Prize for proof of superior religion

Do you believe that your religion is The One, the most fabulous faith in the whole wide world? Do you have a convincing reason why your belief should be believed?

If so, you’re on the inside track to winning 25,000 yen, courtesy of The Huge Entity’s “Can You Prove Religious Superiority?” competition. Now, before you get all excited about the new car you’re going to be able to buy, I should point out that according to the XE.com currency converter your prize will be a not-so-huge $207.51.

But, hey, that would buy a bunch of Bibles, Torahs, Korans, Dhammapadas, Adi Granths, Upanishads, or whatever, to add to your current collection. So head on over to The Huge Entity and submit your entry.

The Honorable Huge, a.k.a. Mr. Danieru, says, “Prove beyond reasonable doubt that one specific religion is the only possible way the observed world should be understood and the ¥25000 is yours. Any evidence is acceptable.”

His point, of course, is that religious belief is just that: belief. There’s no proof that any belief system is superior to any other. So you take a guess, place your bet, and hope that your number comes up. The big payoff, though, only is made after death. Sounds like a sucker’s game to me, but billions of people keep on playing.

I like The Huge Entity’s style. Any blog that issues a call for blasphemous haiku gets my churchless thumbs up. Example:

Mary was easy.
Had Father and Holy Ghost,
The Queen of threesomes

Comments

[mr. danieru]

cheers! am still in the process of getting you linked on my blog, like your style too by the way.... blasphemy!

[Elder Norm]

Hmmm, could not find way to enter contest. Maybe its bogus.??

Sugguest you consider the Altairian Religious Order. Why is it the ONE Religion?

Easy. THe motto of the Order is: "ARO, The belief in Reality and the search for its measure".

1) its a belief system because its what we believe. We cant prove much of what we believe but we do have listed reasons why we believe it.

2) We believe in Reality, that what is. If there is a God and he shows up one day and says worship me, well, OK. Now that we have something concrete to worship, fine. :-) For now we are just trying to figure out what is real.

3) We have a structure and rules and tenets and more. Just ask. One of our rules is "We do not Preach." Not really any benefit to it.

4) We are very different from most organized religions. While we do not have a specific God that we worship, we are on a quest, we have a mission.

5) While we are not huge ( no one said you have to be big to be right :-) ) we have people from Austrialia to the US to the Netherlands. We are not vocal (no one said the loudest is the most right). We allow and even require our members to question what we believe, because, well, we know we are not perfect. But by constantly working to improve, we will get better and better.

6) And finally, we are right. Since by definition, Reality is what really is, and we believe in reality, well, we must be right. :-) Of course, we are still working hard on the details.

So. Please send check or money order for the 25,000 yen. While we would prefer dollars, hey, we are small and are happy to accept anything.

OH, by the way. We do like questions. No preaching, but questions are fine. Check out the web site for an address to send them to. An Elder will get back to you at their earliest convience.

Yours in all sense of being right, :-)
Elder Norm