Or, for those who want to Hail Discordia, an "I'm feeling unlucky" button.
--Ben "he's bAAAAaaak" Doom Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote: > it could be the "Religion Shopping Cart"! It could be based on Dell's > model. Start with the base belief system and add or remove options as you > go along. Maybe could even have a "I'm feeling lucky" google type button > at the bottom. > > > On 1/28/07, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> First, I got this idea from this article: >> >> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16846962/ >> >> The point of the article really isn't important, but lines like this >> starting getting thinking: >> >> "The couple attend a fundamental Christian church and follow some >> teachings >> of the Church of Scientology." >> >> "The Spierings, who apply some tenets of Scientology to their faith, took >> the silent birth concept a step further." >> >> Now what this is clearly saying is that freedom of religion can be applied >> (well - at least argued) even if that religion is actually a mish-mash of >> multiple religions. >> >> So, thinking like a computer programmer, I feel that there must be an >> algorithm of some kind to maximize return on religious belief. For >> example >> if you claim to be a "Christian who follows some of the teachings of >> Judism" >> then you can claim to need both Easter and Yom Kippur off - but since >> you're >> NOT a Jew you can still eat Pork guilt free! >> >> Throw in "some of the tenets of Voodun" and you can also butcher chickens >> without having to meet state sanitation requirements. Taken the polygamy >> of >> the Mormons if you want more women, the menstrual seclusion of the >> Zarathushtri if you want to see your woman less or the celibacy of the >> Shakers if you're just plain tired of woman all together. >> >> Don't want to pop $600 for a PS3? Well, just add a little Amish >> Anabaptist >> in and tell your kids "sorry!" >> >> In short I think that you could construct a religion to fit your exact >> lifestyle, to get off the days you need and to basically live your like as >> you want to live it. >> >> What I propose is a website which consists of religious tenets ("do's and >> don'ts", holidays, etc) and a simple application that will let anybody >> answer a questionnaire which results in a perfectly tailored religion. >> >> The site would also have a calendar that would link (preferably) ANY date >> to >> a religion you can adopt to get that day off. >> >> I really think that this would be useful service to all those poor souls >> that have felt uncomfortable with traditional religions but don't want to >> go >> through the hassle of just making up their own religion completely from >> scratch. >> >> This way you get the best of both worlds: respected, traditional religion >> with the convenience of buffet-style believe structure. >> >> Jim Davis >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:226015 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
