Starting a new church: Geek Un-Orthodox.

[jonnyGURU]

I figured you could get a bunch of hackers, phreaks, gamers and techs together in church and have your own organized religion.

Now of course, no one Christian or non-Christian belief will be imposed. Kind of like a UU church. No one belief system, but a common interest.

Whatcha think?

 

[cwand]

I have to admit, "Geek Unorthodox" is pretty funny.

 

[jobert]

Congratulations, MostReverend Jon.

I am confident your movement will meet with
unparalleled success.
If any of us, your esteemed associates at OT,
can be of assistance in this endeavor,
do not hesitate to call upon us.

We await your command, fearless leader.

 

[ultravox]

I am preparing to pass the plate as we speak..... We can divey up the money as follows, We'll draw a circle on the floor and throw everything up in the air, what ever falls in the circle we keep for ceremony needs, what ever God catches, he keeps....

 

[jonnyGURU]

Well then, why not just have a 50/50.

The money will go towards..... I dunno, A Radeon for the alter? :Q

 

[optoman]

We could have weekly gatherings and pray to the server....uhh I mean god.

 

[yakko]

When is the first meeting?

 

[Adul]

Will there be a donation place to help the less fortunate geeks upgrade their computers?

 

[ltk007]

Yeah, what Adul said...

When a componant dies, we can have a funeral service and bury in the backyard with a headstone to thank it for its faithful service. Unless it dies a week after its bought and no one will take it back. Then we can blow it up.

 

[jonnyGURU]

A place for less fortunate computer users?

Hmm....

How about Warez on Wheels?

We can serve 'em up in styrofoam clamshells.

Can the alter be at my house?

 

[AMDJunkie]

But what's the devil of this new religion? Compaq Support Guys? Idiot Newbies? Windows?

 

[optoman]

The devil is....Bill Gates. Isn't he also the creator?

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hmm... The devil is the creator. Nice twist.

That's makes for a good "Book of Computer Day Saints".

 

[pastee]

if I do good things and die....I see satan....

if I do bad things and die......I see satan...

I don't see a reason to be good in this religion. I LIKE IT!

 

[20_MuleTeam_Borax]

Alright! The domain name squatters haven't gotten to geekunorthorox.org yet.

<edit>What's the server. . . i mean God's IP address? My perl script needs to know where to send the prayers.</edit>

 

[jyrixx]

hmmm... this sounds like a good idea.. finally an organized religion that might possibly be cool. =)

 

[lowtech1]

If it is a church then it would be classified as a non profit organization, that would mean no tax on the organization and tax deduction to the donator...Can I have the second franchise in Canada

 

[GreenBeret]

You unorthodox weaklings! You have diluted our religion into something ungeek.

 

[ViRGE]

I'm in, but only if Shawn Fanning can be Head of Donations.

 

[jobert]

Gentlemen:

I come bearing good tidings.

Al Gore has agreed to do a fund raiser
at our new temple.

 

[cxim]

What's the matter with Geek Orthodox ?

I petition that annual meetings be held on a regular basis conjoint with Fantasy Fest in Key West.

Steve, who I do not know, has documented how Orthodox services are conducted.


steve's site

 

[jonnyGURU]

Al Gore has agreed to do a fund raiser at our new temple.

LMAO! That's actually TOO appropriate, seeing how he invented the internet.

<edit> 20-mule: Sounds like a great idea for a parody site. I'm out of webserver space though, so someone else is going to have to anty up! </edit>

 

[jonnyGURU]

I'm starting on some scripture. Please edit as thy seem fiteth:


In the beginning, God said, let there be microprocessors.

Forth with, Almighty God created Robert of Noyce and Gordon of Moore.

God sayeth onto them, &quot;eat all of the damn apples you want.

I'm taking a nap&quot;. Hence, Robert of Noyce typed up on his typewriter what was to be the sacred scroll known as the Intel Business Plan.

In the middle, God said, I've got a good sense of humor, so he created Bill of Gates.

God gave all man kind free will, but decided to take it to the extremeth when He created Bill.

So, God createth Bill, and Bill createth Microsoft and Microsoft buyeth a backwards compatible version of CP/M called &quot;DOS&quot; and maketh a million dollars by claiming they createth it.