I guess its all about context I mean centuries and millenniums are long in regards to a human lifespan, but otherwise it really isn’t a very long time at all. In a few thousand years there will be numerous different major religions, that’s if we don’t kill each sooner.
You are still greatly misusing the word “fad”. Under no definition I can find would most religions qualify.
“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean – neither more nor less.”
“The question is,” said Alice, “whether you can make words mean so many different things.”
“The question is,” said Humpty Dumpty, “which is to be master - - that’s all.”
(Through the Looking Glass, Chapter 6, Lewis Carroll)
Discordianism has been around since the time of the ancient Greeks.
Under your rather unique definition, everything mankind has ever done can be called a fad.
Well where do words get their meanings from. PEOPLE
The meaning of a word isn’t set in stone, its constantly changing.
A century ago I could politically correctly call a black person a “nigger” without fear of censure.
Cite?
For the sake of polite conversation(and sanity), it would be nice if you stick to common and/or current definitions.
The Principia Discordia (the defining ‘holy book’) was written in the 1950s.
I am aware that the Goddess Eris is from the Greek Pantheon, but much as the latter day worship of Wotan and Thunor by Asatru is NOT the same as that of the preChristian religions, Discordianism is not the same as any religion practiced by the ancient Greeks. It is, in fact, a 20th Century parody of all organized religions. I have direct experience in many of these religions because many of my friends are strange and amusing people who like to poke fun at sacred cows.
Using The Illuminatus Trilogy as a reference can backfire occasionally.
You state with certainty but its not as if you were around at the time of the preChristian religions. For all we modern day people know they may be similar.
Shouldn’t that be a Sacred Chao?
I do believe his facts trump your “Well, you weren’t there thousands of years ago so you can’t prove me wrong!”. Got a site for your Discordian claim?
When I made my post I wasn’t referring to the modern revival of Discordian but the one the Greeks created.
Again-cite?
Since a “fad” is by definition markedly temporary (connoting something that rises and falls in popularity quickly and is trivial), it’s a bit like asking whether all umbrellas are blue, except some are red, pink, plaid, etc.
Or perhaps I’m misunderstanding the question proposed for debate. Would The New Atheism qualify as a “religious fad,” for example?
The OP acknowledged this in the first sentence of his first post. It’s probably better to think of it as an analogy about religions rising and falling in popularity, but regardless, pointing to the definition of fad doesn’t really address it. On the other hand you’re right that almost everything could be called a fad this way - maybe including civilization itself - and Gagundathar makes a good point about the influence of religions as a counterargument to the fad concept. And I would say I don’t think novelty is a major part of the appeal of a religion, so there’s also that.
No, it hasn’t. It was thought up by two stoners in a bowling alley in California in the late '50s or early '60s, and thank Eris for that. The ancient Greeks did not worship Eris as far as I can tell, and even if they did, Discordianism’s postmodern slant would make it distinct from anything the ancient Greeks did.
We do have historical evidence for how people worshipped, you know. There are writings and physical evidence like buildings and all kinds of things.
And the ancient Egyptians played Pokemon, although they used a board and knucklebones instead of cards and the rules were different.
Obviously that’s how you can make a reasonable assumption but since you were never there you can’t really state anything with 100% certainty and consider your belief to be irrefutable.
And on what are you basing your belief that Discordianism has been around since the time of the ancient Greeks? Cite?