User blog comment:NotAnEditor/Why no Religion?/@comment-113335-20090726195654

I agree, holiness is off-limits. By the way, PKMN didn't escape in my book, because I boycotted it right after Diamond and Pearl.

Besides, as stated, the Governace is about as far into religion we can get. The Governance isn't a faith, and it doesn't have any divinity. It's a worldly utilities company which parodys a religion's structure. For example, if I took a picture of a church, edited it to look like something else, and placed it on an article explaining what it is (even though it looks like a church), I'm not parodying religion. The Christian Bible says that a church consists of the people, and that the church structure is just a building where the Peopl gather.

Anyway, I'm sorry for getting all theological, but my point is simple.

If you want to parody a religion's structure, do it. You're not parodying their beliefs, morales, goals, or their god. If you want to parody a religious building, do it, it's just a building where people of the faith gather. You're not parodying the beliefs, morales, goals, or the god of the people in the building.

If you want to parody a religiously political group, such as the Taliban, that should pass if written right, since the group are merely a group of people who follow a faith and use the faith as their basis of the group. The TaliBEANs are a parody of the Taliban, not in Islamic belief, but in the group;s practice.

However, I will hand one thing to you; cults are acceptable so long as they are not idolrary. For example, the MMK is a cult in the sense that it has radical beliefs based off of the teachings of a villain, but they just adore Mabel, not worship her.

Your Sandwichism example would easily pass all codes because it's a belief system, without a diety or idol. The MMK passed because it was a non-religious cult dedicated to pleasing a villain (like the TaliBEANs). The Governance barely passed because it parodied a SECULAR part of Catholicism, not Christianity (Catholic or otherwise). After all, the way a group is organized isn't their beliefs. My church has a pastor, some deacons, ushers, the welcome commitee, the Choir, and then the People in general. If we were to parody that, it wouldn't be parodying a religion, just an organization system.

I'll say my point.

'''IT DEPENDS ON THE CONTEXT. IF YOU WANT TO PARODY SOMETHING HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL, TAKE IT TO THE MASSES AND LET THEM HAVE THEIR SAY.'''

The Naughtzee, the Governance, and to a lesser extent, the TaliBEAN, all went through Peer Review (Ninjinian granted Osama BEAN Larken and friends the permission they needed). In fact, Forum:New Parody] and [[Forum:Khanzem may still be standing.

TAKE IT TO THE PEOPLE... or me, I'm a religious man and can easily help you.

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