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Want To Write A Religious Book, Need Advice by mumumugu(m): 7:12am On Nov 06, 2014
So this all started a few thousand years ago, 1000 years after the creation of Hinduism, a small nation of Jerusalem wrote a book from their ignorance in order to keep the locals at bay, by threatening horrific acts of violence, and promising light to a few people he did not upfront murder. They wrote down their laws in a small book called the Torah.


A few thousand years later a boy named Yejushua supposedly was born, despite no evidence whatsoever of his existence, and changed the course of the religion from a vengeful God to a jealous God, claiming that only if people left behind everything they had, including their families to rot and starve, and follow him, then they will be able to get ahold of the Philosophers Stone and be granted eternal life.


A few hundred years after that, a man high decided to take the old Bible, and rewrite it in his own words as the cqcuran. He turned the Jealous God into a Wrathful God to smite all people who just so happened to not believe in him. He also took it upon himself to marry a 6 year old girl despite the desire of her parents, and claim it to be the will of God.


Fast forward a little over 1000 years, and you have John Smith, a well known con artist who was jailed for his transgressions. He wrote a religious holy book known as the Book or Mormon, and tricked many people into believing him.


What’s the next book going to bewritten about ? Advice
Re: Want To Write A Religious Book, Need Advice by onetrack(m): 7:28am On Nov 06, 2014
Whatever you do, make sure it includes vaguely written predictions that can be interpreted in many different ways so that people can say the book is miraculous. Some of the verses should contradict each other so that the book predicts all possible situations.

Also include some threats of eternal torture by some merciful, loving superior being for people who don't follow the book.

Make the book very easy for powerful people to justify luxurious living at the expense of the powerless.

Include some mindless rituals for forgiveness so that evil people can have an easy way out of feeling guilty. Maybe the ritual should be highly active so that people can get some exercise while they're getting forgiveness from this supreme being.

Add some long, meaningless poems so that people can claim that they are secret messages from a supreme being.

Make the book so long, boring, and poorly written that 90% of the population will never bother to read it.

It's a start.
Re: Want To Write A Religious Book, Need Advice by bigiyaro(m): 8:10am On Nov 06, 2014
Make sure you write about how God can change a poverty stricken lazy man to a millionaire overnight.
Re: Want To Write A Religious Book, Need Advice by saintvc(m): 8:39am On Nov 09, 2014
Are you filled with holy spirit?

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