Discordia as a Religion?

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Buzkashi.

E/O/T.

I just looked that up.



Holy shit, you're right.

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Competitive Pooping.

ehh.   Since they changed the scoring to disproportionately weight difficulty over execution, i think the sport has been soiled.

That's one painful pun.

it's painful because it's corny.
...and a little nutty.

Gross abuse of puns, ITT.

[Cramulus]

Well at any measure, there wasn't a lot of ritual or ceremony posted at the party at Limbo Peak. Now since it's the internet, it may not be a fair sampling of Discordians. So I wonder how prevalent self-identifying Discordians are amongst more traditionally religious types.  I know a bunch of you do or did attend various pagan shenanigans. Are there a lot of self-identifying Discordians in pagan circles?

[East Coast Hustle]

there are alot of discordian-identified assholes in pagan circles.

does that count?

[Cramulus]

yeah that counts. How many people IS that?

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

In Pagan groups I find a lot of Pagans that include Eris in their Pantheon. That is they claim "Insert SRS pagan belief system here" AND "insert chunk of silly belief system here". In several cases, this seems useful. A lot of the "non fluffy" pagans tend to hold both views and in general the Erisian aspects of their system keep them from swallowing whole some of the nonsense from the other aspects of their belief system... perhaps they're inoculated with Discordian anti-bodies which attack obviously dumb viral belief memes?

However, there are also SRS Discordian Pagans that really worship Eris and really do rituals and really think she interacts with them. Or at least, that's what they claim.

And finally, as ECH so succinctly put it "there are alot of discordian-identified assholes in pagan circles".

On average, I've found at least one of the above in pretty much every pagan group I've ever poked at.

[East Coast Hustle]

this makes me want to go harass Daven again.

[wlfjstr]

I thought the whole point was that it is a religion.  Weird Philosophy Book Club just doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi.

I think you really start going down the wrong path, if you are trying to get people to take Discordianism seriously. Although, I won't stand in your way. (especially if you're pissing)

[Cainad (dec.)]

I thought the whole point was that it is a religion.  Weird Philosophy Book Club just doesn't have the same je ne sais quoi.

I think you really start going down the wrong path, if you are trying to get people to take Discordianism seriously. Although, I won't stand in your way. (especially if you're pissing)

I don't think people in this thread (I'm assuming that's whom you are referring to) are trying to take, or get people to take, Discordianism seriously. Seems more like we're trying to figure out what the fuck we're doing, if indeed we're doing anything at all, and what the hell does it have to do with the label "Discordianism".

Or something like that.

[BADGE OF HONOR]

Buzkashi.

E/O/T.

Yes.  If I had remembered this exists I would have said that. 



And I wouldn't call Discordianism a religion.  IMO, a religion is not just a set of beliefs, but also a set of social rules and cultural mores.  At best it's a philosophy disguised as a religion for dirty kicks.

[the last yatto]

'philosophy'
belief vs idea
dogma vs catma

sure the idea lends itself to suggest ok as such but i dont know, that word just suggests we are merely greeks in a circle 

[Verbal Mike]

I find "irreligion" very suitable for describing Discordianism. It's not quite a religion in the normal sense, and it has strong overtones of irreligion, iconoclasm and blasphemy, but it does seem to "replace" religion in a way that mere hardline Atheism does not.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I started out as a practicing Wiccan and then when I found Eris I just desided she was particularly suited for my vein of irreverent witchcraft. I never really un-identified as a witch and still wear a pentagram and engage in ritual, (shhhhh it's my dirty little secret!) but I have never met any other witches who identify themselves as Discordian. I have, however, met plenty of Burners who dig Eris, especially the oldschool ones who used to go in order to shoot at things and blow stuff up.

Unfortunately, they no longer allow firearms or explosives at Burning Man.

[hooplala]

I do occasional magical rites and dedicate them to Eris, but I'm not a Wiccan.

I'm also developing an alter for Eris.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I'm not a Wiccan anymore; they have too many damn rules.