Welcome to Today’s Post from FYB featuring THE DAY OF THE SUBGENIUS by None Other than the Church Of The Subgenius. So who the fuck are/is the Church OF The Subgenious You might be Wondering and You wouldn’t be Alone. So here is a Brief Summation on the Church Of The Subgenius for Clarification Purposes. The Church OF The Subgenius (COTS) is Essentially a Parody Religion that Satirizes better known Mainstream Organized Religions and Belief Systems. COTS Teaches a rather Complex Philosophy that Focuses on J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, Who according to the Church is a Salesman from the 1950s, and Who is Revered as a/the Prophet by the Members of the COTS. Leaders of COTS Leaders have Developed Very Detailed Narratives Pertaining to Dobbs and His Relationship to Various Gods as Well as Conspiracies. The Central Deity of the COTS is known as Jehovah 1 is Accompanied by Other Gods drawn from Ancient Myth and Popular Fiction. COTS Literature describes the Grand Conspiracy that seeks to Brainwash the World and Oppress Dobb’s Followers. In the COTS’s Narratives Present a Blend of Cultural References in a Elaborate Mix of Various Sources.
Ivan Stang who Co-Founded the COTS back in the 1970s and He Serves as the Church’s Leader and Publistist. Stang has imitated Actions of Other Religious Leaders, using the Tactic of Culture Jamming in an Attempt to Parody better known Mainstream Faiths. Cultural Jamming also Known as Guerrilla Communication is a Form of Protest used by Many Anti-Consumerist Social Movements to Disrupt/Subvert Media Culture and its Mainstream Cultural Institutions, Including Corporate Advertising.It Attempts to “Expose the Methods of Domination” of Mass Society. COTS Leaders instruct Their Followers to Avoid Mainstream Commercialism and the Belief in Absolute Truths.
The COTS Believes and Preaches that the Quality of “Slack” in of UTMOST Importance, but it is Never Clearly Defined. The Number of COTS Followers is Unknown to this Very Day, Although the CHurch’s Message has been Welcomed by College Students, Artists, and Anti-Commsumerism Groups Across America. The COTS is Often Referred to Discordianism which is a Religion, Philosophy, or Paradigm Centered on Eris, also known as Discord, The Goddess of Strife and Discord. While Many Journalists consider the COTS as an Elaborate Joke, But Meanwhile some Academics have Defended it as a Real System of Deeply Held Beliefs.
Now that We’ve Covered the COTS the remaining Question is What the fuck is the Day of the Subgenious? Well it’s Actually Referred to as X-Day and is a Traditional Part of the COTS who again is a Religion that Parodies Cults, Religious Extremists, and Organized Religion as well as Their Literature and Claims. X-Day fell on July 5, 1988 the Day Scheduled for the End of the World, and has been Celebrated on July 5th Every Year since then. From it’s Beginning COTS has Prophesied that an Army of Alien Invaders (Known as the “X-ists” or “Men From Planet X) would Land on Earth and Utterly Destroyt the World of “Normals”, “Pinks”, and “Glorps” while the Members of the COTS) would be Rescued by the Aliens and taken into the Depths of Space. Chapters 10 and 11 of Revelation x: The “Bob” Apocryphon supply Additional Details as the Precise kinds of Fates which Await the “Pinks” and “Normals” (as Well as SubGeni Who have Not Paid Their Membership Fees) Left Behind when X-Day Comes. The COTS says among other things that Those Who are Not Immediately Killed by the Alien Invaders will be Enslaved by a Society of Evil Clowns known as the “Bozo Cult” until Eventually Their Souls are devoured by the Elder Gods. The Book also Informs Readers that if They would like or want More Information, They should send $1,000,000 to Ivan Stang so that He can Make His 1973 Film Let’s Visit The World Of The Future.
It is What it Is,
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