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I've recently been pondering what it would take to start your own religion... tax benefits there! From that grew an idea, from that I recognised a name that suited perfectly the name of an idea whose time has come.
Simple really; a cult of personality, worshipping Brian Blessed as the new messiah.
The mechanism is to project his image onto clouds, especially at night, for the newly faithful to enjoy. We also plan to create artificial clouds in his likeness, using unmanned remotely-piloted vehicles.
A campaign of sneaky psychology and promotion and we have a fully-fledged cultural phenomenon on our hands.
Meanwhile, we arrange for the real Brian Blessed to have a long, paid holiday in a secret luxury destination, for his own protection.
Prior Art
http://www.scientology.org/
Founded on a drunken bet, reportedly. [DrCurry, Feb 13 2008]
Link for MisterQED
Firework_20Clouds
[DrCurry, Feb 13 2008]
Did someone mention Star Wars? Meesa So Happy!
http://www.nndb.com...ople/866/000084614/
For those of us who hadn't even heard of this Blessed guy. [Amos Kito, Feb 13 2008]
[link]
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And of course, he's already come down from the Mount (Everest). [+] |
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Can I be Brian's sidekick? I want a permanent and luxurious holiday while the rest of the world has to eat crackers and drink cheap wine out of little sippy cups in rememberance of my name.... "flux, quantum_flux, dry martini latte, shaken not stirred!" |
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.... or does he already have a sidekick? |
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Boring, a new messiah to the same old god and a pun for good measure, gets my fishbone. |
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He wouldn't need to go on holiday if you built him a cloud city and gave him wings. |
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"born from an egg on a mountain top,the funkiest monkey that ever popped" |
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You can't have him. He's been a very naughty boy! |
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They're always puns, [zeno]. I pun for a living. Nor is it the same old god. I have no time at all for that god. This one is my own, to act as a figurehead for my own religion, and a Star Wars actor as well, |
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Seems mostly baked by L Ron Hubbard, but I will admit your messiah has a better name. As for projecting images on clouds, isn't that baked by Batman? |
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The real idea here is cloud sculpture and it is a good one. I just heard a commedian talking about putting a Nike swoop on the Moon, but a Nike swoop shaped cloud would be amazing. |
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I've always known that God sounds something like Brian Blessed. |
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So it was him in Flash Gordon. I'll bun now. |
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If you want a roadmap, check out L. Ron Hubbard. The remote vehicles could be "DC-8's with rocket engines." (I am NOT kidding, look it up.)
Be sure to hire a bunch of rabbid lawyers... |
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Should I make clams the physical embodiment of the sacrament? We can bake them in a symbolic volcano, every Sunday morning. |
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