Talk:List of fictional religions
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I removed the following:
- Reverend Wayne's Pearly Gates (Cult of Asherah) - Snow Crash
from the list because it deals with a real mythological figure. Anyone think it should go back on? Personally, I think the priest could go in the List of fictional clergy and religious figures, but that's just my opine. --Mitsukai 04:25, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
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- I think it fits, because it is a fictional church, even if based on a real mythological figure - it has the added "sacrament" of taking Snow Crash, which makes it different from the historical Cult of Asherah. It might belong on a "list of fictional churches," but there is no such list at present and I don't think the distinction is basic enough to make it a separate list anyway.
- For me, the main question is "what purpose does it serve being on the list" (along with "what purpose does it serve to remove it"). Would you agree that it serves to inform readers of the literary/historical connection and perhaps inspire them to learn more?
- Sounds good to me. Up it goes. ^_^--Mitsukai 23:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
- Additionally, The Silmarillion is not a religion, it's a "historical text", so that was removed as well.--Mitsukai 04:27, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
As Jedi is now an officially recognized religion (I believe it is on the Australian census, and one Memer of British Parliament has openly claimed to practise it), should it be removed from this list? It may have previously been fiction, but is now fact.
- It's very much a fictional religion, and I don't think it's officialy recognized (a bunch of people just wrote "jedi" in the "other" field on the sensus forms). The "Jedi" religion as seen in the moves will never become real. People might start a new religion based loosely on the moral codes featured in the movies and call themselves Jedi, but that's it. The Jedi religion as seen in the movies will remain fictional, and whatever new religion people create based on that will be a completely seperate entity. --Sherool 23:11, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
- I see there is already a good article on the Jedi census phenomenon by the way, and it seems I was right that it's not official anywhere, it is baicaly a large "clain mail" joke to poke fun at religion in genral more than anyting. --Sherool 23:30, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
If nobody minds, I'm going to reorganize this list by book rather than religion title (if only because half of the entries are Orange Catholic). Tlogmer 09:02, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
- I just split them off when I realized how many there were. Tlogmer 09:35, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
I think it really fits on the list of fictional churches, as there is not enough information to support an actual article.
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[edit] Church of Cthulhu
hey, umm.. Church of Cthulhu Anyone? http://tsalazar0.tripod.com
[edit] Chutengodianism merger
I vote to merge. Doesn't seem enough substance to Chutengodianism to support a solo article. Bookgrrl 02:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Matrixism
Removed Matrixism from this list as it does not appear to be a "fictional" religion. 71.139.88.8 03:38, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] better layout
this article needs a lot of editing and a better layout such as the list of fictional drugs
