Orwell Pull a Hubbard?

While answering what if Lovecraft would pull a Hubbard and found his own religion, I answered that Hubbard was a exeption. American writers don't found religions. However, European does. At least if one is liberal with the religion label. Steiner founded Anthroposophy and Willhelm Reich founded his rather complicated supernatural set of ideas.

My favourite of the era is George Orwell. Granted he wasn't a central european but rather Brittish, but what if he founded a religion?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Reich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_steiner
 
The Dr is right. He might found a political system (under his real name-Blairism:D) but not a religion.

If you really wnated a Brit author, go with the old warhorse of Tolkien though even that is ASB-perhaps make it his fans rather than him (hell, a good number are half way there)
 
I assume he moves to America first.

Problem is timescale. He died in 1950 and I doubt before 1945 he would have had enough kudos to start anything-religion or political-'Animal Farm' might be a starting point in that case.

Just not sure he has the time
 
The Dr is right. He might found a political system (under his real name-Blairism:D) but not a religion.

If you really wnated a Brit author, go with the old warhorse of Tolkien though even that is ASB-perhaps make it his fans rather than him (hell, a good number are half way there)

C. S. Lewis might be a better start if you want an offshoot of Christianity.
 
Assuming he live into the 60's, I acctually think he would become pro-consumerism. Look at 1984, when making a dystopia, he pointed to the lack of consumer goods almost as much as the survaillance. Or the road to Wigan pier where he basicly said the need for a little luxuary every is a human need.
 
The Blairwhich project?

Judging from his essays, founding a religion would be something he was unlikely to do being in favour of rationalism against the irrational and leadership cults. Orwell may well have been an atheist but setting himself up as a substitute for god would have been out of character
 
Assuming he live into the 60's, I acctually think he would become pro-consumerism. Look at 1984, when making a dystopia, he pointed to the lack of consumer goods almost as much as the survaillance.

The book was based on some assumptions about the future development of society that, had he lived that long, Orwell would have nuanced or simply discarded. I think he'd stay away from both consumerism and the New Left.
 
The book was based on some assumptions about the future development of society that, had he lived that long, Orwell would have nuanced or simply discarded. I think he'd stay away from both consumerism and the New Left.

I acctually think it's more to it than that. The Road to Wigan Pier has some stuff about the need for everyday luxuary even if it's under the depression and it still appears frugal by todays standards.
 
The Dr is right. He might found a political system (under his real name-Blairism:D) but not a religion.

If you really wnated a Brit author, go with the old warhorse of Tolkien though even that is ASB-perhaps make it his fans rather than him (hell, a good number are half way there)

Tolkien was a devoted Catholic. And it shows through in his writing... I don't think he'd want to start his own religion.

Side note: Since when is British not European? Or am I going to get stoned by all of our British members by asking that?
 
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