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- proper noun A modern
absurdist religion based on the worship ofEris , the Greek goddess ofdiscord andconfusion
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Examples
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(In more recent mythology, Eris is the central figure in Discordianism, and a recurring character on the Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.
View from the Northern Border Michael Evans 2006
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I blame Discordianism for the teabaggers, the birthers, the deathers, and all the other right-wing foolishness which shrieks #44 = Adolf.
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I did hang out with one guy -- his dad taught art at the high school and owned an art supply store for a few years -- who turned me on to Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson and Discordianism.
Scientologists on the move! EAGEAGEAG 2009
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Completely independently of Solly, my first three thoughts were Discordianism, Subgenius and Pastafarianism.
Three Religions Meme James F. McGrath 2009
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Discordianism, which probably isn't a 'real' religion, but should be.
Three Religions Meme James F. McGrath 2009
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It's a fascinating story about how one of the founders of Discordianism was a friend to Lee Harvey Oswald and wound up being accused in various JFK conspiracy theories.
Boing Boing: December 3, 2006 - December 9, 2006 Archives 2006
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Cosmic Trigger, and countless other influential tomes; progenitor of Discordianism and the Church of the Subgenius; hero, icon and role model — died last night, within days of his 75th birthday.
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Discordianism is based around the idea that order/chaos is a fundamental duality which is largely unexplored in conventional religion, that chaos is not always bad and order not always good.
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After observing the spread and continued stability of such joke/religion/religion/jokes as Discordianism and the Church of the Sub-Genius, and the continued vitality of the Subgenii-without- a-sense- of-humor despite our agent T.
the stars are right - for pasta badger 2005
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Discordianism is founded upon the belief that all of the worlds ills are caused by imbalance towards Order over Disorder and a mistaken belief that Disorder and Chaos are the same thing.
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