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- From: asdamick@unity.ncsu.edu (Andrew S. Damick)
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- Subject: Church of the Cactus OnLine Pamphlet
- Date: 22 Oct 1995 21:12:21 GMT
- Organization: Utopia Part Nine
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- THE CHURCH OF THE CACTUS
- ONLINE PAMPHLET
- DISTRIBUTE FREELY
- TO -EVERYONE-
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- Excerpted from the Book of the Inner Cactus(tm) by Jonas Shenbone,
- compiled and edited by the Archbishop Andrew S. Damick of the
- Church of the Cactus.
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- "Mind Control? You've come to the right place..."
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- IF you suspect that some religions are merely massive commercial empires
- dedicated to making cash and attacking anything useful and intelligent--
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- IF you suspect that true humor lies not in the simple rebellion against
- what has proven itself to work, but in the crafting of brilliant and
- entertaining pieces of art--
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- IF you're sick of people who claim that they're different from everyone
- else, but display the same old pathetically hedonistic and self-fulfilling
- values one associates with lower primates--
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- IF you can possibly send not US a donation, but send YOURSELF a dollar--
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- IF you see the universe as something not a banal form of sick humor but
- potentially eternal in its possibilities for both humor and seriousness--
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- IF the current "Age of Progress" seems more like the Time of Noah to you--
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- IF you are looking for an inherently intelligent religion that will condone
- excellence and yet encourage a realistic yet whimsical view of yourself--
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- Then... ________________________
- |\ /|
- | THE CHURCH OF THE CACTUS |
- |/________________________\|
-
- could -save your sanity-!
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- Your secret wishes can be redefined in full, since we -want you to think-!
- "We WANT to know what you REALLY think." --Jonas Shenbone, 1809
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- NOW, AT LAST! The step-by-step process is revealed! THIS IS IT!
-
- --the only "faith" that promises ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
-
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- Feeling like there's just no SPINE?
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- You may have snapped from your sickness with people who can't stand
- up for themselves. Look to the High Reason of the Church of the Cactus
- for pancultural revelation and resurrection! Perfect your literary vision
- -understand your memory- *turn your brain on and become an ActualGenius*
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- STAND UP! THE CACTUS MUST HAVE SPINE!
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- Using Cactus secrets of IDEAS and THINKING you can now MIRACULOUSLY
- INVIGORATE USEFUL ATTRIBUTES such as your motor skills, a leader who is
- not commonly professed amongst yourselves to be an idiot, self-respect
- rather than self-indulgence, an icon who doesn't smoke a pipe filled
- secretly filled with bubble gum, and your higher sense of SPINE!
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- -Become a Saint- and watch poetry and songs be written about you...make
- religion a pursuit WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR CURRENT BELIEFS! There are no
- indulgences--ONLY WIT, HUMOR, AND WISDOM!
-
- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
- | The Cactus: |
- | Groundhog Personal |
- | or Interest Heretic |
- | Alien or or |
- | or Bizarre Hero? |
- | Both? Obsession? |
- | |
- | Genius Madman or Total Idiot? |
- +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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- Yes, YOU TOO can be a SAINT in the Church of the Cactus. All you
- need do is...
-
- SEND YOURSELF ONE DOLLAR.
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- If you don't have any dollars, then simply send yourself whatever form of
- paper currency you have lying around the house. By paying yourself, you
- are FEEDING YOUR INNER CACTUS.
-
- Many ways exist to feed your Inner Cactus, that which gives you SPINE and
- enables your UNDERSTANDING, firing your mind, increasing your flow of
- cacticlysmic energy. Here are but a few of the SIMPLE and EASY ways:
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- Reading your email six times in a row
- Reading alt.fan.the-bob 5 times in a row
- Drinking milk
- Hopping on one foot and saying, "Nissan, Nissan, Datsun."
- Counting to 5 from 3.1415926 by counts of .0000001
- MOOing with Eldaran
- Buying large quantities of shoelaces
- Shouting "AHH GIDDY BAH GIDDY BAH" while standing in the street
- Sacrificing an armadillo whilst chanting "buli-buli-sa-sa"
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- Discover that THERE IS NO INNER CHILD.
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- When you reach inside your soul, looking to find an inner child, you
- will instead find THE INNER CACTUS, that which imparts to you your SPINE.
- If you -should- happen to find an inner child, feel no compunctions, have
- no qualms...reach your fingers round its throat and THROTTLE IT. It's a
- PARASITE, come to LEECH the life from your Inner Cactus, and it MUST DIE.
-
- Understand the REAL MEANING OF BEING DIFFERENT!
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- It has nothing to do with the self-delusional techniques of the
- "Church" of the Sub$cientology "religion" and EVERYTHING to do with
- ANALYZING and UNDERSTANDING the significance of the GROUNDHOG which
- munches on CUCUMBERS. This may seem non sequitor to you now, but when
- you achieve sainthood, it will become much clearer, we assure you.
- When the Church of the Sub$cientology comes knocking on your door,
- you can shove your Inner Cactus in their faces, thus paralyzing them with
- the beauty and brilliance of your spine! Watch while they fall slack to
- your powers of debate and mental quickness! Spine!
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- Fear THE STARK FIST OF STUPIDITY no longer!
- Become INTELLECTUALLY ATTRACTIVE--overnight!
- Attain PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS by studying ancient literature!
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- FORGET ABOUT CONTACTING ALIENS AND BECOME ONE!
-
- The Church of the Cactus is the first and last stand against a
- crumbling world filled with Slacks and Corduroy.
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- "SURVIVE THE GREAT IDIOCY THROUGH TOTAL LITERACY!"
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- You too can be part of this noble and entertaining WAVE of the PRESENT.
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- Make unorthodoxy work for YOU!
- Thought you were a "non-conformist?" WRONG.
- You were a reverse-conformist.
- Tap your Real Non-Conformity Potential.
- Take control through calculated genius.
- RADICAL INTELLECTUALISM!
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- INTELLECTUALS: Know you're smarter than those around you, but constantly
- stomped back? Receive ABSOLUTELY NOTHING but gain EVERYTHING:
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- Regular appearance on alt.fan.the-bob and a very simple deposit achieve
- -INSTANT SPINE- at a savings of $0, but at a cost of $0! Unbelievably
- non-existent pamphlets. Totally new.
-
- Send $1 to:
- Your Name Here
- Your Address Here
- YourCity, YourState YourZipCode
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- and you'll ALWAYS be a saint ever after...
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- The BOB(c)
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- -()-()-()-()-()-(asdamick@unity.ncsu.edu)-()-()-()-(Andrew S. Damick)-()-
- ()-("How does this relate to the interconnectedness of all things?")-()-()
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