- Alright, see you my man.
Oh that?
Oh, Buddha lives right above me.
He's actually pretty noisy.
He parties a lot.
So I've never been a religious person
simply because I find that the rules
that the major religions require to live their lives by
just don't make sense in today's world.
But at least most of the rules of the major religions
aren't flat out crazy unlike the lesser known religions
that I stumbled upon this week that just
serve up a big piece of crazy pie with a side of
So to help me tell you about them is my friend Ariel.
- Oh hi everyone!
My name is Ariel and today I will be helping Matt
present to you the ten craziest
religions in the entire world.
Number one, The Creativity Movement.
This organization is home to the
whites only religion called Creativity.
They actually use the term creator to refer to themselves,
not a deity as the religion is actually atheistic.
The organization is known for good deeds
such as plotting to kill federal judges,
which its leader Matthew Hale wound up going to jail for.
Its ideology can be classified as Neo-Nazi
and is known as anti-Semitic, racist,
anti-Christian, and generally all around anti-sanity.
- Number two is Jediism.
Yes, the Jedi religion is a real thing.
Members of this religion actually believe
that the Force really exists.
Accomplished Jedis are capable of using the Force
and are bound by the code of morality and justice.
Their belief system is based off
a mix of Taoism and Buddhism
along with some elements of medieval chivalry.
Alright, this one might be a little crazy
as Star Wars was clearly a work of fiction,
but hey, at least they're a positive force in the world.
Even if it is ultimately nerdy.
Woah!
How did that go off.
I don't even know how that lightsaber got there.
I'm not a Jedi.
I don't, I'm not a Jedi.
Moving on.
- Number three, the Church of all Worlds.
This is a neo-pagan religion found in 1962
by a group of friends who are
pretty much obsessed with science fiction.
How obsessed with science fiction you ask?
Well basically the entire religion
is based off of a fictional religion
from the scifi book Stranger in a Strange Land.
And it includes fairies and rituals
centered around the gods and goddesses of Ancient Greece.
In fact, their leader recently founded
the Grey School of Wizardry after being inspired
by the Harry Potter novels.
Hey, at least they're progressive.
- Number four is the Church of Euthanasia.
Founded in Boston, Massachusetts,
this group is dedicated to restoring
the balance between humans and nature.
It sounds peaceful except the way the want to go about
restoring balance is having you die.
These crazies are also anti-homosexuality because why not?
One interesting commandment from their church
is thou shalt not procreate,
which is definitely something that I think
every member of this religion should practice.
- Number five, The Universe People.
Also known as the Cosmic People of Light Powers,
this organization was founded in the 1990s
and is based off of their leader Ivo Benda's
ability to communicate with extra terrestrial civilization.
According Benda, these aliens will one day
transport all of their followers to another dimension.
They determine who will go by operating
a fleet of space ships that kind of circle around the Earth
determining who is good and who is bad.
Kind of like an intergalactic Santa Claus.
- Number six is Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth.
I can't even say this one without laughing.
Founded in 1981, these nutjobs
legitimately believe in practicing magic.
This group believes in developing
the psychic and magical abilities of the human brain
along with practicing guiltless sexuality.
Which probably involves inbreeding, who knows?
Personally I actually think it's kind of interesting
that they're trying to explore the magical psychic abilities
of the human brain, but I think they should
try to master the art of spelling first
considering that's how they spell their organization's name.
Yeah, you know, just cover the basics first.
Just a thought.
- Number seven is The Prince Phillip Movement.
There is a tribe in the South Pacific
that believes that Prince Phillip,
yes Prince Phillip the husband of Queen Elizabeth the Second
is a divine being and the son of a mountain spirit.
They believe that long ago he traveled to the UK
to marry the queen and one day he will return.
Now you would think that as a royal official
that Prince Phillip would visit them and tell them
that he is in fact not a divine being
but what did he decide to do?
He actually played along.
Not very nice.
I mean, these people think that you are a god.
The only other things on Earth that probably
thinks that you're a god is your dog,
so I guess maybe I understand.
But still it's a dick move Philly.
- Number eight is The Aetherius Society.
In 1954, George King, a cab driver,
was sitting at home alone when he suddenly
heard a voice that told him that he would become
the leader of the interplanetary parliament.
So naturally he did the logical thing
that people do when they hear voices in their head
and he started a religion.
This society combines alien wisdom
from their cosmic masters with yoga
for the betterment of humanity.
And of course the best part about it
is the members get a sweet discount on cab fare.
What?
- Number nine is Raelism.
Founded by Claude Vorilhon or Rael as the aliens call him,
this religion is founded on three principles.
Number one, humans were founded
in an alien lab 25,000 years ago.
Number two, aliens will visit Jerusalem in the year 2025.
And number three is that Rael's job
is to relay a message of peace
and central meditation to all humankind.
Of course Rael was told all of this
when he was abducted, taken to another planet
where he met Jesus and Buddha.
That is quite the gathering though.
I wonder if the Easter Bunny was there.
- And number ten, The Church of Scientology.
Ah yes, everyone's favorite crazies.
Founded in 1952, Scientoligists believe in
a self help system called dienetics, not so crazy,
as well as a supreme being called Zenu
who's the ruler of the Galactic Confederacy.
Extra crazy!
The story that they believe is that Zenu
brought humans to Earth 75 million years ago,
stacked us all around volcanoes,
detonated hydrogen bombs inside those volcanoes,
and the people that live today
are the descendants of the survivors.
Sorry, but if this were true, why would Zenu
go through all that effort to kill us?
I mean, why wouldn't he just zap us
with a giant laser or something?
There I go again.
Using that darn logic.
Something clearly forbidden in the Church of Scientology.
And that's it guys.
I hope you enjoyed this video.
Thanks to Ariel for helping me out this week.
The link to her channel will be
in the description of this video.
Along with all my social networking links,
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