Subtitle of this chapter: A Joke on a Bunch of Religions

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On March 2, 1921, Mr. Yuan Yanqi embarked on a journey from New York to Washington with Shi Zhaoji, then Minister of the Republic of China to the United States. He met three famous World War II generals on the train, George Smith Barton Jr., Henry Harry Arnold and Cao Linsheng. ”

At that time, they talked about religion in casual conversation, and Mr. Yuan was very dissatisfied with the opposition to evolution in American fundamentalism at that time. So he improvised and 'invented' the Flying Spaghetti Monster in front of three officers, and also 'founded' the Flying Spaghetti Cult. ”

Of course, this was originally a sarcasm for the ignorant believers. However, to Yuan Yanqian's own expectation, under the 'enlightenment' of his Feimian Sect, many 'new religions' that borrowed or even copied the 'teachings' of the Feimian Sect appeared after that......"

—Excerpt from "A Joke Starts the Wave of Protestantism"

"Gentlemen, don't laugh. This is serious business! ”

Seeing such a very delicious "god", the three officers and even the attendant next to them couldn't help but laugh.

And our Master Yuan said with a straight face: "Gentlemen, who of you can deny that I have obtained the image of my Lord under the apocalypse? ”

"Okay, let's stop laughing, hehehe......" Major Patton, the happiest of them all, asked with a forced smile, "So Mr. Yuan, what kind of apocalypse did you get?" ”

Yuan Yanqian put down the basin in his hand, crossed his fingers on the table, and said solemnly as if praying: "At first, the invisible and imperceptible flying spaghetti monster created heaven and earth after a serious drunken ......"

"Wait, Mr. Yuan." Captain Arnold wiped the corners of his eyes and asked, "Why is it after a serious alcoholism?" ”

Master Yuan said casually, "Mr. Captain, if my god is not drunk, then how can He create a world full of all kinds of flaws?" ”

Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, a science fiction writer born in Nebraska in 1911, is best known in the United States for "Killing Fields on Earth." But he has an even more prominent identity, which is that of the head of Scientology. ”

"Interestingly, however, he was also a keen admirer of Mr. Yuan Yanqi, a 'disciple' in a sense. Herbert had a rich experience as a young man, traveling with his parents in Asia and the Pacific at an early age, and traveling to China at the age of 16, in 1927. There he met Mr. Yuan Yanqi, who had become a master of neoclassical liberalism at that time. ”

"At that time, Mr. Yuan was very active in Shanghai, and spent almost all day in the newspaper of the concession with (the sensitive word 'we') in the newspaper...... However, he has close ties with politicians and military figures in the United States and Japan, and he has always had Marines from both countries as bodyguards. Therefore, personal safety is still guaranteed to a certain extent. ”

During this time, they met at a reception at the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai and became friends. It was also with Mr. Yuan's encouragement that Herbert embarked on the road of science fiction creation. But what fascinates this teenager the most is his 'superpower'. ”

"Mr. Yuan is probably the greatest amateur magician of all time, and no one has been able to crack his own "mind reading" magic trick until the 21st century. However, at that time and even now, many people still think that Yuan Yanqian has extraordinary powers, such as mind reading, such as prediction ability, such as extraordinarily large meals, such as extraordinarily strong You know. ”

"Of these people, Lafitte Ron Herbert must be the most influential, if not the most intrigued."

With the outbreak of World War II, he entered the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant and was the commander of an anti-submarine corvette. Wounded during the war, he was partially blind in his left eye and lame in his leg, and in 1945 he was diagnosed with a lifelong disability. However, by applying the theory of mind that he had learned from Master Yuan, he was able to not only help his fellow military friends, but also restore his own health. (Author's note: Except for Master Yuan, this is the historical fact.) ）”

But then, he went a little too far, and in 1955 he wrote a book claiming that Mr. Yuan Yanqian was an alien. In the book, it is said that Mr. Yuan once admitted to him that he was actually a star observer No. 340 from the M78 nebula. In the Neolithic Age, 10,000 years ago, Yuan Yanqi came to Earth in human form for the purpose of making an orbital map. His alien name, translated into English, is called ...... Altman Seven. ”

But Ultraman Severn discovered that 75 million years ago, Xenu (or Xemu), the leader of the Galactic Confederacy, ruled over 26 stars and 76 planets, including Earth (then known as Teegeeack). To solve the problem of overpopulation, Znu sent billions of aliens to volcanoes all over Earth. Then, Znu detonates a nuclear bomb and kills the aliens. The spiritual bodies they remain are the main cause of spiritual damage to human beings. ”

"In order to prevent these alien spirit bodies from extincting the nascent human civilization, Mr. Yuan Yanqian, no, it was Ultraman Saiwen who resolutely stayed on the earth. That's why in the thirties he wrote the book "This Man from the Crypt", which caused a huge stir under the pseudonym 'This Man Comes from the Future'. In fact, this is Mr. Yuan's metaphor for his own identity. That's why Herbert's book is called The Man from the M78 Nebula. ”

"And the leader of the Galactic Alliance, Zinu, is actually the 'flying spaghetti monster' in Mr. Yuan Yanqi's joke."

Herbert declares in the book that he is the eldest disciple of Mr. Yuan Yanqi. He has mastered the means of freeing all of humanity from suffering. This method, which he called 'Deniti,' is a Greek variant of the Greek word meaning through the soul. Because he said that Denity was a modern science of mental health conditions, he named his sect 'Scientology'. ”

In fact, in addition to him, there are also some people who have also taken inspiration from the Flying Spaghetti Monster Cult and created many strange new religions. Among these sects, Mr. Yuan Yanqian and Ultraman Severn are either regarded as great prophets or said to be the first apostles. ”

Since the 1960s, Tsuburaya Works, founded by Eiji Tsuburaya, the god of Japanese tokusatsu, has produced a series of sci-fi series featuring Ultraman. As a result, the image of a giant dressed in a tight leather coat of silver and red with two large glowing yellow eyes became the idol of the god worshipped by some new religions. ”

—Excerpt from "A Joke Starts the Wave of Protestantism"