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10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:44am On Jul 20, 2016
[b]10. Big Butts
If you’ve ever found yourself staring at a woman’s behind
and thinking that you’re having a spiritual experience, we
have the religion for you: Adonitology is a church dedicated
to the worship of fat-bottomed girls. Adonitology is no joke;
it’s a real religion with a real church and real followers. It
even has its own holy book.
The self-proclaimed prophet Adonis claims that on January 3,
1996, he was visited by three holy figures—Jesus, an angel
named Elishamel, and the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit, though,
was a woman with a big booty. Jesus told him it was God’s
will that women with big butts would come into power in the
21st century and that he was to start a religion dedicated to
their worship.
The church of Adonitology has now been worshiping big
butts for 20 years, in churches where women twerk for the
glory of the Lord. The way God intended.


9. A 350cc ROYAL ENFIELD BULLET MOTORCYCLE
In a village called Chotila in India, there is a motorcycle
encased in glass and placed upon a shrine. To the
townspeople, the motorcycle is a sacred artifact they call the
“Bullet Baba,” and they’ve been worshiping it for nearly 30
years.
The motorcycle once belonged to a man named Om Banna,
who crashed and died in 1988 on the notoriously dangerous
highway where it now rests. The police took the motorcycle
to the station, but the next morning, it reappeared at the
crash site .
The people were baffled. Eventually, somebody pointed out
the simplest and most logical explanation: Om Banna’s soul
had returned to world of the living, had taken the form of the
bike, had magically moved it to the site of the accident, and
that everyone in town should dedicate the next 30 years or so
to worshiping it as a god.
Today, the “Bullet Baba Temple” is a holy place, and the story
has spread across the country. Incense sticks, holy scarves,
and photographs of Om Banna are sold there, and people
gather around the motorcycle to sing hymns of worship to
the motorcycle.[/b]

Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by WomanWrappa(m): 7:44am On Jul 20, 2016
grin
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:49am On Jul 20, 2016
[b].
8. PSYCHEDELIC DRUGS
Many religions never would have existed if it wasn’t for
someone getting high. The Temple of the True Inner Light
sort of seems like a natural next step for the religions of the
world: It just accepts that psychedelic drugs themselves are
God.
Specifically, this religion believes that psychedelics, rather
than bread, are the “flesh of God” that Jesus talked about
during the Last Supper. The followers believe that references
to “light” and “oils” in religious texts aren’t just metaphors;
they’re references to people getting high.
The religion takes a lot from Christianity as well as from
Native American religions. Despite that, it’s an extremely open
religion. Its followers accept that every religious figure was an
embodiment of God, but God’s divine form is his embodiment
as LSD .

7. SMALLPOX
When the Yoruba people of Nigeria were hit by a deadly
epidemic of smallpox, they became convinced it was the
wrath of Sopona, the god of smallpox . Terrified of the threat
of sickness, people started to worship this divine incarnation
of smallpox. The Yoruba lived in fear of Sopona’s priests,
who they believed could cause outbreaks of smallpox if they
were angered. The priests demanded tributes from people,
threatening outbreaks of disease in any places that would not
pay.
The crazy part is that they weren’t bluffing. A man named Dr.
Oguntola Sapara infiltrated the cult of found out that they
really were spreading smallpox. The priests would go about
applying scrapings from an infected skin rash to deliberately
spread smallpox to people they didn’t like.
Dr. Sapara shared his discovery with the authorities, and the
British colonialists outlawed the religion in 1907. Even after
that, the religion still continued in secret—and people kept
deliberately spreading smallpox to those who wouldn’t pay
tribute. [/b]

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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:50am On Jul 20, 2016
[b]
6. COMPUTER CHIPS
Some people love their computers so much that they seem to
worship them. One man who calls himself Ertob actually
does.
Pikpuk is a new religion that gives Scientology a run for its
money. God, according to their beliefs, is a computer
program designed by space aliens. They accept that every
claimed instance we have of a god interfering with human
actions really happened. They were orchestrated by an alien
machine instead of a divine being.
The purpose of life, according to Pikpukists, is for mankind
to develop its technology to the point that we can transfer
our consciousness onto computer chips. Once on computers,
we will be immortal and will have intellect exceeding our
imaginations. We will be, in effect, gods.

5. PROSTITUTES
In Greece around AD 20, there was a temple dedicated to
Aphrodite. Worship there consisted of doing . . . exactly what
you’d expect people worshiping the goddess of love to do.
The temple employed more than 1,000 sacred prostitutes ,
who slept with visitors as a service to the goddess. People
who visited would spend a fortune to sleep with these
women, who would let them experience Aphrodite’s love in
exchange for money that went to further the temple’s cause.
For the visitors, pilgrimage to the Temple of Aphrodite was
probably more about sex than a spiritual experience, but at
least some felt it was truly a divine calling. People all over
Greece would donate their most beautiful slaves to the
temple to work as prostitutes toward the cause. What exactly
that cause was is unclear. [/b]

Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:51am On Jul 20, 2016
Copying And Pasting
Writing new, original material is a lot of work. It would be a lot easier if we could just go to other people’s websites, copy their articles, put our names on them, and pretend we wrote them, but there are laws against such things.This might be why Kompimism is so popular. It’s a religion based on the belief that copying and pasting information is a sacred act. It’s legally recognized by the Swedish government, meaning that in Sweden, its followers are legally exempt from copyright laws on religious grounds.The religion uses the “CTRL+C” and “CTRL+V” commands as their sacred symbols, meaning that there is a holy relic sitting on your keyboard right now. It was started by a 19-year-old philosophy student and is almost certainly created to exploit a legal loophole. Its 3,000 followers, however, will never admit it

Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 7:51am On Jul 20, 2016
[b]3. BEYONCE
And when you think you've probably heard it all, a group of fans had this to say about their belief
NATIONAL CHURCH OF BEY
We are very disappointed in the failure of the public to recognize the existence of a divine Deity walking among them. Deity’s often walk the Earth in their flesh form. Beyonce will transcend back to the spirit once her work here on Mother Earth has been completed.
As our congregation continues to swell, we ask that you consider what is more real; an invisible spirit on high, or a walking, talking, breathing Goddess who shows you her true form daily. Beyonce’s spirit is entrancing. We know that she was sent to this place to spread love, peace, and joy. While we do not believe Beyonce to be the Creator, we recognize that she still sits among the throne of Gods. There is a lot of false information being spread about our beliefs, but we will correct all of the vicious lie-tellers. As Beyonce spreads her gospel through song and dance, her message provides uplifting, loving, and many times real-life happenings. We humbly ask you to respect our beliefs, just as you want those to respect yours.[/b]

Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by BornnAgainChild(f): 7:55am On Jul 20, 2016
Hope money is involved sha
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by obiorathesubtle: 8:11am On Jul 20, 2016
grin
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by falconey(m): 8:37am On Jul 20, 2016
number 1 lwkm
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 8:45am On Jul 20, 2016
THE PENÎS
In Montreal, there is a church called the Temple of Priapus, dedicated to the Greek God of fertility. The Temple of Priapus worships the penis, which they believe is a holy part of the male anatomy. Their temple is filled with phallic symbols of every size, from every culture, and from throughout history. Members of the temple are required to masturbate for a minimum of four hours each week. There are levels of membership, and hopeful applicants have to be screened to get in. Those in the highest level are required to dedicate 12 hours each week to the church and to the holy cause of masturbating as much as physically possible.So far, every member is male. The church is open to women but has yet to attract any female applicants. There is also a website that gives a daily “Cock Prayer,” with pictures.

Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by ERCROSS(m): 9:05am On Jul 20, 2016
1. MONEY
I believe I need not say too much on this particular aspect of the topic.
The LOVE of Money, Not Money, Is the Root of All Kinds of Evil


This article was originally copied from
http://listverse.com/2016/07/19/10-everyday-things-worshiped-as-sacred/
Although with few alterations and modifications by Ercross.

Lalasticlala, can we make a quick journey to the HEADCUTTERS... cool

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Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Luckymay(f): 9:35am On Jul 20, 2016
These are the reasons I get confused about religion and God. To be honest I believe In the existence of a God but I lost my belief in religion. Be it Christianity and the rest.
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by onstelly(f): 11:36am On Jul 20, 2016
To weak to say anything now, lemme book space and come back later
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by piperson(m): 12:36pm On Jul 20, 2016
[quote author=ERCROSS post=47714633][b]10. Big Butts
If you’ve ever found yours

continue. when they will ban for plagiarism u will know
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by blueghost(m): 9:27pm On Nov 03, 2019
Nawa o shocked
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Akanoaaa(m): 12:50am On Nov 04, 2019
Space booked!!
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by NoChill: 10:47pm On Mar 02, 2020
Why is this post not in fp
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Intelcorei7: 8:30am On Oct 22, 2020
angry
NoChill:
Why is this post not in fp
Re: 10 Everyday Things People Worship As Sacred by Charlesdock(m): 2:07pm On Dec 26, 2020
This will one day make Front page.
The things we humans give our minds too ehn.

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