Top 10 Modern Religions In The World
Modern Invented Religions That People Take Seriously Sikhism, which has more than 25 million followers, is the most recent addition to the world's major religions.
However, despite the existence of social media, acquiring such a large number of followers takes time, and the age of the prophets never really ended.
A flurry of smaller new religions, including Jehovah's Witnesses and Baha'i, emerged in the nineteenth century. The 20th century also brought Scientology to us.
We are still coming up with new religions today that might be bigger than Christianity or Islam in a few centuries.
Even though they're all a little silly, what religion isn't? And the 10 religion are't one of the oldest religions in the world neither one of the most popular religions in the word, the fact that these 10 people take them seriously is what matters.
Top 10 Modern Religions In The World
- Matrixism
- The Church of All Worlds
- The Elven Spiritual Path
- Satanism
- Ed Woodism
- Raelism
- Cosmism
- The Church of Maradona
- The Prince Philip Cargo Cult
- The Creativity Movement
10. Matrixism
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This is a religion based on the movie The Matrix. It started four years after the movie's sequels were released, in 2003.
Even though adherents, also known as Redpills or Pathists, don't think we're actually in a simulation, they do draw other inspiration from movies.
These include the realization that reality is subjective and the belief in The One's prophecy that he will return before 2199.
However, it is not a dogmatic religion; More of a spiritual path is it. The individual's freedom is the most important thing.
For instance, Pathists place a high value on psychedelics as exploration tools, and although there is a list of recommended readings that includes the scriptures of various world religions and Huxley's The Doors of Perception, individuals are free to interpret what they read.
Matrixism deems holy two days: April 19 (also known as Bicycle Day or the day Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD, gave the psychedelic to himself for the first time), and November 22 (the day that Aldous Huxley, C.S. Lewis, and JFK died in 1963). The Japanese hanji for red stands for Matrixism as a religion. a reference to the pill that frees you.
9. The Church of All Worlds
(CAW)'s goal is to reawaken Gaia and bring Her children back together. It was the first pagan church founded in the United States and was officially recognized by the IRS in 1970.
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Oberon Zell founded it in 1968. Despite the fact that it is based on the science fiction novelist Robert Heinlein's work, particularly his 1961 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, this is the case.
Zell was inspired to start the CAW by the idea of a Nest, a group of people who want to get to know each other well.
In point of fact, the Church's congregations themselves are referred to as Nests.
The CAW embraces diverse beliefs and practices, drawing on the pagan May Royalty, the ancient Greek Mysteries of Eleusis, and Zell's own vision of Gaia as alive.
The shared set of values—friendship, tribal intimacy, positive sexuality, and harmony with nature—are more significant.
Having said that, the faith is supported by a single rite. It is referred to as Watersharing, and it is a symbol of sacred bonds and our place in the web of life.
It is fundamentally a hippy religion. A vast woodland in Northern California known as Annwfn, or the Otherworld in Welsh mythology, serves as its Mecca, or location for important rites.
8. The Elven Spiritual Path
This makes use of Tolkien's Legendarium, which are his works set in Middle Earth, and in particular the elves' cosmology.
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Its full name is Ti eldaliéva, which is elven for Path of the Star People and is spelled T-e.
This is not role-playing with live actors. The path's followers are truly committed to elven enlightenment. It is also a recognized religion that is exempt from paying taxes.
Nevertheless, the church—known as the Sanctuary of the Star People—mostly meets online via two distinct websites. However, they do have their own calendar.
The FAQs depict a tuning fork to help visitors comprehend the religion. It makes the guitar string vibrate by vibrating at the same frequency.
Additionally, this makes sympathetic resonance possible In practice, this means that meditating brings one into resonance with one's full nature and aligns one with the vibration of higher consciousness.
7. Satanism
Satanism which was founded in the 1960s by Anton LaVey, is surprising atheistic. LaVey and those who follow him deny the existence of Satan.
It's more of a state of being... a lifestyle, an outlook, an attitude, as LaVey himself put it. In point of fact, Satanism is not even evil.
Offering non-religious individuals a means to feel religious is more of an exultation of self. Therefore, its rituals are a significant part of its appeal.
Obviously, Satan and his cross-cultural counterparts are prominent in these ceremoneis.
LaVey's Satanic Bible provides a list of Infernal Names, and The Satanic Rituals provides in-depth instructions.
Despite the individualist nature of Satanism, rituals are open to interpretation.
This individualist religion is still very much alive today, which is not surprising.
The original LaVey's Church of Satan is still in existence, despite the fact that, like all good religions, a split split the organization into various sects. Karla, the daughter of LaVey, established the Satanic Breakfast Club, which later evolved into the First Satanic Church.
Additionally, there is the Global Order of Satan, an independent nontheistic rationalist Satanist religious ministry that was established in 2016, as well as the Satanic Temple, which the Church of Satan denounces as not being Satanic and describes the Church of Satan as inactive.
6. Ed Woodism
A pop-up window welcomes each new visitor to the Church of Ed Wood's official website.
To answer your initial inquiry, Yes, we are serious! Despite its 3,000 followers, you wouldn't have thought so.
Ed Woodism, which was established in 1996 by Reverend Steve Galindo, views the pulp science fiction writer and director, whose work includes the laughable Plan 9 from Outer Space, as a sort of Christ-like savior.
Wood is viewed as a beacon of understanding and acceptance by adherents in a world of easily offended, self-righteous, puritanical people, even of things that society rejects.
As per the site, Wood's model advises forthright conversations regarding sex, race, medications, and transvestitism.
However, Ed Wood is not God. God is a movie director, according to Ed Woodists: He built the sets, prepared the cast, and funded our great, big movie masterpiece. Although he is not the director, all he wants is for us to make a good movie. We are in charge of our own lives.
5. Raelism
Also known as the International Raelian Movement or the Raelian Church, was established in the 1970s. According to Raelism, humans were created by extraterrestrial aliens known as Elohim, which is the Hebrew word for gods.
The prophets of theistic religions, such as Jesus, Mohammed, and Joseph Smith, as well as the Buddha and 35 others, are regarded as Elohim/human hybrids by Ralians (or Ralists), despite their atheism.
Ra'l himself, Claude Vorilhon, the Frenchman who invented the faith, is the fortyth and final prophet.
This is the Age of Apocalypse, according to Ralians, which began with the bombing of Hiroshima. We will never meet our creators unless we learn to use technology effectively.
We won't see the Elohim again until we do. Therefore, the Ralian Church is tasked with disseminating this information and preparing for their arrival, which entails building a Ralian embassy.
Meditation and sexual experimentation are both encouraged, as is the cloning of humans to fulfill our destiny as immortals. The Church made a real claim in 2002 that it had cloned a human being, a baby girl they called Eve.
4. Cosmism
Based on the works of H.P. Lovecraft, cosmism rejects theism in favor of a nihilistic outlook and a fear of the cosmic Void. The oldest of Lovecraft's evil Great Old Ones, it is also known as the Cult of Cthulhu, or the dormant primordial gods.
Although not all cultists believe Cthulhu exists (other than as a metaphor), all of them believe they have been called. The Call of Cthulhu is an individual experience that can be brought about by synchronicities, dreams, or simply one's destiny or desire. However, it distinguishes one from the crowd. “only a select few are even worthy of The Cult and its teachings,” according to the religion's website.
The belief that every called cultist possesses an Elder God, or benevolent ancient deity, seeking transcendence is another important doctrine. Cosmicism is a science religion that is based on multiverse theory and quantum decoherence because Lovecraft was a science fiction writer.
3. The Church of Maradona
To say that Diego Maradona, an Argentine football player, has a devoted following would be an understatement. He has religious fervent followers.
Despite his flaws, such as his drug addiction and involvement in the mafia, He is considered a saint.
In the city of Rosario, Argentina, there is even a physical church that is solely dedicated to his worship. In addition to celebrating Maradona's birthday on October 30 (like Christmas), congregation members get together to tell stories about how he impacted their own lives.
In point of fact, Maradona has been associated with the divine prior to the establishment of the Church in 1998.
Argentina faced off against Britain once more just four years after they lost the Falklands War, this time for the 1986 World Cup.
They couldn't lose. Furthermore, Maradona was the one who scored the game-winning goals, one of which earned him the moniker Hand of God. In Naples, he was also regarded as a saint—St. Gennaro's second-coming—for bringing attention to the plight of the city after joining its football team.
The Church of Maradona has half a million followers in a number of countries, despite Maradona's reluctance to be perceived in this manner. Soccer balls in vases flank its entrance, which is adorned with photographs of the man.
Even the Lord's Prayer is adapted for its own use: Our Diego, who is here on Earth: Hallowed be thy left leg; Thy magic comes; Thy goals are remembered, on Earth as in Heaven.
2. The Prince Philip Cargo Cult
Why villagers on the Vanuatuan island of Tanna came to worship the Queen of England's heir apparent, Prince Philip, is unknown.
However, they were led to believe that he was the pale-skinned son of a mountain spirit in some way.
He is supposed to have gone to a faraway land to marry a powerful woman before eventually returning to Tanna, according to ancient prophecies. Additionally, they believe that he is the brother of John Frum, the original figurehead of the cargo cult who joined their ranks during World War II.
Philip went to Vanuatu in 1974 without knowing his status. However, he embraced it when he was informed, exchanging photographs and gifts with the locals.
They sent him a pig-bludgeoner and an official photograph. He sent them a picture of himself holding it as his response. Five of the villagers were invited to meet him in Britain in 2007.
However, he never went back to the island.
1. The Creativity Movement
which is not to be confused with Creationism, is unconcerned about evolution and dinosaur bones. It only preaches white people's advancement and the inferiority of colored mongrels. Ben Klassen, a Ukrainian writer who wrote about his hatred of Jews and non-whites, started it in 1973.
Matthew Hale, a student, took over after his suicide twenty years later. He wanted to take control of the government and send all inferior races to Madagascar by force. However, they did not stop there; Under his direction, the Creativity Movement wants to start a racial holy war like China's Cultural Revolution, in which all cultural elements that aren't white are destroyed. That would include gruesome rap music, according to Creativity.
The movement views itself as a religion, despite the fact that it appears to be just another group of racists. Although they do not believe in God, they consider white people to be nature's highest creation. The movement is present in a lot of the politically whitest nations, including the United States, Russia, Australia, France, Germany, Canada, Austria, Poland, and Switzerland. It even has its own book called White Man's Bible. It also has mailing lists, forums, and chat rooms, as well as more than 30 associated websites.
