Yo: The World's First Open-Source Religion

[Dogmudgeon]

Yo.

Would I lie to you?

:evilgrin:

www.yoism.org

It's not quite a joke, not like J. R. "BOB" Dobbs' (and Ivan Stang's) Church of the Subgenius, Art Kleps' Neo-American Church, or Kerry Thornley's Discordians. It looks to have been initiated by a painfully sincere psychotherapist, Dan Kriegman.

All the traditional geekly beliefs, heroes, and quirks are there: Memes, Tim Leary, Magic(k), LSD, Darwinism, too many embedded video and audio files, Frank Zappa, Carl Sagan, South Park, Bob Dylan, Skepticism (a low-ridicule variant), John Lennon, anti-Fundamentalism, J.R.R. Tolkien, Penn-'n'-Teller, R. Crumb, the Simpsons, a puzzling veneration of The Incredible String Band, and probably a large number of cats. It has just enough of the New Age "flavah" to piss off those same geeks -- mainly, the artwork, a Yo hymn, and a kids' story.

There's even a Book of Yo (version 0.2 -- Windows, Mac, and Linux).

Most of the Yoists live in and around Boston, and they even run a group home for people recovering from mental illness.

In case you're wondering: nope, I won't be jumping the couch for Yoism any time soon. But if it gets me a date with someone like Katie Holmes, I might just break down and reconsider it.

--p!
"God is a concept by which we measure our Yo." (After Dr. Winston O'Boogie)
"It's okay to lay members of your flock. In fact, it's the whole point of religion." (St. Janor Hypercleats, First Church of the Bleeding Head of Arnold Palmer)

[Ellen Forradalom]

1. Not so

Church of the Subgenius could have been described as open source.
The Church of Reality is self-described as open source.

[benburch]

2. Just say Yo!

[Richard D]

3. Dude!

That would be Yaoism.

"In case you're wondering: nope, I won't be jumping the couch for Yoism any time soon. But if it gets me a date with someone like Katie Holmes, I might just break down and reconsider it."

[hunter]

4. What, religions like the UU's weren't open enough???

:grouphug:

[TechBear_Seattle]

5. Discordianism is not a joke!

We are merely the people in on the joke.

[htuttle]

6. Indeed

The Principia is like a mirror -- if a monkey looks in, no saint looks out. And as has been said before, if it doesn't make you laugh, it's not true!

[Desertrose]

7. Yo... if its still religion....

.... think I'll pass....:evilgrin:


Yo,
DR