How do I Start My own Religion?

Question

Yeah why not others have done it why cant I?

Answer 1

Just sound very confident in your "facts" and offer people what they want to hear -- or that you can *save* them from something they *don't* want to hear. That combination should get thousands of followers. It has, so far. David Koresh and Jim Jones knew how to do it; they might be good models. Heaven's Gate founders Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles are worth a look, too, if only to see what people will believe, and how little you'll have to work to come up with a story.

And here's a much more recent one: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/16/miami.preacher/
Pastor with 666 tattoo claims to be divine.

Charisma and confidence are more important than your message, as long as you remember to play off people's fears and hopes. So don't knock yourself out coming up with a logical story.

Pay no heed to those who {derogatory snickering} use science or reason to try to expose you. You'll find *plenty* of gullible people.

Incidentally, you're off to a good start with the capital M in "My." Keep it!

Helpful tip: be vague when asked a question you cannot logically answer, or when answering truthfully would expose your dogma's fallacies. Distract the questioner with proprietary words (a la Scientology), shame & guilt, complex arguments nobody can follow, ideas nobody can readily dismiss, and fear -- lots of fear. (By 'readily' I mean without thinking. Don't worry if *ten minutes* of research could undermine your ideas. Most people who long to believe in something will not spend more time than that to learn the truth.)

Answer 2

Go for it. But starting your religion is the easy bit. A tougher part is to recruit believers. And the toughest part is to get them to contribute cash to your noble and holy cause.

It helps if you can work up a few miracles. You know, heal some lepers. turn Budweiser into Guinness, prophecize the the end of the world, that sort of thing. It doesn't hurt to wear robes and sandals all the time and call everybody brother or sister. Good luck.

Answer 3

You can. Others have done it relatively recently.
You'd have to do a lot of planning, to get all your lies in a convincing form, convincing enough to fool those gullible enough to WANT to believe in your nonsense - and there are plenty in the US.
Instill fear as a major player. Make promises of eternal life, whether in the reward end of the scale, a paradise, or in the punishment area, eternal pain sort of thing. Fabricate a god-figure, who MUST be invisible, who is NEVER heard and who seems to ignore everything that is happening. Hey - pretend that it is YOU. Grow a long white beard (wear a fake one like Santa Claus?) and wear some toga-like robes. Learn some 'magic' tricks so that you can perform 'miracles'. Tell everyone of the miracles that you have done already. Employ some stooges to pretend to be cripples and you can magically heal them.
Yeah - I know - it's been done before but imitation is the most sincere form of flattery, as Mohammed discovered. Let's face it - all current popular religions are quite successful in attracting the foolish and, the best trick, are all self-perpetuating!!! Just keep on brainwashing the kids!
Hey - you could take his Mohammed's) policies several steps further. If you are sex-obsessed, as many of these cult religions turn out to be, you could insist that all girls of age 9 or over are your sole property as sex-slaves ... just let your fantasies go bananas!
Don't forget, keep filling the kids' heads with the repeated nonsense. Tell kids often enough and they will be totally stuffed. Seems that there will be plenty of kids with all the copulation going on, so you can claim that it is a really fast-growing religion.

Or not.
Best not.
We are in enough trouble with religion as it is without another thorn in our sides.

Best suggestion is to promote atheism amongst your circle of friends and colleagues. Much more satisfying. Not so much sex but that's not necessarily true. I manage OK thanks.

Answer 4

first hire 1000 christain preachers, bribe them so that they stop preaching about Jesus, but start preaching about you, you being the God himself , you have already shown 100 miracles like bringing back a dead boy to life ,etc

In the mean time learn to perform some magics

Advertise in google adwords (so that when someone searched for God, link to your website appears on top)

Come up with ten commandments
like thy shall have sex thrice a day (I can help you making the commandments as long you are ready to pay me $$$$)

Come up with some different set of rituals, like people hold each others dick to greet

Contact me if you are really serius to start a new religion

Answer 5

First of all, create your own mythology, you can take ideas from the others religions established and science fiction tales, mix them and serve them for your followers if you can put it down, better.

Then you have to look for followers so your mythology should be good enough to be taken seriously. Remember, all you want to do it is to save these poor people souls.

Good luck

Answer 6

Read about how other religions were started. Charles Russel started the Jehovah's Witnesses. Joseph Smith started the Mormon church.

Answer 7

Make up some kind of "message" and find a group of gullible people looking for "answers". Works better if you find the people first and then tailor your message to their needs. Don't forget to take a course in public speaking.

Answer 8

In your case, find a company that prints match book covers. lol

You can be the guy from the book one of the dhimmi. lmao

Answer 9

Get a license from the government

Answer 10

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Who is Muhammad pbuh
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" Head of the state as well as the Church, he was Caesar and Pope in one; but, he was pope without the pope's claims, and Caesar without the legions of Caesar, without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue. If ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by a right divine It was Muhammad, for he had all the power without instruments and without its support. He cared not for dressing of power. The simplicity of his private life was in keeping with his public life."


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