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http://www.churchofdan.org/
Q: What is Dan?
A: Dan is the name of the universal lifeforce flowing through all creatures providing strength and morality. Everyone is already a part of Dan. If we accept Dan in our hearts, we will live happy and prosperous. Prayer to Dan is not necessary but if you want to come closer to Dan you could use meditation.
Q: How do Dans believe our world was created?
A: We believe Dan created the world as it exists today.
In the beginning there was only Dan. Out of the singularity, Dan proclaimed, “Behold, I give you a new word made from my very name. This anagram shall be called ‘And.’ Through ‘and’ the plurality shall emerge. Where there was only the One, now there shall be the many.” Thus the universe was born.
A multitude of fundamental entities spewed forth – particles, fields, waves, and vibrations combined and recombined in a cosmic dance to create the Big Dang from which arose the entirety of all things in existence.
Q: We want to use Dan designs for t-shirt, jerseys, posters…
A: It’s ok to use Danmaterials for your own use and to spread the word – We’re happy to see it.
Q: What Does Dan think of Same Sex Marriage?
A: The Church of Dan has no judgement on same sex marriage; that is to say, all are welcome into the loving embrace of Dan.
Q: In 1000 years will Dan be a mainstream religion?
A: Make that 10.
Q: To what extent do Dan need evidence to support their beliefs? What is considered valid evidence, and why are some religious ideas lacking evidence believed more widely than others? Why is Christianity more widely accepted than Dan?
A: For many religions, acceptance is due to the time it has been around and due to the number of people who already follow it. For potential followers it’s often less a consideration of evidence, and more a judgment that the collective group of followers is better informed. That millions or billions of people already follow this religion is strong social proof that there is something to it. The larger the group and the longer it has been around, the more pronounced the effect.
But nonbelievers are overreaching when they dismiss the phenomenon of religion as wrong and useless because it so often lacks a basis in evidence. The fact that millions of people get something positive out of a religion – even if it is based in superstition – *does* mean something. For many people, religion is about being part of a community and being part of something bigger and more important than themselves.
Nonbelievers would be better off criticizing only on the negative, damaging parts of religion, and being less judgmental about the idea of religion in general. Nonbelievers get hung up asking for evidence when really we should be looking at why does religion thrive despite evidence? We should be pushing the idea that faith is not equivalent to evidence-based-reasoning without insisting that it’s inferior, only that they are different ways of seeing the world. And that the problems happen when these world views clash.
But what I find interesting is that when people object to the idea of Dan, it’s never with our scripture or ideas they suspect to be tongue-in-cheek. They object to the most intentional, honest, real components of our religion.
You see, our religion, like Christianity and other mainstream religions, is based *not* on a foundation of evidence, but of community. The church of Dan was built and its legitimacy formed by people tired of being disenfranchised for thinking rationally. We have every right to exist and form a religious community.
http://www.churchofdan.org/
Q: What is Dan?
A: Dan is the name of the universal lifeforce flowing through all creatures providing strength and morality. Everyone is already a part of Dan. If we accept Dan in our hearts, we will live happy and prosperous. Prayer to Dan is not necessary but if you want to come closer to Dan you could use meditation.
Q: How do Dans believe our world was created?
A: We believe Dan created the world as it exists today.
In the beginning there was only Dan. Out of the singularity, Dan proclaimed, “Behold, I give you a new word made from my very name. This anagram shall be called ‘And.’ Through ‘and’ the plurality shall emerge. Where there was only the One, now there shall be the many.” Thus the universe was born.
A multitude of fundamental entities spewed forth – particles, fields, waves, and vibrations combined and recombined in a cosmic dance to create the Big Dang from which arose the entirety of all things in existence.
Q: We want to use Dan designs for t-shirt, jerseys, posters…
A: It’s ok to use Danmaterials for your own use and to spread the word – We’re happy to see it.
Q: What Does Dan think of Same Sex Marriage?
A: The Church of Dan has no judgement on same sex marriage; that is to say, all are welcome into the loving embrace of Dan.
Q: In 1000 years will Dan be a mainstream religion?
A: Make that 10.
Q: To what extent do Dan need evidence to support their beliefs? What is considered valid evidence, and why are some religious ideas lacking evidence believed more widely than others? Why is Christianity more widely accepted than Dan?
A: For many religions, acceptance is due to the time it has been around and due to the number of people who already follow it. For potential followers it’s often less a consideration of evidence, and more a judgment that the collective group of followers is better informed. That millions or billions of people already follow this religion is strong social proof that there is something to it. The larger the group and the longer it has been around, the more pronounced the effect.
But nonbelievers are overreaching when they dismiss the phenomenon of religion as wrong and useless because it so often lacks a basis in evidence. The fact that millions of people get something positive out of a religion – even if it is based in superstition – *does* mean something. For many people, religion is about being part of a community and being part of something bigger and more important than themselves.
Nonbelievers would be better off criticizing only on the negative, damaging parts of religion, and being less judgmental about the idea of religion in general. Nonbelievers get hung up asking for evidence when really we should be looking at why does religion thrive despite evidence? We should be pushing the idea that faith is not equivalent to evidence-based-reasoning without insisting that it’s inferior, only that they are different ways of seeing the world. And that the problems happen when these world views clash.
But what I find interesting is that when people object to the idea of Dan, it’s never with our scripture or ideas they suspect to be tongue-in-cheek. They object to the most intentional, honest, real components of our religion.
You see, our religion, like Christianity and other mainstream religions, is based *not* on a foundation of evidence, but of community. The church of Dan was built and its legitimacy formed by people tired of being disenfranchised for thinking rationally. We have every right to exist and form a religious community.