WillJones26
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Ok, it's true. I am planning on starting my own religion. As crazy as it sounds, it gets worse, the idea formed and took hold in the minds of myself and my friends during a night of drunken revelry just this last St. Patrick's Day. Normally, this would be simply forgotten drunk-talk, but somehow, this has stuck with me, and now I really want to persue this.
A little background, I live on a street nicknamed "Party Row" which is a block away from the University of Toledo campus. Our house has become rather infamous on campus, as we traditionally hold the biggest parties/keggers. The day we moved in, we envisioned ourselves as being much like the characters in the movie "Old School" and thanks to some exceptionally good PR work from myself (something I more or less did for the church before I became an atheist) we managed to make a name for ourselves.
I live with 3 other guys in a really nice 4-bedroom house. The four of us are all in early twenties, generally college age, but none of us attend the college, yet we decided to dedicate ourselves to the glamorized college life, the drinking and partying, but without all those classes or studying crap. The parties/keggers we have have started to become a 'cause' that we dedicate ourselves to, we have made it almost an art form, that we continue to perfect our skill.
The thought had at one time or another rolled around in our heads that we should start an informal frat, that, like the one in "Old School" that simply parties and gives nothing back to the school or community. However, this idea never really seemed to take root. Recently, we have been trying to secure another place to live, not far, which if we could possibly pull it off, we would move into the most infamous party house near campus, a 15 bedroom, 11 bathroom house that has no residential neighbors, it sits between a two bars on one side and a KFC & Marco's Pizza on the other. Seriously, does it get any better than that?
So with all of these possibilites running through our minds during a drunken evening together at a huge kegger we had at our current house, I of course wanted to take things a step further. What if we started our own religion? A religion based around drinking, partying, and having a good time. Could we seriously pull this off? I didn't want to create a religion who's dogma should be taken (too) seriously, but I did want to make it a real recognized religion.
So I'm curious, what exactly must one do in order to start a real religion? Like legally? What are the steps I must go through and what paperwork would I have to deal with in order to do this? Anyone know?
Of course, before I do that, I have to actually "Create" this religion, which i have been thinking about, but only have a few rough ideas. Such as a name- maybe, "The Brewish Chruch" "Beerism" or something like that? How about a holy symbol, a bottle with a circle around it? What should the commandments of my religion be? Thou shalt consume pizza or chicken wings once a week? Thou shalt do a 30 second keg stand in order to become a member?
I don't know, but I would surely appriciate some input on this matter, because I honestly want to do this, and as funny as the religion idea seems, I have a feeling it would catch on quick around here, especally with our (my roommates) powers of promoting things on campus. Plus, I think it would be fun! :jam:
A little background, I live on a street nicknamed "Party Row" which is a block away from the University of Toledo campus. Our house has become rather infamous on campus, as we traditionally hold the biggest parties/keggers. The day we moved in, we envisioned ourselves as being much like the characters in the movie "Old School" and thanks to some exceptionally good PR work from myself (something I more or less did for the church before I became an atheist) we managed to make a name for ourselves.
I live with 3 other guys in a really nice 4-bedroom house. The four of us are all in early twenties, generally college age, but none of us attend the college, yet we decided to dedicate ourselves to the glamorized college life, the drinking and partying, but without all those classes or studying crap. The parties/keggers we have have started to become a 'cause' that we dedicate ourselves to, we have made it almost an art form, that we continue to perfect our skill.
The thought had at one time or another rolled around in our heads that we should start an informal frat, that, like the one in "Old School" that simply parties and gives nothing back to the school or community. However, this idea never really seemed to take root. Recently, we have been trying to secure another place to live, not far, which if we could possibly pull it off, we would move into the most infamous party house near campus, a 15 bedroom, 11 bathroom house that has no residential neighbors, it sits between a two bars on one side and a KFC & Marco's Pizza on the other. Seriously, does it get any better than that?
So with all of these possibilites running through our minds during a drunken evening together at a huge kegger we had at our current house, I of course wanted to take things a step further. What if we started our own religion? A religion based around drinking, partying, and having a good time. Could we seriously pull this off? I didn't want to create a religion who's dogma should be taken (too) seriously, but I did want to make it a real recognized religion.
So I'm curious, what exactly must one do in order to start a real religion? Like legally? What are the steps I must go through and what paperwork would I have to deal with in order to do this? Anyone know?
Of course, before I do that, I have to actually "Create" this religion, which i have been thinking about, but only have a few rough ideas. Such as a name- maybe, "The Brewish Chruch" "Beerism" or something like that? How about a holy symbol, a bottle with a circle around it? What should the commandments of my religion be? Thou shalt consume pizza or chicken wings once a week? Thou shalt do a 30 second keg stand in order to become a member?
I don't know, but I would surely appriciate some input on this matter, because I honestly want to do this, and as funny as the religion idea seems, I have a feeling it would catch on quick around here, especally with our (my roommates) powers of promoting things on campus. Plus, I think it would be fun! :jam:
