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[–]reluctant_commenter 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's fascinating though, we're watching the development of a novel, serious religion in real-time. One that has real proponents, and real power. I assumed this sort of thing only happened in history.

Yep!! I mean, there have been little, failed religions throughout history that were very popular for brief moments (by "brief" I mean decades) that have been largely forgotten by most people. I'm not sure if you've heard of the US's burned-over district in New York state, but there are some similar, fascinating stories of religions that had their moment in that area.

The world's first online, crowd-sourced religion (or at least one of any note.)

Lol, thank you, internet.