Post by william on Sept 13, 2023 17:23:14 GMT
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This aggression will not stand
The Dude abides
"Enter the Church of the Latter-Day Dude. Dudeism is a philosophy and lifestyle that preaches non-preachiness (Dudeism.com) — Benjamin , or the Dudely Lama, as he is known in Dudeist tradition, describes it as “an open-source attempt” to remake religion that fits with modern times."
"While Dudeism seems to be a pseudoreligion to many, Benjamin and the rest of its adherents regard it very seriously. (Mathijs and Sexton, 2012) The Church of the Latter-Day Dude has ordained over 350 000 Dudeist priests worldwide, and marriages have been legally officiated by Dudeist clergy in some U.S. states. (Dudeism.com) However, an argument comes from those who oppose the advent of a religion so adamantly rooted in popular culture. Some scholars argue that real religion draws on sources intended to be vehicles for religious experience, whereas popular culture is not intended to act as a source for spiritual inspiration. (Porter, 2009) Religious studies scholar Edward Bailey refutes this idea by introducing the concept of implicit religion; it can be found in unexpected and infrequent transcendent experiences, and is what happens when someone’s basic beliefs about the way of the world is or should be are affirmed or changed. (Porter, 2005) This is exactly what Benjamin experienced when creating Dudeism. He saw popular religion as “out of touch” and corrupted by power structures; he “longed for a worldview that both could be looked at rationally without recourse to magical thinking, and also had a sense of humour”. (Rush, 2014) Instead, while watching The Big Lebowski, Benjamin “saw it contained all of the good parts of every [religion] I had studied.” (Rush, 2014) This experience in itself, as well as the fact that almost 400 000 other people can relate to it, places Dudeism as at least an implicit religion."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism#:~:text=Dudeism%20advocates%20and%20encourages%20the,of%20interacting%20with%20other%20people.
This aggression will not stand
The Dude abides
"Enter the Church of the Latter-Day Dude. Dudeism is a philosophy and lifestyle that preaches non-preachiness (Dudeism.com) — Benjamin , or the Dudely Lama, as he is known in Dudeist tradition, describes it as “an open-source attempt” to remake religion that fits with modern times."
"While Dudeism seems to be a pseudoreligion to many, Benjamin and the rest of its adherents regard it very seriously. (Mathijs and Sexton, 2012) The Church of the Latter-Day Dude has ordained over 350 000 Dudeist priests worldwide, and marriages have been legally officiated by Dudeist clergy in some U.S. states. (Dudeism.com) However, an argument comes from those who oppose the advent of a religion so adamantly rooted in popular culture. Some scholars argue that real religion draws on sources intended to be vehicles for religious experience, whereas popular culture is not intended to act as a source for spiritual inspiration. (Porter, 2009) Religious studies scholar Edward Bailey refutes this idea by introducing the concept of implicit religion; it can be found in unexpected and infrequent transcendent experiences, and is what happens when someone’s basic beliefs about the way of the world is or should be are affirmed or changed. (Porter, 2005) This is exactly what Benjamin experienced when creating Dudeism. He saw popular religion as “out of touch” and corrupted by power structures; he “longed for a worldview that both could be looked at rationally without recourse to magical thinking, and also had a sense of humour”. (Rush, 2014) Instead, while watching The Big Lebowski, Benjamin “saw it contained all of the good parts of every [religion] I had studied.” (Rush, 2014) This experience in itself, as well as the fact that almost 400 000 other people can relate to it, places Dudeism as at least an implicit religion."
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism#:~:text=Dudeism%20advocates%20and%20encourages%20the,of%20interacting%20with%20other%20people.
