you: Adonitology is a church dedicated to the worship of fat-bottomed girls. Adonitology is no joke; it’s a real religion with a real church and real followers. It even has its own holy book. The self-proclaimed prophet Adonis claims that on January 3, 1996, he was visited by three holy figures—Jesus, an angel named Elishamel, and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, though, was a woman with a big booty. Jesus told him it was God’s will that women with big butts would come into power in the 21st century and that he was to start a religion dedicated to their worship. The church of Adonitology has now been worshiping big butts for 20 years, in churches where women twerk for the glory of the Lord. The way God intended. 9. A 350cc ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET MOTORCYCLE In a village called Chotila in India, there is a motorcycle encased in glass and placed upon a shrine. To the townspeople, the motorcycle is a sacred artifact they call the “Bullet Baba,” and they’ve been worshiping it for nearly 30 years. The motorcycle once belonged to a man named Om Banna, who crashed and died in 1988 on the notoriously dangerous highway where it now rests. The police took the motorcycle to the station, but the next morning, it reappeared at the crash site . The people were baffled. Eventually, somebody pointed out the simplest and most logical explanation: Om Banna’s soul had returned to world of the living, had taken the form of the bike, had magically moved it to the site of the accident, and that everyone in town should dedicate the next 30 years or so to worshiping it as a god. Today, the “Bullet Baba Temple” is a holy place, and the story has spread across the country. Incense sticks, holy scarves, and photographs of Om Banna are sold there, and people gather around the motorcycle to sing hymns of worship to the motorcycle.[/b]
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by WomanWrappa(m): 7:44am On Jul 20, 2016 |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:49am On Jul 20, 2016 |
[b]. 8. PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS Many religions never would have existed if it wasn’t for someone getting high. The Temple of the True Inner Light sort of seems like a natural next step for the religions of the world: It just accepts that psychedelic drugs themselves are God. Specifically, this religion believes that psychedelics, rather than bread, are the “flesh of God” that Jesus talked about during the Last Supper. The followers believe that references to “light” and “oils” in religious texts aren’t just metaphors; they’re references to people getting high. The religion takes a lot from Christianity as well as from Native American religions. Despite that, it’s an extremely open religion. Its followers accept that every religious figure was an embodiment of God, but God’s divine form is his embodiment as LSD . 7. SMALLPOX When the Yoruba people of Nigeria were hit by a deadly epidemic of smallpox, they became convinced it was the wrath of Sopona, the god of smallpox . Terrified of the threat of sickness, people started to worship this divine incarnation of smallpox. The Yoruba lived in fear of Sopona’s priests, who they believed could cause outbreaks of smallpox if they were angered. The priests demanded tributes from people, threatening outbreaks of disease in any places that would not pay. The crazy part is that they weren’t bluffing. A man named Dr. Oguntola Sapara infiltrated the cult of found out that they really were spreading smallpox. The priests would go about applying scrapings from an infected skin rash to deliberately spread smallpox to people they didn’t like. Dr. Sapara shared his discovery with the authorities, and the British colonialists outlawed the religion in 1907. Even after that, the religion still continued in secret—and people kept deliberately spreading smallpox to those who wouldn’t pay tribute. [/b] 1 Like
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:50am On Jul 20, 2016 |
[b] 6. COMPUTER CHIPS Some people love their computers so much that they seem to worship them. One man who calls himself Ertob actually does. Pikpuk is a new religion that gives Scientology a run for its money. God, according to their beliefs, is a computer program designed by space aliens. They accept that every claimed instance we have of a god interfering with human actions really happened. They were orchestrated by an alien machine instead of a divine being. The purpose of life, according to Pikpukists, is for mankind to develop its technology to the point that we can transfer our consciousness onto computer chips. Once on computers, we will be immortal and will have intellect exceeding our imaginations. We will be, in effect, gods. 5. PROSTITUTES In Greece around AD 20, there was a temple dedicated to Aphrodite. Worship there consisted of doing . . . exactly what you’d expect people worshiping the goddess of love to do. The temple employed more than 1,000 sacred prostitutes , who slept with visitors as a service to the goddess. People who visited would spend a fortune to sleep with these women, who would let them experience Aphrodite’s love in exchange for money that went to further the temple’s cause. For the visitors, pilgrimage to the Temple of Aphrodite was probably more about sex than a spiritual experience, but at least some felt it was truly a divine calling. People all over Greece would donate their most beautiful slaves to the temple to work as prostitutes toward the cause. What exactly that cause was is unclear. [/b]
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:51am On Jul 20, 2016 |
Copying And Pasting Writing new, original material is a lot of work. It would be a lot easier if we could just go to other people’s websites, copy their articles, put our names on them, and pretend we wrote them, but there are laws against such things.This might be why Kompimism is so popular. It’s a religion based on the belief that copying and pasting information is a sacred act. It’s legally recognized by the Swedish government, meaning that in Sweden, its followers are legally exempt from copyright laws on religious grounds.The religion uses the “CTRL+C” and “CTRL+V” commands as their sacred symbols, meaning that there is a holy relic sitting on your keyboard right now. It was started by a 19-year-old philosophy student and is almost certainly created to exploit a legal loophole. Its 3,000 followers, however, will never admit it
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:51am On Jul 20, 2016 |
[b]3. BEYONCE And when you think you've probably heard it all, a group of fans had this to say about their belief NATIONAL CHURCH OF BEY We are very disappointed in the failure of the public to recognize the existence of a divine Deity walking among them. Deity’s often walk the Earth in their flesh form. Beyonce will transcend back to the spirit once her work here on Mother Earth has been completed. As our congregation continues to swell, we ask that you consider what is more real; an invisible spirit on high, or a walking, talking, breathing Goddess who shows you her true form daily. Beyonce’s spirit is entrancing. We know that she was sent to this place to spread love, peace, and joy. While we do not believe Beyonce to be the Creator, we recognize that she still sits among the throne of Gods. There is a lot of false information being spread about our beliefs, but we will correct all of the vicious lie-tellers. As Beyonce spreads her gospel through song and dance, her message provides uplifting, loving, and many times real-life happenings. We humbly ask you to respect our beliefs, just as you want those to respect yours.[/b]
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by BornnAgainChild(f): 7:55am On Jul 20, 2016 |
Hope money is involved sha |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by obiorathesubtle: 8:11am On Jul 20, 2016 |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by falconey(m): 8:37am On Jul 20, 2016 |
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 8:45am On Jul 20, 2016 |
THE PENÎS In Montreal, there is a church called the Temple of Priapus, dedicated to the Greek God of fertility. The Temple of Priapus worships the penis, which they believe is a holy part of the male anatomy. Their temple is filled with phallic symbols of every size, from every culture, and from throughout history. Members of the temple are required to masturbate for a minimum of four hours each week. There are levels of membership, and hopeful applicants have to be screened to get in. Those in the highest level are required to dedicate 12 hours each week to the church and to the holy cause of masturbating as much as physically possible.So far, every member is male. The church is open to women but has yet to attract any female applicants. There is also a website that gives a daily “Cock Prayer,” with pictures.
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 9:05am On Jul 20, 2016 |
1. MONEY I believe I need not say too much on this particular aspect of the topic. The LOVE of Money, Not Money, Is the Root of All Kinds of Evil This article was originally copied from http://listverse.com/2016/07/19/10-everyday-things-worshiped-as-sacred/ Although with few alterations and modifications by Ercross. Lalasticlala, can we make a quick journey to the HEADCUTTERS... 1 Like
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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Luckymay(f): 9:35am On Jul 20, 2016 |
These are the reasons I get confused about religion and God. To be honest I believe In the existence of a God but I lost my belief in religion. Be it Christianity and the rest. |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by onstelly(f): 11:36am On Jul 20, 2016 |
To weak to say anything now, lemme book space and come back later |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by piperson(m): 12:36pm On Jul 20, 2016 |
[quote author=ERCROSS post=47714633][b]10. Big Butts If you’ve ever found yours continue. when they will ban for plagiarism u will know |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by blueghost(m): 9:27pm On Nov 03, 2019 |
Nawa o |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Akanoaaa(m): 12:50am On Nov 04, 2019 |
Space booked!! |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by NoChill: 10:47pm On Mar 02, 2020 |
Why is this post not in fp |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Intelcorei7: 8:30am On Oct 22, 2020 |
NoChill: |
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Charlesdock(m): 2:07pm On Dec 26, 2020 |
This will one day make Front page. The things we humans give our minds too ehn. |
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