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I recently stumbled upon a senior Religious Studies thesis that discussed Syntheism. Naturally, I was thrilled and took a break from my reading of Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth to give this thesis a read. Understandably little is written on Synthesim, and some might even be removed. The Wikipedia article for Syntheism says in a helpful little blurb at the top “If notability cannot be shown,…

https://www.techopedia.com/definition/31528/kopimism

6 Religious Movements of the Modern Era

New religious movements have never had it easy. Historically, they have been met with skepticism, anger and scorn by those of more mainstream faiths, but have none the less continued to arise at a steady clip for as long as the concept of religion has existed. While all of the major religious movements began at this stage at one time, the reality is that most budding religions die out (or are…

TIL File-sharing is an official religion in Sweden. It holds holds CTRL+C and CTRL+V as sacred symbols.

A “Church” whose central tenet is the right to file-share has been formally recognized by the Swedish government. The Church of Kopimism claims that “Kopyacting” – sharing information throughcopying – is akin to a religious service.

Holy information It doesn’t mean illegal file-sharing will become legal, any more than if ‘Jedi‘ was recognized as a religion everyone would be walking around with…

I am a Kopimist (copy-mist). Ctrl_c + Ctrl_v!

If you believe in free information for all, join our growing church! We are an officially recognized religion that began in Sweden.