https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=The_Church_of_the_SubGenius&feed=atom&action=historyThe Church of the SubGenius - Revision history2024-03-28T23:39:49ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.1https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php?title=The_Church_of_the_SubGenius&diff=34169&oldid=prevXyzzy: if you're gonna have a page about it, might as well have a complete page about it2017-02-10T17:23:02Z<p>if you're gonna have a page about it, might as well have a complete page about it</p>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''The Church of the SubGenius''' (also known as '''The SubGenius Foundation, Inc.''') is a satire religion created in the mid to late 1970's on an [[MIT|MIT-hosted]] [[BBS]] server. In the computer technology realm, The Church of the SubGenius had varying influences in the development of [[Slackware]] and [[Atari| Atari products]]. The religion is centered around J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, the world's most successful salesman (he made his first million at age 6, ''by accident''), who in 1953 was contacted by Jehovah-1 (an invisible, undetectable space monster who has lived behind the Moon for the past 5000 years and controlled humanity according to his mysterious and sinister will) while attempting to fix a home-made television set of his design in a thunderstorm. "Bob" was told of a prophecy, known to the SubGenii as "Revelation X", whereby on X-Day (July 5, 1998), at exactly 7 a.m. (local time), aliens from Planet X (the X-ists) will descend to Earth and destroy humanity in a nuclear holocaust. Only ordained members of the Church will receive salvation - they will ascend to the X-ist mothership full of alien sex goddesses and be whisked away to start a new race of genetically superior supermen on a faraway planet. Ordination is available to anyone willing to pay a one-time fee (currently $35), and comes with a kit containing artwork, pamphlets, subversive stickers, and most importantly, an official membership card. The Church makes no effort to deny that it is a profit vehicle. It boasts about being the only religion ''proud'' to pay its taxes, and "Bob" himself allegedly told L. Ron Hubbard that starting a religion for gullible idiots was a great way to make loads of money. Those who claim to be into the Church but have not paid for ordination, even if they have bought books or other merchandise, are derisively known as "Bobbies", and will be condemned to the purgatory of ruling over the fractured remnants of humanity after the nuclear armageddon of X-Day.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''The Church of the Subgenius''' (also known as '''The Subgenius Foundation</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Inc</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''') is a satire religion created in the mid to late 1970's on an [[MIT|MIT</del>-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">hosted]] [[BBS]] server. The Church of the Subgenius had varying influences in the development of [[Slackware]] </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Atari| Atari products]]. The primary concept of The Church of the Subgenius is to follow the prophet J. R. </del>"Bob" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dobbs (the world's most successful salesman who has died multiple times</del>)<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, who in 1953 saw Jehovah 1 (God) on a television set he built. The goal of every member </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to gain "Slack" to avoid being "Pink" (normie) in time for the highly-pornographic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Day_%28Church_of_the_SubGenius%29 "X-Day" (Armageddon)] that they have both predicted and celebrated multiple times since 1995. X-Day was [https://web.archive.org/web/19990422025500/http://subgenius.com/hellsgate/HELLSGATE.html a satire] of another Internet-centric religion that was gaining popularity at the time</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[http://heavensgate.com Heaven's Gate]. X-Day is predicted to occur on </del>July 5, 1998<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. When the Earth year 1998 brought none of the "X-ians"</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">they made </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">appifany that the Earth </del>calendar <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was </del>wrong. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A basic belief </del>is that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an alien race known as </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Subgenius</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">created </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">human race (</del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">golf)</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their biggest mistake</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They believe themselves </del>to <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">be this spices/race</del>.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Astute readers will note that July 5</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1998 has already passed</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">However, since Jehovah</ins>-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1 (</ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">by extension, </ins>"Bob") is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">infallible</ins>, July 5, 1998 <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">clearly has not occurred yet</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and </ins>the calendar <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">everyone uses is </ins>wrong. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">an alternate viewpoint held by some members </ins>that "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bob</ins>" <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">got </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">year upside down </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the ''real'' X-Day will take place in 8661, but frankly</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">this idea is completely preposterous</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Nevertheless, SubGenii from across the world gather every July at a nudist-friendly campsite </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">await the saucers with music, sermons, orgies, and drug abuse</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A large number </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">practices and prophecies </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">church are adapted from Ivan Stang's student films from </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1960's</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">For example</del>, the X-<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">ians are described as an alien clown race </del>of "<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bozos</del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. This is an adaption </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Clown Leaders called "Bozos" in his dystopian film '</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Let</del>'<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s Visit the World of the Future</del>''. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Pinko" was </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name of </del>one of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">these clown leaders, an influence for the concept of being "pink"</del>. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(It should also be noted that </del>"<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Pinko</del>" <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was commonplace slang for a homosexual or a homosexual sympathizer at the time). His films are frequently reused in Church of the Subgenius films</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The SubGenii consider themselves genetically superior mutants, a wholly separate species of homonid known as ''H. correctus'', commonly known as the Yeti. Secret Church teaching trace the roots </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Yeti tens of thousands </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">years into the past, when, in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">days of Atlantic, they were responsible for creating </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">human race, which turned out to be their biggest mistake</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The SubGenius live in a constant struggle with The Conspiracy of the Normals, who control the Pink Boys and false prophets to keep humanity oppressed with things like jobs, governments</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">social conformity, and manipulation of </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">calendar to confuse SubGenii about the actual date of </ins>X-<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Day. By following the teachings </ins>of "<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Bob</ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, the SubGenius can achieve Slack, a state </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">transcendent bliss that allows them to rise above </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">confines of The Conspiracy, become attractive overnight, have sex with </ins>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">real girls</ins>''<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, become fabulously wealthy, and enjoy a carefree existence in general</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The most direct way to do this is outlined in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SubGenius motto (</ins>one of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">many): [https://en.wikipedia</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/wiki/NEET </ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Repent! Quit your job! Slack off!</ins>"<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">They gained </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">most members in </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">late 1980's </del>and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">early 1990's with </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">emergence of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">MTV Lifestyle </del>that <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">was attracted </del>to the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">weirdness </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">them</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sadly, "Bob" was assassinated during a rare public appearance in 1984, but to </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SubGenii he is a Living Slack Master and continues to guide his loyal followers and grant them </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Slack they must have. He is survived by his first (</ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">still his primary) wife, Constance "Connie" Marsh Dobbs, known within </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Blessed Anti-Virgin. There are rumors </ins>that <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">"Bob" faked his own death and escaped </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Dobbstown, a compound hidden in the jungles of Malaysia, where he and </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">inner-most circle </ins>of <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Church elders live in a state of complete Slack and commit unspeakable acts with local young boys</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The Church of the SubGenius rose </ins>to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">underground prominence during the 1980s, both online through Usenet and BBSes, and IRL</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">where it fed off the zine </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">anarchopunk/DIY counter-culture of the Reagan era. The Church attracted prominent figures </ins>as <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Mark Mothersbaugh (of Devo), David Byrne (Talking Heads), "Dr</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Hal" Robbins (voice actor who appeared in Half-Life and DotA), and Pee Wee Herman, who kept an image of "Bob" on the set of Pee Wee</ins>'<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">s Playhouse. (Stephen Colbert is suspected by many to be a SubGenius</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">due to the striking physical resemblance of his conservative talk show character to "Bob" </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">secret SubGenius messages allegedly hidden in his performances</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">) Members engaged in the practice of creating and sending absurd and often obscene art to each other and random strangers ("High Weirdness By Mail"), much of which </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">archived </ins>on <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">their official site. Rev. Ivan Stang, filmmaker, video editor, stop-motion animator, and long-time leader of the Church is responsible for most of the audio/visual content, including a 60-second spot ordered by MTV in 1991. Since 1985, he produces a weekly radio show ("The Hour of Slack"), which features music and sound collages sent in by listeners, sermons from recent devivals, and the dissociated ramblings of old potheads</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Church of the Subgenius''' (also known as '''The Subgenius Foundation''') is a satire religion created in the mid to late 1970's on an [[MIT|MIT-hosted]] [[BBS]] server. The Church of the Subgenius had varying influences in the development of [[Slackware]] and [[Atari| Atari products]]. The primary concept of The Church of the Subgenius is to follow the prophet J. R. "Bob" Dobbs (the world's most successful salesman who has died multiple times), who in 1953 saw Jahova 1 (God) on a television set he built. The goal of every member is to gain "Slack" to avoid being "Pink" (normie) in time for the highly-pornographic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Day_%28Church_of_the_SubGenius%29 "X-Day" (Armageddon)] that they have both predicted and celebrated multiple times since 1995. X-Day was [https://web.archive.org/web/19990422025500/http://subgenius.com/hellsgate/HELLSGATE.html a satire] of another Internet-centric religion that was gaining popularity at the time, [http://heavensgate.com Heaven's Gate]. X-Day is predicted to occur on July 5, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1999</del>. When the Earth year <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1999 </del>brought none of the "X-ians", they made the appifany that the Earth calendar was wrong. A basic belief is that an alien race known as "The Subgenius" created the human race (and golf), their biggest mistake. They believe themselves to be this spices/race.  </div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''The Church of the Subgenius''' (also known as '''The Subgenius Foundation''') is a satire religion created in the mid to late 1970's on an [[MIT|MIT-hosted]] [[BBS]] server. The Church of the Subgenius had varying influences in the development of [[Slackware]] and [[Atari| Atari products]]. The primary concept of The Church of the Subgenius is to follow the prophet J. R. "Bob" Dobbs (the world's most successful salesman who has died multiple times), who in 1953 saw Jahova 1 (God) on a television set he built. The goal of every member is to gain "Slack" to avoid being "Pink" (normie) in time for the highly-pornographic [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Day_%28Church_of_the_SubGenius%29 "X-Day" (Armageddon)] that they have both predicted and celebrated multiple times since 1995. X-Day was [https://web.archive.org/web/19990422025500/http://subgenius.com/hellsgate/HELLSGATE.html a satire] of another Internet-centric religion that was gaining popularity at the time, [http://heavensgate.com Heaven's Gate]. X-Day is predicted to occur on July 5, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1998</ins>. When the Earth year <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1998 </ins>brought none of the "X-ians", they made the appifany that the Earth calendar was wrong. A basic belief is that an alien race known as "The Subgenius" created the human race (and golf), their biggest mistake. They believe themselves to be this spices/race.  </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They gained the most members in the late 1980's and early 1990's with the emergence of the MTV Lifestyle that was attracted to the weirdness of them.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>They gained the most members in the late 1980's and early 1990's with the emergence of the MTV Lifestyle that was attracted to the weirdness of them.</div></td></tr>
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