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I probably should have mentioned the motive for this: if we form a legal registered religion, we may actually be able to stick it to the government in situations where we are being discriminated against on the basis of our religion
hi all. here we go. over a few beers with mad mackerel a couple of weeks back I decided to look into the legal requirements for forming a new religion - for fishos.
I found it is actually quite simple to do and as proof of the existence of any god is not necessary I propose the following:
1. we adopt worship of the god "piscatorius".
2. every god needs an antithesis whom I propose to be the dark god "verminus".
3. "church" meetings will consist of the occasional get together where non-alcoholic wine is to be replaced with full strength beer and "the holy spirit" known colloquially as "joy".
4. no teeny weeny glasses. in fact anything less than 7oz will be scorned and the offenders labelled heretics and duly "stoned".
5. no partaking of bread but all forms of seafood will be welcomed by the congregation.
6. meetings to be led by "the pasta" but sermonising will be frowned upon.
7. lesser gods to be ascertained by online polls.
8. I propose mad mackerel for the position of "poop".
9. a name for the church to be decided by online polls. (my suggestion is church of the fatter grey quaints).
10. a registered mainstream charity (such as camp quality) to receive donations which should be 100% tax deductible to donors.
so brothers, who's in?
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
I probably should have mentioned the motive for this: if we form a legal registered religion, we may actually be able to stick it to the government in situations where we are being discriminated against on the basis of our religion
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
You have too much time on your hands dave...
By the way, im in!
If i got 6 Oz does that mean I get stoned? Could be worse :-p
Don't forget all my offerings of jig heads lose on the snags.
Any chance of a bit of animal sacrifice?
Say, half a cow expertly grilled by the Grill Master (Capt Seaweed)?
Either way, sign me up Dave!
Jim
totally - and yes offerings of lost tackle will qualify for special mention at meetingsOriginally Posted by Mossy247
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
sign me up... I think its the best idea in ages
does this mean all beer/fishing gear/boats used in the practise of this religon are tax free ???
boss cant do anything about you having a day off every friday to worship???
jetskis would be the vehicle of verminus and we could stone to death anyone riding them ????
can we have cool outfits like jedis???
You sure it was beer you and madmac were drinking? if it was beer there must have lots. I myself prefer lot,s of rum...anyway, and the lord our god ( piscatorious ) said "COME FORTH MY SON", but I tripped and came 5th.....I,m in, roy
I like all of that - including jedi outfits lol.
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
Blessed are the Jedi , for they shall inherit bad fashion sense....roy
If we became "piscatorious's witness's" this could involve turning up at mates places preaching to the wives the virtues of the church practises.. IE: lets go fishing...
The only drawback is instead of 10am Saturday starts it would be more like 5am starts.. Could get interesting preaching at that time of the morning.
reminds me of a joke from way back: (I find it funny as a mate of mine actually has parents that fit the joke)
did you hear about the bloke whose dad was an atheist and his mum a jehovahs witness?
he found himself knocking on peoples doors for no particular reason at all...
fishing's as simple as 3 P's - patience, perserverance and PLASTIC!
Apparently it is acceptable to have a large siren on top of a tall building to call every one to prayer. Perhaps we could have something similar to alert everyone to come out for a preaching session.....
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