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RECREATIONAL RELIGION/RECREATIONAL CHRISTIANITY Recreational Religion is term used to describe any one of a number of activities where a non-religious person indulges or immerses themselves in activities, literature, and media of a given religious sect which they perceive as strange, bizarre, or off-beat, for the sole purpose of having fun at the expense of that sect. It can also be a person of a particular religious sect poking fun at another religious sect. Originally, "Brother Randall", editor of Snake Oil Magazine (which made fun of televangelism). Invented the term "Recreational Christianity" to describe his activity of poking fun at televangelists, but "Psycho Dave" of Weirdcrap.com {Link without Title} modified it to be inclusive of other religions, as he was already engaging in activities with scientologists, UFO cults, and various other non-Christian sects. The activity is basically a form of ridicule, and the practitioners can be sort of live versions of internet trolls. The activity is as simple as writing satire or ridiculing criticism, and can be as involved as actually posing as a member of a sect, and infiltrating the sect for the individual pleasure of fooling the sect. There are many different types of activities that recreational can potentially involve. A few of them are listed here, but many others could potentially exist. Heckling/harrassing Street proselytizers Making phoney pledges to TV ministries to get gifts, then never paying the pledge Making Crank Phone Calls to religious talk show hosts, guests, or shows Getting on the mailing lists of various religious organizations Going to the services or events of various churches Joining religious activist groups Altering and redistributing religious literature and/or tracts Renting and viewing religious videos Recording religious TV and Radio shows humorously Re-editing religious TV and radio shows (see {Link without Title} Farting Preacher) Trolling religious chat rooms and on-line discussions Hacking religious websites Parodying religious web sites |
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