I'm not actually looking to start one, I just wanted to know how relgions come to be. What makes a religion a religion, anyways? It has to be something more than belief and faith, otherwise it means that people believe in the same thing only in different forms, right?
I wasn't really raised to believe a specific relgion, my mother was buddhist and my father simply followed. Both my parents were open enough to let me follow my own beliefs.
I just want to have something to fall on and keep me going in life just in case I ever fall into that depressive state again.
I don't like being depressed. It's depressing.
2006-10-26 12:42:34 · 15 answers · asked by ozarugold51 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
get some friends together, and call them your disciples. start writing some fairy tales for 40 odd years. then bury them and then in like 1000 years someone will dig them up and there will be a whole new religion.
2006-10-26 12:44:36 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To become a religion in the sense of what you are talking about you need to chose a name for the organization, make a statement of purpose, decide if it is a public or private organization, if public then you must allow anyone to join or come in, be they the press, black, white, Chinese, etc. You need to operate out of a legal estalbishment. A home would be acceptable in Houston, as they have no zoning laws. You have to meet the legalities of the local are. Then you have to be approved by the IRS to be tax exempt.
THe Universal Life Church HOME OFFICE and Scientology have been accepted by the IRS.
YOu would also have to file with Local County and State agencies to become tax exempt there.
How much status they give you depends on if you have to pay property tax, sales tax, income tax.
You should probably look up the CFR from the IRS to see about the 501(c) status is reviewed and determined.
2006-10-26 19:53:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mwhahahahah you have larry trying to convert you in to being a christian..that crazys are so rude i just cant belive in this year 2006 that people still belive that jesus and god crap..deluded or what
anyways just do the same what they did all those years ago and came up with yr own god and start writing a book you could call your religion fandabbydozzy and when you start preching your followers(remember to get donations from them that way you can live a upper class lifestyle) you could say to them when you die you go to mars, and when sin and die you go to the blackhole in space yeah threating them with the blackhole thats how other religions work with threats e.g hell what a lot of bull ,hell(scratches head) so remember to make threats and preach every day youl make millions good luck
2006-10-26 20:00:15 · answer #3 · answered by rusty red 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How can you start your own religion like Muhammad did in 610 AD? Easy. Simply claim that the angel Gabriel appeared to you and said that "Jesus isn't the son of God," and that "all Christians and Jews will burn in hell." Then, simply sit back and watch how many people "convert" to your cult.
2006-10-26 19:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Krishna says in the Gita (Song of God) Whenever there is a decline in religious principals and the truth appears to be lost. I appear again and again or send my representative. Get more info go to The world relief network www.stephen-knapp.com I like his book The key to real happiness.
2006-10-26 19:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So, Jesus and his buddies were sitting in this pub, getting absolutely plastered. Jesus, staggering up despite him gradually losing control of his limbs, slurred, "Hey guuuys, I've got an idea!"
His companions swivelled their heads and stared drunkenly at him.
"Leshts start a religion! It'll be great! Peter, you start writing this down. SO, in the beginning was nothing, right.. hey, bugger off, Judas! Jeez, you're a mean drunk. Anywaysh.."
2006-10-26 19:48:14 · answer #6 · answered by DoctorScurvy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm going to wing this without looking it up. Religion is humans trying to relate with their creator. It could be worship, acknowledgment, a close personal relationship, or an intellectual quest to understand where we come from. I would think all you would need to do is come up with a new way to relate to GOD. Run your flag up the pole and see who salutes it. (Quote from Lemmy the singer of Motorhead).
May GOD richly bless you on your quest.
2006-10-26 19:51:01 · answer #7 · answered by Bye Bye 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most of religions are made up by plain lost people but the fact is there are 3 main ones Christianity, Islam ,Jewish.
and I'm not forcing my opinion but check out Islam and see what it is .you can go right now on line and see.i hope you will be interested in it and enjoying life more because that's what it means . peace...........
2006-10-26 19:51:11 · answer #8 · answered by lemonade 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1)Publicly claim that the easiest way to make $1000000 is to start your own religion.
2)Create some wacky dogma and beliefs
3)Get Tom Cruise to endorse it.
4)Hey presto you've got 12 million followers!
:D
2006-10-26 19:46:12 · answer #9 · answered by Om 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In New Zealand, when it came time to fill in the census, a lot of people put 'JEDI' as their religion (as a joke), therefore it is now a recognised religion in NZ.
2006-10-26 19:46:06 · answer #10 · answered by iliketorideigohago 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋