Forum Game: Let's make a (fictional) religion!

[Sefiru]

Fine, as long as there's a hot chocolate option for those of us who can't drink coffee.

In fact, I propose that all rituals include the optional consumption of chocolate.

Rituals may involve melons OR durian OR chocolate, but not all three.

The seventh and final element is duct tape.
 

Well, all *I* know is that the cat deities are all-powerful and all-knowing. OB-viously.  (Yeesh.)  

There is one deity who, rather than being all-knowing, knows nothing whatsoever.

[Lana288]

Well, all *I* know is that the cat deities are all-powerful and all-knowing. OB-viously.  (Yeesh.)  

So, it stands to reason that the deity would decide what it wants it's embodiment to look like.

And anyone who disagrees with me is just wrong.

(I'm joking, of course! :-D )

The messengers of the cat deities are referred to as the Katty Pink Unicorn Pegasus's (otherwise known as K-PUPs), and they bring fertility to households by leaving gifts at the doorsteps of growing families.
 

There is one deity who, rather than being all-knowing, knows nothing whatsoever.

 
The devotees of that deity seek to spread his lack-of-words throughout the land by preaching against the evils of the library, the internet, and everything to do with cats.

[SunflowerP]

The seventh and final element is duct tape.

 
Which, of course, in the religion's symbolism/cosmology, is the one that holds the other elements, and the universe, together.

Sunflower

[MadZealot]

The seventh and final element is duct tape.

Or paprika.  

Who controls the spice, controls the universe.

[MadZealot]

Cats are the embodiments of deities.  Obviously.

I must be a Priest in this Tradition.  

When I get home from work my kids greet me with meows.  How many others can say the same.

[Aster Breo]

Or paprika.  

Who controls the spice, controls the universe.

Maybe you're confused?   I was taught that Paprika is the name of the Creator.

[Sefiru]

Which, of course, in the religion's symbolism/cosmology, is the one that holds the other elements, and the universe, together.

Sunflower

However, it has both a light and a dark side, as do all the elements.
 

Maybe you're confused?   I was taught that Paprika is the name of the Creator.

 
The cats who embody Paprika the Creator are ginger tabbies.

All temple buildings are circular and have three doors.

[NiDara]

However, it has both a light and a dark side, as do all the elements.
 

 
The cats who embody Paprika the Creator are ginger tabbies.

All temple buildings are circular and have three doors.

All temple buildings have multiple windows with  depicting humorously serious and completely absurd scenes of the religion's tenets.

[Kelly]

However, it has both a light and a dark side, as do all the elements.
 

 
The cats who embody Paprika the Creator are ginger tabbies.

All temple buildings are circular and have three doors.

Only one of the three doors leads the seeker/devotee to where they want to be. It's up to them to find the correct door at the right time.

[Sefiru]

All temple buildings have multiple windows with  depicting humorously serious and completely absurd scenes of the religion's tenets.

So stained-glass LOLcats, then? I like it.

The altar is actually a shallow pit.

[Lana288]

So stained-glass LOLcats, then? I like it.

The altar is actually a shallow pit.

 
Within the pit is a pool of water.

[Aster Breo]

Within the pit is a pool of water.

Within the pool of water, there lives a crocodile.

[HarpingHawke]

Within the pool of water, there lives a crocodile.

 
That crocodile plays the trumpet and is regularly given sacrifices of sub par musicians. It is worshiped as a guardian of the altar; this could be because nobody can get it to leave.

[Lana288]

That crocodile plays the trumpet and is regularly given sacrifices of sub par musicians. It is worshiped as a guardian of the altar; this could be because nobody can get it to leave.

 
The crocodile is sacred to the Great Green One, a crocodile god who lives in the ocean. This deity is forever at war with the cat gods and the god who knows nothing. The conflict is sacred, and to honor it, every year there's a great race between a crocodile and a cat.

(I don't know where this is coming from either.)

[Sefiru]

The crocodile is sacred to the Great Green One, a crocodile god who lives in the ocean. This deity is forever at war with the cat gods and the god who knows nothing. The conflict is sacred, and to honor it, every year there's a great race between a crocodile and a cat.

(I don't know where this is coming from either.)

 
The crocodile represents the dark side of the elements, while the cat gods represent their light side.

Vinegar is considered the dark side of the Oil element.

Nobody ever talks about the dark side of the Internet.