Religion for the Hell of It
Robert Anton Wilson, that mad sage and prophet (not to mention bullshit artist extraordinaire) wrote this essay in 1986, and I stumbled across it tonight while looking for the Discordian Free Mantra (below). It's a great article talking about some of the counter-culture or underground religions out there that dare to feel however they dare to feel. Worth a great read, especially if you've ever wanted to become a pope.

From the article:

Discordianism shuns dogma but has one catma, the Syadastan Affirmation, which reads, "All affirmations are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense." DIscordians call this the Free Mantra -- unlike the Transcendental movement, they charge no fees -- and insist that if you repeat it 666 times you will achieve Spiritual Enlightenment, in some sense.

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- posted by frank crist @ 9:47 PM