# Common-sensian or Reasonarian? What to name my new religion. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 6, 2010, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444 "2010-08-06T19:29:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/21 "2010-08-09T14:50:16Z")
I like the Cult of Reason myself. Reminds your adherents not to take themselves too seriously. CR2 perhaps, if you don’t care for the French Revoultionary overtones. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/22 "2010-08-09T15:04:56Z")
Yeah, I did click Pravnik’s link, and I thought it was great, but I rejected it because it was not original. I wanted something brand new. (never heard of it before though, and read the entire wiki, also clicking on all the blue links in the article, so it really was great) ---
**Author:** ![as\_u\_wish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@as\_u\_wish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/as_u_wish)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/23 "2010-08-09T15:15:02Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > The [Burning of the Straw Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man)is kind of taken already, though. But remember, appropriating from other religions and co-opting their holidays is an acceptable and traditional method for the upstart group. You might want to consider obscuring your name by translating in into an ancient language. How about Glory to Reason babblefished to Latin (Palma ut Causa). Or pig-latin. Or something. At a minimum, you need to have Common Sense (Vulgaris Voluntas or Voluntas Vulgaris if word order is important) or Reasoning Religion (Causa Monastica) engraved on whatever religious symbol you choose. This probably requires a second poll. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/24 "2010-08-09T15:58:08Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > > [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > > > I think you should canonize people who represent Reason. Like Saint Isaac Newton or Saint Voltaire. > > > > One of your holiday traditions could be the **Burning of the Straw Man**. Like a Wicker Man, but of straw with stupid arguments stuffed inside. > > > > A yearly festival could be **The Running of the Trolls**. A King Troll is randomly appointed and he cannot be fed for the entire day. > > > > There could be a **Ceremony of Snuffing the Flame War** in which folks mutually snuff a candle while agreeing to disagree. > > Those are great! The [Burning of the Straw Man](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man)is kind of taken already, though. Okay then, how about Straw Man Day, where one day a year you put up a straw man and pointedly refrain from beating him? Then, just like they used to have the Lord of Misrule, you could have a Judge Ridicule day, and there’s no appealing his judgements. You could have True Scotsman day, which is like Pancake Tuesday except everyone eats sugared porridge, and then you could have a day, haven’t figured out what to call it yet, where there’s a contest to see who can dress up as a senior army officer in the [shortest possible time](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasty_generalization). ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/25 "2010-08-09T21:48:19Z")
Malacandra, please do tell me how I will pointedly _refrain_ from beating the straw man? Haa. You are cracking me up. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2010, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/26 "2010-08-09T23:55:40Z")
How about Pragmatarianism? It’s like Pragmatism ([Pragmatism - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatism)) but it’s a religion with holidays and ceremonies suggested by **Hypno-Toad**. You could have empircism rituals in which the priest brings out objects or pieces of data and people interpret them in chants but then the priest brings out new data forcing the congregation to alter their hypotheses, each round becoming more frenzied until they reach something that comes as close to reality as possible. The ceremony ends with a virgin sacrifice and a nice hymn. This is the Blessed Formulation of the Hypothesis. Then they go out and implement this knowledge in their communities. Confession is telling the priest whether or not implementation successful and whether it was due to an incorrect hypothesis. They must then collect more data. This is called the Sacrament of Back-to-the-Drawing-Board. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2010, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444/27 "2010-08-12T00:41:18Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > RadicalPi, I think I set it up wrong. I actually meant to ask if the members of my religion should be called Common Sensians or Reasonarians. Which means, that I guess my religion will be Reasonarianism. Well, that relieves the grammar stickler part of me. As for the holidays, I could get on board with anything with chocolate involved, especially if there is also cake. Perhaps you could also make a “Reasonarianist piñata,” filled with mirrors, wishbones, and so on. If you’re theatrically inclined, also throw in some legs (of the doll kind), too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/common-sensian-or-reasonarian-what-to-name-my-new-religion/549444.md?page=1)