How do I go about starting my own religion?

And your religion allows the use of computers? :dubious:

Maybe you need to isolate the command harmonics and put it in a wavy word baloon. :wink:

Well, it’s fine if you don’t want to pay your taxes. You are certainly free to refuse to pay your taxes. And the rest of us, those of us who are willing slaves hypnotized by the Military-Industrial complex are free to stick you in jail for refusing to pay your taxes. Actions, consequences.

The mere fact that you think you shouldn’t have to pay taxes does not incur in the rest of us an obligation to let you get away with not paying taxes.

Either stop engaging in transactions that incur taxes, or pay your taxes under bitter protest, or go to jail with a smile on your lips. Your choice.

There are numerous large tracts of land, both public and private. You could certainly live on one and remain undetected.

I dare say there are many people who think like you. Abhor the corrupt system. Decry the materialism of this world. Refuse to contribute or take from a society that they find immoral.

Of those likeminded people, some disappear into the woods one day to live their lives completely off the grid. I admire the commitment they have to their values. I am sort of jealous of their ability to live out their beliefs.

Then there are people who pay lip service to these beliefs. They sit in relative comfort, usually provided by someone else, parents or taxpayer. then they expound about their latest “revelation” about the corruption of society, as if they alone discovered this fact. Please. We are all so thankful for your enlightenment. :rolleyes:

But to create a “religion” so that you can enjoy the fruits of the toil of others while avoiding making your own contributiion? That in itself is corrupt. To condemn a society while sucking on its tit is hippocracy (or however you spell it).

If you find the concept of money to evil and without merit, suggest a better alternative or head for the woods and live without it.

Government by hippos? In any case, definitely something you don’t want sucking on your tit.

Government by horses? That sounds a bit more like the actual phrase one has in mind.

No, government by horses would be hipparchy.

Wow, this thread has certainly changed it’s focus from what I (we) probably initially envisioned.

Don’t believe me, go back and read the OP again.

Even if you get your “church” recognized as a viable tax exempt entitiy, that doesn’t mean that the money you make flipping burgers can no longer be taxed. You are not your church. You are a member of the society, and therfore subject to those laws.

You can buy property, and declare it an asset of the First Churck of Screw The Man, but since you won’t be using to actually serve a purpose in relation to the church, I think you would end up being called on it, and paying heap big back taxes.

Your desire to avoid paying your share of the society we live in and you benefit from in many many ways is going to be very difficult to pass off as a valid faith.

Good luck with that.

Fairly early on, PEW, Bonton63, requested that you explain your belief system/structure. You’ve given us a few snippets, but no comprehensive summary, much less an explication. Please do. Meanwhile, I’ll inquire what about this belief system is “religous.” And, while you’re at it, on what is it based? I mean, did God tell you this? Or is this just you theorizing on your own?

As for the legalities, what others have said is true. Freedom of religion means freedom of belief, not freedom of action. Starting a religion does not exempt you from the law.

I apologize. I was having a bad day. Excalibre, I apologize to you too.