This is the most important book I've ever read. It's ridiculous, yes, but that's half the point - that you can be ridiculous and still say something incredibly meaningful. The message and philosophy of it all forms one of the healthiest, happiest, and most life-affirming worldviews I've ever had the pleasure of encountering, and I recommend it to anyone who's growing tired of today's increasingly organized religions. ( )

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"It's a joke disguised as a religion


...or is it a religion disguised as a joke?"
Either way, it has the potential to change your life forever, no matter what you think the answer is. ( )

A quietly brilliant, incredibly bizarre book. To be honest, the references and illustrations are all a bit dated, and some of the humor is a little weak. But the philosophy behind the humor is sharp as a knife, even if the authors would like to make you work to understand them. Of course, that's a big part of their point: any religion/philosophy based on the concept of freedom must of necessity include the idea that potential members have to figure things out for themselves. It's free thought, expressed through the lens of humor and nonsense. Some people might think it's all something new, but it's not. Thomas Jefferson might have said pretty much the same things; he would have just said them more seriously. ( )