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Posted on Jul 26, 2006
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The five tenets of yoism, an “open-source” religion.

The “open source” programming movement, which harnesses the wisdom of crowds to collectively make a better product (like Wikipedia entries), has grown beyond its software roots to embrace religion. The holy texts of “yoism” shun the wisdom of high priests and rely instead on teachings that evolve online organically.


L.A. Times:

Behold, brethren. The “open source” movement, long championed by computer whizzes as a way to solve problems using the input of all, is increasingly being applied to other disciplines including literature, scientific research and religion.

Yes, religion. Yoism ? a faith invented by a Massachusetts psychologist ? shuns godly wisdom passed down by high priests. Instead, its holy text evolves online, written by the multitude of followers ? much the same way volunteer programmers create open-source computer software by each contributing lines of code.

Adherents of Yoism ? who count Bob Dylan, Albert Einstein and Sigmund Freud among their saints ? occupy the radical fringe of the open-source movement, which is quickly establishing itself as a new organizing principle for the 21st century.

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By Liz, July 27, 2006 at 7:33 am Link to this comment
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Spinoza750 on 7/26 at 1:55 pm

You are correct. They are. They worship an imaginary freind and live for and imaginary freind, and die for and imaginary freind. All a bunch of BS.

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By Chaseme, July 27, 2006 at 2:11 am Link to this comment
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There are some things we have to understand; religion does apply to them, only to the masses. This is why we are finding the long list of money launders, liars and cheaters. This is why the word “shit” could flow so easily from Bush’s mouth.

Religion controls, as it seems every aspect of our being. And, if you can control religion, you certainly have a stronghold on all who believe. Then again, all we have to believe with is our senses, the tools we use to perceive the world; our sight, our touch, our memory. If they fail us, then nothing can be trusted. And even if we do not believe, then still we cannot travel in any other way than the road our senses show us; and we must walk that road to the end.

Therefore, when we see shit, we must deviate from it. When we smell shit, we should know before long a deviation is necessary. If we hear someone shitting, we have to alter our path; we must deviate. If we don’t have the senses of the fore mentioned three, and we have to touch shit, the consistency should tell us to deviate. Lastly, if we are unfortunate to have to taste shit, memory should certainly tell us to deviate.

Considering all of the “shit” we got from the Nixon and Regan administrations, why aren’t we using our senses with this one?

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By Spinoza750, July 26, 2006 at 1:55 pm Link to this comment
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The people who believe in God are trying to destroy the planet

Listen Act Get out in the streets.

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