# What's the most entertaining religion? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351 "2017-04-12T23:28:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![infinitii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e8c25b/32.png) [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/22 "2017-04-13T14:29:57Z")
No Mormonism?! That was my first thought! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/23 "2017-04-13T16:28:39Z")
I always found Norse myths to be quite fun, so that’s what I voted for. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/24 "2017-04-13T17:20:03Z")
I just realized OP forgot about cargo cult. That is a fun one. > **[Cargo cult](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult)** > > A cargo cult is a Melanesian indigenist millenarian belief system, often characterised as one in which adherents perform rituals which they believe will cause a more technologically advanced society to deliver goods. The consensus amongst scholars is however more nuanced, noting that such movements have to be understood as counter-colonial reactions to changing social and economic conditions, and that the 'cargo' aspect of such movements has been decontextualized, to the detriment of a fuller u... Another fun one was Frederick Lenz. He was a new age leader who told his female followers if they had sex with him it would raise their vibrational frequency to a higher level and spiritually evolve them. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/25 "2017-04-13T18:08:55Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > I wanted to vote for Tengrism because I’ve never heard of it but even the name entertained me…but then I saw it’s listed twice, and I don’t know which one to vote for. Now _that’s_ entertainment! Does that mean it’s doubleplusgood? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/26 "2017-04-13T18:43:45Z")
> [@infinitii](#): > > No Mormonism?! That was my first thought! Same here. The people themselves are fine,\* but the closer one looks into their religion, the sillier it gets. - My sample groups are several relatives, and many former clients. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/27 "2017-04-13T19:29:08Z")
> [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > Satanism. An entire religion based on trolling. Depends. LaVeyan Satanism is more of the “too cool for school” variety. It shares lots of things, if not politics, with Objectivism. Speaking of which, that’s kind of a religion. > [@Wesley\_Clark](#): > > I just realized OP forgot about cargo cult. That is a fun one. > > [Cargo cult - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult) I prefer the Prince Philip movement. Yes, after the Queen’s husband, who is worshiped by people of whom he has probably made racist comments about. > [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Same here. The people themselves are fine,\* but the closer one looks into their religion, the sillier it gets. > > - My sample groups are several relatives, and many former clients. That was South Park’s basic commentary (and I assume the Book of Mormon, though I haven’t seen it). Nice people, earnest, with some ridiculous premises. So they got off very easy, considering [how much worse it could be](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(South_Park)). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/28 "2017-04-13T19:51:24Z")
Some of the literature from Jehovah’s Witnesses can be right up there in the entertainment category. Some of their missionaries came to my door once, peddling this book for just $3: [Revelation It’s Grand Climax At Hand!](http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12207147-revelation-it-s-grand-climax-at-hand) It’s a chapter-by-chapter, verse-by-verse detailed explication of Revelation, heavily illustrated as only JW can do! I bought it on the spot, of course! If you liked all that Greek mythology, with the epic battles of the gods and such, you’ll love this! Multi-headed multi-horned monsters fu! Apocalyptic horsemen spewing swords from their mouths fu! Blood spilled upon the earth fu! Angels going mano-a-mano with the great serpent fu! Satan in chains for a thousand years fu! Whore of Babylon fu! It’s all there! ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2017, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/29 "2017-04-13T23:36:57Z")
The [existence](http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2013/september/snake-salvation-serpent-handling-pentecostal-history.html) (and reported growing popularity) of [snake-handling Pentecostalism](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/snake-handling-pentecostal) alone makes Christianity deserving of my vote. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/30 "2017-04-14T00:58:48Z")
Church of the SubGenius. The original religious satire religion. Get some Slack in your life. J. R. “Bob” Dobbs will show you the way. Or sell you something. Or both! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/31 "2017-04-14T01:10:34Z")
> [@Tranquilis](#): > > Church of the SubGenius. > The original religious satire religion. > > Get some Slack in your life. > J. R. “Bob” Dobbs will show you the way. Or sell you something. Or both! The aforementioned Discordianism is about 16 years older, though as I noted “Bob” is the Most Holy. ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/32 "2017-04-14T01:29:12Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > The aforementioned Discordianism is about 16 years older, though as I noted “Bob” is the Most Holy. Learened something new today. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/33 "2017-04-14T01:30:34Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > … > In any case, it’s well known that the most entertaining religion belongs to us [Subgenii](http://www.subgenius.com). > [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > … > SubGenius \> Discordianism. Jihad! > … > [@Tranquilis](#): > > Church of the SubGenius. > The original religious satire religion. > > Get some Slack in your life. > J. R. “Bob” Dobbs will show you the way. Or sell you something. Or both! Seems like maybe you’re more of a natural for the SlowGenius offshoot sect. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351/34 "2017-04-14T01:54:30Z")
Or the Fail to read for content set… Oh, wait… 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-entertaining-religion/784351.md?page=1)