In a fit of creative audacity born of frustration with current religious options and practices, I created an outline and codex for a new (non) #religion. Hey, if Joseph Smith and Brigham Young could dream up a new #Christian denomination and L. Ron Hubbard could convince thousands to embrace #Scientology I figured I might as well throw my hat in the ring.

I’m calling my ‘religion for the rest of us’ The Neo-Pythagorean Assembly; and yes, it’s doctrine and dogma is based on reverence for science, the natural world, and the cosmos, rejecting mythology, miracles, prophecy and cultishness. Scientists and mathematicians are our saints. Think of it as a religion for the rational. I wrote an essay outlining my thoughts; and as all new religions need a codex, I worked with my AI assistant to develop one. So all that is required now are congregants.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cRcpb6XADRKgl0uAPlLQAbN5_z1qQpVviRwtrvBcH4/edit?usp=drivesdk

Pythagoreanism - A Religion for the Rest of US

The Neo-Pythagorean Assembly A Non-Religion For The Rest Of Us Preface It’s time for there to be a new religion that recognizes the overarching divinity of math and science. One that celebrates the centrality of the sciences to creation, the universe and the immutable laws of nature. A religio...

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There are two errors into which persons can fall about #LRonHubbard. One is to disbelieve in his significance. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in him. In the 1990s and early 2000s there flourished a lively geek-culture obsession with Hubbard and #Scientology in which I participated to a small degree, drawn like a moth to a flame whose fuel was supplied by the somewhat unhealthful fascination which cults of all sorts exert upon the skeptical and overconfident minds of young nerds of the sort who imagine that it's easy to refute #Christianity merely by pointing out that virgins don't usually give birth, or by quoting Richard Dawkins.

В федивёрсе в курсе, что сегодня ДР #LRH?

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📰 | „Der Scientology-Geheimdienst und der deutsche Sekten-Jäger“ im Dark-Matters-Podcast

Warum unterhält #Scientology mit dem OSA einen eigenen Nachrichtendienst? Bernd hat sich die neue Folge von „Dark Matters“ angehört, die den Fall eines inhaftierten deutschen Beamten neu aufrollt. Mehr dazu im #SkeptixBlog:

https://skeptix.org/2026/03/06/der-scientology-geheimdienst-und-der-deutsche-sekten-jaeger-im-dark-matters-podcast/

#Schweiz #BadenWurttemberg #Sekten #Sekte

"Der Scientology-Geheimdienst und der deutsche Sekten-Jäger" im Dark-Matters-Podcast - Skeptix

Scientology verfügt über den "womöglich ältesten privaten Geheimdienst der Welt", den OSA. Infos dazu im "Dark Matters"-Podcast.

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I do not understand all the events that led up to this, but I am not surprised by the result.

👉🏾 Unification Church ordered to dissolve by Tokyo High Court 📰 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/04/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-ruling/ 🔛 @thejapantimes

For those surprised to see a democracy like #Japan 🇯🇵 outlaw or severely restrict a religion, this is not unheard of outside of #America 🇺🇸.

To my knowledge #Singapore 🇸🇬 banned religious groups who forbid military service, & #Germany 🇩🇪 restricted #Scientology (US 🇺🇸 tried & failed to ban the latter).

Unification Church ordered to dissolve by Tokyo High Court

The high court on Wednesday upheld a lower court’s decision last year that stripped the group of its status as a religious organization.

The Japan Times