Talk:Neo-American Church

Arthur Kleps
shouldnt there be a seperate article for arthur kleps? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.4.200.69 (talk • contribs) 10:55, 6 October 2010
 * Well, what did he do? I'd suggest adding biographical info on Kleps into this article until such time (if ever) that there's enough to spin off into a separate article. Herostratus (talk) 13:30, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

This is bullshit
Well, I see some problems with this article.

First of all, let's not be ridiculous. It might be that this organization is somewhat more serious than (let's say) the Church of the SubGenius, but only somewhat. It's less serious than Discordianism and Pastaferianism IMO. That's my opinion but it's reasonable opinion. Read the Boo-Hoo Bible for chrissakes. Look at the website.

There's nothing wrong with this, by the way. Humor is important! Maybe humor is a way to truth. Those big-belly Buddha-looking gods are always laughing. Maybe we have to laugh to keep from crying, I dunno. And satire can be cuttingly effective way to advocate for social progress. So let's not pretend that the entity wasn't both satirical and humorous when it was.

And come on, after seeing the Native American Church (a real religion!) being granted the right to use peyote in several states, as a sacrament and as an exception to American drug laws, Kleps's people tried to use that as leverage to get the same exemption for LSD. Everyone understands this, and and othing wrong with that -- it's clever, and the War On Drugs is ridiculous, and LSD's great, or at least arguably great. Obviously the judge gave them short shrift, but they tried. Maybe the judge was wrong -- Buddhists's don't have a God(s), and burning bushes etc. are also silly. But the entire description of this has been removed along with the refs.

I've restored that, and let's have no more of this nonsense. The primary source Boo-Hoo Bible is sufficient proof that the church is humorous/satirical, I'll see I can find other sources for that also though. Herostratus (talk) 08:25, 9 June 2016 (UTC)