How To Create a Religion

It has been done before. There will always be some colorful charlatan who comes out of the woodwork to suck in a bunch of naive, gullible followers to believe and do exactly what he tells them. 

For example, we have seen the likes of Jim Jones and David Koresh who did more than their fair share of damage to society. Both shared the same characteristics; charismatic, narcissistic,  controlling and self-righteous. Each claimed to be the son of God. Yet, each of them offered a life of purity and an afterlife of bliss to their impressionable disciples and flocks.

In each case, the leaders (plus a heaping helping of their followers) met with a sticky and gruesome ending. What's the bet that oh, let's say, three hundred years from now, a bunch of hermits; outcasts from town, find a bunch of old Time magazines scrunched up like a scroll in their cave. One edition (November 1978) just so happens to depict the Jonestown massacre. The hermits go to a Greek publisher to tidy up the text a bit and print something that sounds a lot nicer.

It does happen. I think the most recent piss in the wind "new religion" is Kopimism and a boy named Isak Gerson is the"spiritual leader" of the Missionary Church of Kopimism where information is regarded as "holy". Make what you like of that, but it has  been recognised as a church and religion with no gods  or supernatural forces. But my concern with it already is that I believe that this will not stop just at freely "sharing" or copying information but also how young Mr Isak Gerson starts to see himself in relation to his followers in the future.

Marketing ideology, is simply that......No different to selling snow to Eskimos, or sand to Arabs.

Clever people and idiots, as it were.

Yep.

"Soon we will also apply for marriages, as well as for government support to expand our business."  

They were both Christians not sure they were that creative. 

Both?

All three were Christians, if you mean Jones, Koresh and Christ.

And there is no reason to believe that there was any difference between the three of them.

Oh, except that we know Koresh and Jones actually existed.

Christ was a Christian? 

Good question. I am making the assumption that Christ allegedly founded the Christian religion. It wasn't until some 300 years later that the faith was resurrected according to my knowledge.

Nevertheless, despite the flavor of the religion, each of the three founded cults and followed similar patterns.

Everyone can create a religion - it is called meism.  I am my own god and I can do whatever I want too.  I am the captain of my fate, the master of my destiny. I will follow my heart until it leads me to the right place - a happy place. 

Set up a website and a bank account.  Call yourself some trippy name - and Bob will be your uncle and your god if you like. 

Promise the world - and suggest it requires faith.