What is the Divine Church of Jupiter?
First of all, we believe there are no gods, nor that the God of the Bible, whether Jewish, Christian or Muslim, exists in anything other than a metaphorical or psychological sense. Religion, as the ancients knew, can still be an awful lot of fun - just ask Bacchus! If you like, we put the fun into fundamental (joke!)!
The psychologist Carl Jung talks about how man is an essentially religious creature for whom the absence of its forms and insights is injurious. Many Catholics go to mass without much of "faith in Jesus" out of habit, familiarity and a vague sense that it is good for them. For more, have a read of Man in Search of a Soul, by Jung.
The Romans gradually lost their belief in the ancient gods until they succumbed, at their lowest point, to belief in the angry Jewish tribe god, Yahweh. They swapped their Caesars and their Hercules for useless ascetic, illiterate saints, who spend their lives murmuring prayers to a vindictive psychopath dreamt up by a mixture of psychedelic prophets and the professional mong, Jesus, the crucified hippy. To Gibbon, the great Enlightenment historian, this led to the collapse of the greatest civilisation the world had ever seen, ushering in a thousand years of misery and illiteracy at the hands of the monks and the Church.
The worst, thankfully, is over. The mainstream churches are in terminal decline and they are manned by an increasingly odd set of clerics, for whom truth is less important than their stipend and the standing that their position gives them. It takes a lot of cynicism or a lot of ignorance to be a priest or pastor. Occasionally, reality breaks in and shows them the error of their ways, but few leave the cosy confines of the Church.
The Divine Church of Jupiter has come into being to help fill the void left by the end of widespread Christian belief. We can all benefit from salutary reminders of what is good, beautiful and true, while enjoying the innocent pleasures of ceremony and fellowship. We have no creed (other than reality) and we do not ask for money. We enjoy silly hats and outrageous outfits, as well as other bits of tat. Please support us though and sign up for our newsletter!
The peace of Jupiter be always with you!
The psychologist Carl Jung talks about how man is an essentially religious creature for whom the absence of its forms and insights is injurious. Many Catholics go to mass without much of "faith in Jesus" out of habit, familiarity and a vague sense that it is good for them. For more, have a read of Man in Search of a Soul, by Jung.
The Romans gradually lost their belief in the ancient gods until they succumbed, at their lowest point, to belief in the angry Jewish tribe god, Yahweh. They swapped their Caesars and their Hercules for useless ascetic, illiterate saints, who spend their lives murmuring prayers to a vindictive psychopath dreamt up by a mixture of psychedelic prophets and the professional mong, Jesus, the crucified hippy. To Gibbon, the great Enlightenment historian, this led to the collapse of the greatest civilisation the world had ever seen, ushering in a thousand years of misery and illiteracy at the hands of the monks and the Church.
The worst, thankfully, is over. The mainstream churches are in terminal decline and they are manned by an increasingly odd set of clerics, for whom truth is less important than their stipend and the standing that their position gives them. It takes a lot of cynicism or a lot of ignorance to be a priest or pastor. Occasionally, reality breaks in and shows them the error of their ways, but few leave the cosy confines of the Church.
The Divine Church of Jupiter has come into being to help fill the void left by the end of widespread Christian belief. We can all benefit from salutary reminders of what is good, beautiful and true, while enjoying the innocent pleasures of ceremony and fellowship. We have no creed (other than reality) and we do not ask for money. We enjoy silly hats and outrageous outfits, as well as other bits of tat. Please support us though and sign up for our newsletter!
The peace of Jupiter be always with you!
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