Introduction/Church of the Evolutionary Genesis
Inspired by @Višeslav's Alternate Ideologies thread, this thread is made for alternate religions. Whether they be spinoffs of existing faiths, wholly original religions, are are syncretic in nature, its welcome here. Whether the religion fits into
At minimum, I ask that you provide;
The religions name.
The teachings of the faith.
A brief history of the religion.
The type of religion it is.
a title for the adherents.
a symbol(a description is fine, but an image is preferable).
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At minimum, I ask that you provide;
The religions name.
The teachings of the faith.
A brief history of the religion.
The type of religion it is.
a title for the adherents.
a symbol(a description is fine, but an image is preferable).
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The Church of the Evolutionary Genesis
The Church of the Evolutionary Genesis is a new-age faith which holds that the human form represents the pinnacle of creation, and that all life is destined to embrace it. The Church of the Evolutionary Genesis teaches its adherents, known as Final Evos, that the ultimate culmination of the human form is enlightenment, a state of detachment from all earthly needs. Upon attaining enlightenment, a person’s soul will break free from the cycle of reincarnation, joining those other beings throughout the universe who’ve achieved enlightenment in Agartha, where they will live in paradise. Followers believe that when the end times come, all who failed to achieve enlightenment will have their souls recycled into “star matter” from which the enlightened will create a new universe, continuing the cycle until all ae enlightened, while those enlightened who came before ascend to an unknown higher plain of existence.
The Church also stresses the importance of maintaining the physical wellbeing of the body, a view expressed in the abstinence from Meat, Alcohol, and various other substances. The Church allows both men and women to serve in the clergy. The church also teaches that the various other god’s and prophets worshiped by man were those individuals who succeeded in becoming enlightened in the old universe. The church also says that one must also seek to establish contact with extraterrestrial life, dubbed “star cousins” by the church. It is stated that through contact with aliens, members can gain news means to achieve enlightenment.
The religion itself was born from the teachings of Andrew Fischer. Fischer, born in Houston, Texas in 1943, was raised Calvinist but developed an interest in the occult and eastern mysticism from a young age. In 1961, Fischer would enlist in the U.S. Navy, being stationed in Japan. While there he converted to Buddhism, later embracing Shinto. Honorably discharged in 1965, Fischer would move to San Francisco, where he would become acquainted with L. Ron Hubbard. Fischer would briefly join Scientology, but would be deemed a “suppressive person” by Hubbard for his continued interest in other spiritual teachings.
Fischer would leave California in 1966, heading East for New York, where he would fall in with followers of Thelema and Wicca, though he never actually joined either faiths, instead choosing to learn from outside. During one of these instances, Fischer claimed to have experienced a vision, in which he saw a great hand made of stars grasp what he described as “a primordial beast”, then release the beast, which had now taken on human form. From there, the man began meditating, before become made of stars itself, repeating the cycle. It was from this vision that Fischer first began developing his faith, incorporating elements of the various other religions he had studies or partaken in over the years. It was also among his Thelemite and Wiccan acquaintances that Fischer gained his first converts.
Fischer would continue to operate out of New York for a decade, before being killed in a car accident in 1976. Today the Church has 100,000 adherents, of which forty percent of them live in the U.S. and Canada.
The symbol of the Church is a human head with open eyes adorned with a halo. The head reflecting the human form’s perfection, while the eyes and halo reflect enlightenment.
The Church of the Evolutionary Genesis is a new-age faith which holds that the human form represents the pinnacle of creation, and that all life is destined to embrace it. The Church of the Evolutionary Genesis teaches its adherents, known as Final Evos, that the ultimate culmination of the human form is enlightenment, a state of detachment from all earthly needs. Upon attaining enlightenment, a person’s soul will break free from the cycle of reincarnation, joining those other beings throughout the universe who’ve achieved enlightenment in Agartha, where they will live in paradise. Followers believe that when the end times come, all who failed to achieve enlightenment will have their souls recycled into “star matter” from which the enlightened will create a new universe, continuing the cycle until all ae enlightened, while those enlightened who came before ascend to an unknown higher plain of existence.
The Church also stresses the importance of maintaining the physical wellbeing of the body, a view expressed in the abstinence from Meat, Alcohol, and various other substances. The Church allows both men and women to serve in the clergy. The church also teaches that the various other god’s and prophets worshiped by man were those individuals who succeeded in becoming enlightened in the old universe. The church also says that one must also seek to establish contact with extraterrestrial life, dubbed “star cousins” by the church. It is stated that through contact with aliens, members can gain news means to achieve enlightenment.
The religion itself was born from the teachings of Andrew Fischer. Fischer, born in Houston, Texas in 1943, was raised Calvinist but developed an interest in the occult and eastern mysticism from a young age. In 1961, Fischer would enlist in the U.S. Navy, being stationed in Japan. While there he converted to Buddhism, later embracing Shinto. Honorably discharged in 1965, Fischer would move to San Francisco, where he would become acquainted with L. Ron Hubbard. Fischer would briefly join Scientology, but would be deemed a “suppressive person” by Hubbard for his continued interest in other spiritual teachings.
Fischer would leave California in 1966, heading East for New York, where he would fall in with followers of Thelema and Wicca, though he never actually joined either faiths, instead choosing to learn from outside. During one of these instances, Fischer claimed to have experienced a vision, in which he saw a great hand made of stars grasp what he described as “a primordial beast”, then release the beast, which had now taken on human form. From there, the man began meditating, before become made of stars itself, repeating the cycle. It was from this vision that Fischer first began developing his faith, incorporating elements of the various other religions he had studies or partaken in over the years. It was also among his Thelemite and Wiccan acquaintances that Fischer gained his first converts.
Fischer would continue to operate out of New York for a decade, before being killed in a car accident in 1976. Today the Church has 100,000 adherents, of which forty percent of them live in the U.S. and Canada.
The symbol of the Church is a human head with open eyes adorned with a halo. The head reflecting the human form’s perfection, while the eyes and halo reflect enlightenment.