- tacobellangel:
- It's making fun of religion.
How? The only religion I can think of that is designed to parody/criticise organised religion is Pastafarianism. What makes you think all other 'self-created' religions are the same?
- tacobellangel:
- Plus, if you're making it up, you know it's not true.
How so? Creating your own religion isn't necessarily the same as "making it up". For one thing, a religion isn't just composed of things that are perceived by the believer to be absolute facts; it's also made up of moral codes, rules, dogma, etc.; things to live one's life by. So if someone formulated a religion based on specifically being kind to, say, mice, then the "truth" element wouldn't come into it; it's simply a belief system that advocates being kind to mice. Secondly, even if someone's own created religion does have its views about absolute truth, then as far as the person is concerned, it's still not "making it up", because it's based upon what they believe to be true.
Essentially, not all self-made religions are the result of a person sitting down and knowingly writing complete and utter lies.