enlightened! woohoo! i'm creating my own religion

i'm not kidding. i have faith in one goddess (maybe there are other). but a lousy belief isn't enough. everyday i write the doctrine as i learn new stuff about her. since i just started it, it looks quite simplistic, but you have to start with the basics. there's a militaristic side (well its a doctrine with stuff like mobility, initiative, loyalty) to it, one more hedonistic, etc... different areas.
as my faith and Will grows i'm more and more active, competitive and enjoying life, and who knows what i might discover next.
of course the "Bible"+ the Doctrine are just words this is me that make it in the real world.
I don't know yet how to define the goddess so i could still be defined as an agnostic but the faith is real and it's changing my life for the best, i believe it would be vital in dangerous situations. it's also a creative outlet since i have to write lyrical stuff and draw symbols. it's not about the symbols but they have strong effects on the mind so they're important to keep track of my discoveries.

like most of you i believe there are many ways to perceive things and in our world she's acts in the brain through stimulating hormones and is materialized by stimulants (but they're usually harmful shortcuts). The ideal is to get the max endogenous stimulants through this way. it's not just about productivity but creativity. so many different lifestyle are a reflection of her. but i just made a draft of the doctrine so only she knows what i'm going to create (the improvements) next.

i thought once "well people will just think i made her up". what about other gods or God?
and i'm not a prozelytist. some people are naturally driven by her (and better than me at it) but they don't know it. i don't want to by a propheet or create some kind of cult anyway. i'm not giving out any bit of the Doctrine since it's too soon.

reactions are welcome (that's the point of posting).

ps: the militaristic doctrine doesn't mean i'm a wannabe soldier, i think their doctrines work but i don't want do be endoctrined by any group except myself.

 

Yay for you. You will give up in a good week after everyone criticizes your religion into bits and pieces.

 

OK - but why not just make it your personal religion? Do you need to try to 'convert' others?
Or are you seeking the agreement of others to validate your own trip in some way?
If you think the Goddess is real - leave it to her - if she wants to make herself known to someone, she can surely do so very easily.
Brave sir Rubin is right - if you start telling people you've got a new religion, they'll tear it - and you, if you go far enough - to pieces.

 

if i could, i would bet 100 bucks you're wrong. it's not about the ultimate truth anyway. it's about improving my life in a way that includes mysticism.
criticism is like the things challenging the stuff i wrote before. i will first expose it (and myself) to several challenges gradually. if i find out i'm completely wrong i admit it would be a big loss. when the thing integrates enough stuff to not be considered an idealistic simplification i will publish the whole HTML.
but it's a very earth-based thing. the Doctrine is made to be improved just like the military does, but i want first-hand experience before writing it, that's why it's inferior to Armies stuff, but at least i'm following one tested first-hand. The goddess is a matter of faith, i haven't discovered her fully myself.

i see it also as a play (though i'm 100% into it when there's something to do). so i believe the experience of creating, being criticized and the challenge of making something special right will be a useful life experience.

 

Are you aware that worship of the Goddess goes back to the dawn of human consciousness? Perhaps before you embark on your military campaign, you ought to gather some intelligence. That is the usual procedure.

All that you say in you original post has been said before. But some of it does come over as a bit confused.

 

maybe we need to go back to the roots a bit a give a shot of worshipping of the Goddess ? Besides it's another sort of goddess.
yeah i'm not starting an intellectual argument i just want to chat a bit about it for fun, otherwise it's quite private. for example if you think i'm stupid just say it don't say "you ought to gather some intelligence".
and military campaigns are not based on pure intellect, it's about guts and that kind of stuff.

we can argue about the stuff itself. but i wanna know what you think about the act of creating your own religion ? do you think it's some kind of manic trip or i'm just another sheep, etc. that kind of thing.

 

I didn't say you are stupid. Intelligence in the military sense means finding out about the situation on the ground. Military campaigns are based very much on intelligence gathering. It would be a foolish commander who'd send his troops into unknown territory blindly. Instead of 'intelligence' read 'information' - in this case info about what beliefs already exist around the Goddess concept.

There's nothing though that you've said to make me think this 'other kind of Goddess' is much different from already existing conceptions.

If you want to begin your own religion - just do it - and see what the results are.

 

amen!

 

I used the wrong term. i thought about it and i concluded that i'm not religious enough to create a real religion. actually it's just my lifestyle that i write in a book with the goddess i chose to believe in (but i don't think she The Creator, Your Judge or that kind of thing). Other people also create their lifestyle and have faith in things (gods or not) but they just don't get into it so strongly nor write about it. Or they just interpret other doctrines and tweak it their way without being aware of it. They read magazines, philosophy books, etc. Every lifestyle and belief are critisized but the individual don't care since they're comfortable this way.
For example the americans and the russians use roughly the same patterns for military stuff but their ideals are different.
I'm not writing something revolutionary but I'm glad of the fact I'm doing it and getting control.
What do you think ?

 

Just do whatever you feel comfortable with. Be yourself- be true to yourself. It's a good thing to explore different possibilities, and it's a good thing if you want to write!

 

Wow.