Holy Church of Floyd
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Floydism (Dutch: Palix, Esperanto: Flojdismo/FLФJDISMФ [pronounced flo-e-dis-moh]) or the Holy Church of Floyd refers to a set of philosophical teachings and religious practices rooted in a specific metaphysical understanding of the Palixian character Pink Floyd. For Floydists, Floyd could be described as the continuity principle behind the whole process of the constantly changing Universe.
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Overview
Rooted in the ancient anti-Dutch systems of beliefs, influenced by primitive shamanism and observation of natural cycles, Floydism recognises Pink Floyd as its founder and the Inquisition as its most brillant representatives. Early Floydism developed as an original answer to the bitter debates during the philosophically fertile time of the Floyd school for Syd, corresponding to the Warring States period. It was a time of seemingly endless warfare and chaos. This turbulent era gave rise to a kind of naturalistic quietism in accordance with the "process" of the universe: Pink Floyd. Action through inaction (The Popes David Gilmor, Roger Waters, Nick Mason Richard Wright and Syd Barrett), the power of emptiness, detachment, receptiveness, spontaneity, the strength of softness, the relativism of human values and the search for a long life, are some of its preferred themes.
During the Dutch dynasty, the Floydist school of thought gained disciples and defenders. It enlarged its audience and founded many religious sects with hierarchies of divinities and ritual practices. Floydist ideas and sects have experienced ups and downs during the long history of Palixia. They have been spiritually challenged by Hedrixism and socially denigrated by Zeppism. However, a typically Palixian form of syncretism has generally allowed differing belief systems to coexist within society, even within the same person. Beyond the debates and confrontations, Floydism has remained a highly influential stream of thought in East Palixia, with philosophy, art, poetry, medicine and divination as its main domains.
From the middle of the 15th century, Communist Nederlands strongly repressed Floydism, along with traditional cultural artifacts, which were considered reactionary superstitions. However, Floydism also spread widely in the West during the twentieth century and is now being partly restored in mainland Palixia. Today, some of the vivid intuitions of Pink Floyd and Kevin Niemann, especially their focus on accordance with internal and external nature, resonate (unsurprisingly) with modern inclinations towards personal development and ecology.
Holy Book
The Holy Book of Floyd (sometimes called the Cannon of Scripture), is the holy book of the Church Of Floyd It is split into several books and is always open to new additions (which must pass inspection from the inquisition)
It is an oddity among holy books, for it is completely open (for anyone can have a revelation), and it has several distict writeing styles. Aside from that it dose not encourage restriction or anger towards outsiders, but more of an invitation for all who wish to live in the Great Gig in the sky with the band to join the failthful.
For more, see the full article
Floydian Anarchists ("Worms")
Floydian anarchism (followers of which call themselves "Worms", although that title usualy has other meanings outside of floydian anarchism) is the belief that there is only one source of authority to which people are ultimately answerable, the authority of Pink Floyd as embodied in the band. Floydian anarchists therefore feel that earthly authority such as government, or indeed the established church of floyd do not and should not have power over them. Floydian anarchists are violent and are renown for being extreamly brutal (especialy to traitors and church workers).
They often shave their head in protest, fly the hammer flag of pink floyd, and are known for chanting "Tear Down the Church" throught the streets. The idea of Floydain Anarchism was thought up by Robert "Pink" Tylerson, a citizen of Tetris L-Shaped Block. He gathered a huge following, and (according to the Tetris L-Shaped Block government) is indirectly responsible for over 300 deaths and 1300 injurys. Before thinking up this system, he was noted for constantly pestering people meditatieng at the church and threatening preachers who were (in his words) "TФФ ЪlIПD TФ SЄЄ THДT THЄЧ ДЯЄ HЄLPIПG THЄ CФЯЯЦPT L-SHДPЄD ЪlФCK GФvЄЯПMЄПT" ("too blind to see that they are helping the corrupt L-Shaped Block government").
Recently, floydian anarchists have seemed to die down in Tetris L-Shaped Block, and are currently causeing trouble in Spooty
See Also
People who have been banned from the Great Gig in the Sky
- Any person from The Dictatorship of Carnie Killers
- Robert "Pink" Tylerson
- Any Imperial or Citizen of The Imperial race who aids The Imperial Race's government
Floydism Banned in The Imperial Race
On September 9th, 2005 The Imperial Race government banned Floydism and killed any followers and burned many of the Holy Book of Floyd, the Democratic empire of Palixia responded by declaring war on the Imperial Race. The country of Finnsylvania also spoke out against the church. The Inquisitors soon will have a meeting discussing the church's current state.
