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Published on November 1, 2004 By plainjane In Misc
the line "these pants aren't for the average joe" runs through my brain every time i see "blogs from the average joe" at the top of the screen. after that, the lines "don't let the russians win or the world will end/ wait till they getta loada this" follow.

Says Wikipedia of discordianism,

"Discordianism has been described as both an elaborate joke disguised as a religion, and a religion disguised as an elaborate joke. It has also been described as a religion disguised as a joke disguised as a religion. Others view it as a simple rejection of reductionism and dualism, even falsifiability — not in concept different from postmodernism or certain trends in the philosophy of mathematics. It has also been described as "Zen for roundeyes", and converges with some of the more absurdist interpretations of the Rinzai tradition; another description is that it is a Dadaist religion.

Discordianism is said to have been founded in 1959 (or maybe it was 1958) by Greg Hill (also called Malaclypse the Younger, or Mal-2) and Kerry Thornley (also called Omar Khayyam Ravenhurst). The foundational document of Discordianism is Hill's Principia Discordia.

Unlike most religions, which revere the principles of harmony and order in the Universe, Discordianism purports to recognize that disharmony and chaos are equally valid aspects of reality. Discordianism consists almost entirely of playful nonsense, but some feel it has a more serious underlying meaning.

The matron deity of Discordianism is Eris, the ancient Greek goddess of discord, whom the Romans identified their goddess Discordia."

Comments
on Nov 04, 2004
i believe discordianism plays a large part in robert anton wilson's illuminati trilogy, which i have yet to be able to read. i have the volume that includes all three books, if you want to borrow it. krahli can tell you more about it.

for more joke/religion, you might also check out subgenius.com if you haven't already.