Draft:Gerbillism

The United Church of the Gerbillisms, or Gerbillism, is a new religious movement that is centred around the supposed writings of a verbal 18th century gerbil and promotes a hyper egalitarian view on society and nature. It originated out of a joke in a middle school within Canada. Gerbillism is a fringe religion with only confirmed 2 participants.

History
In a grade 8 english lesson, an unnamed student began to respond to questions by saying "Gerbil!" This inspired two other students to think about gerbils. A day later, one of the students returned with a orthodox cross and began preaching about the Gerbil Christ to fellow students. Originally, the preaching went incredibly successfully with the news of christ reaching all grades and becoming the widely spoken about. The two students continued preaching until school ended. The student that brought in the cross decided to continue work on the faith and began creating religious texts regarding the faith. The following school year, attempts to preach did not work as successfully and the two students ran into opposition by the teachers, the faith then declined until it became a very fringe religion.

Religious Text
Gerbillism contains two major holy texts, the Gerbillinary and the Gerbillisms, neither of which are completed.

The Gerbillinary
Gerbillists believe that in 18th century Mongolia, a verbal Mongolian gerbil met a young Portuguese trader named Joao. Joao was the only person who was capable of communicating with the gerbil, named The Gerbil Christ, and communicated the Gerbil Christ's desires and speech to those around him. The Gerbil began communicating how he felt animals were being enslaved by humans due to their slower technological development and adaptation rates. The two eventually arrive in the city of Ulaanbaatar and begin convincing the local people to treat their animals with equal rights to humans. The people are easily swayed and begin modifying their society to adapt to Gerbillist values. The rapid changes of society alert the Emperor of China and he sends a letter warning the people of Ulaanbaatar that if they do not abandon their unorthodox change, they will be met with military intervention. The Gerbil demands that the people not retreat to their old traditions and mobilize to defend Ulannbaatar. A week later, a small group of Chinese soldiers approach the settlement and swiftly defeat the people there before taking the Gerbil as a prisoner. The Gerbil is taken to Beijing where he is ordered to be executed by having to run a hamster wheel until he dies.

The Gerbillisms
The Gerbillisms are a list of the 5 strong tenants of Gerbillism, 100 weak tenants and theology on character worth.