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J. R. "Bob" Dobbs is the figurehead of the parody religion [1] the Church of the SubGenius. His image is derived from a collection of clip art distributed by the Bell Telephone Company of West Texas in 1946. [2] According to SubGenius dogma, "Bob" was a salesman who, in 1953, saw a vision of the god JHVH-1 on a television set he had built. [3]
The Church was founded on October 30, 1998 (Maradona's 38th birthday) in the city of Rosario, Argentina by three fans (Héctor Campomar, Alejandro Verón and Hernán Amez). [2] It could be seen as a type of syncretism or as a religion, depending on what religious definition one chooses to use.
A screenshot of the website in 2011. YTMND, an initialism for "You're the Man Now, Dog", is [a] an online community centered on the creation of hosted memetic web pages (known within the community as fads, YTMNDs, or sites) featuring a juxtaposition of an image (still or short animation) centered or tiled along with optional large zooming text and a looping sound file.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. [3] It originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools in the United States.
The Babylon Bee was founded by Adam Ford and was launched on March 1, 2016. [3] It is headquartered in Jupiter, Florida, and employs around 24 people across the United States. [4] [5] In 2017, Hurricane Harvey battered Houston, Texas, causing widespread flooding.
Viewing the crucifix image as "wholly depressing", the Church, led by Cardinal Glick (George Carlin), decides to retire it, and creates Buddy Christ as a more uplifting image of Jesus Christ. [1] The icon consists of a statue of Jesus, smiling and winking while pointing at onlookers with one hand and giving the thumbs-up sign with the other hand.
Rod of Iron Ministries (or currently shorten as the Sanctuary Church; [1] originally known as the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church) is a schismatic offshoot of the Unification Church established by Hyung Jin Moon and Kook-jin Moon. Both of them are sons of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. Their father was the founder of the ...
Cecil John Miller (December 28, 1928 – April 8, 1996 [1] [2]), usually known as Jack Miller, was an American Presbyterian pastor, seminary professor, church planter, and missionary. He served as pastor of New Life Presbyterian Church in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania , taught practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary , and was the ...