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Message: <blockquote data-quote="WayneLigon" data-source="post: 5544184" data-attributes="member: 3649">First Church of Mary, Scientist.Mary Whitehorn was a real person, a thousand years or so ago, but the real facts of her life have been so totally corrupted by time and legend that nobody now knows the truth of the matter. Mary was a researcher working on her doctorate on solar emissions when she discovered that stars are alive. As in, conscious and aware living things made of pure energy. Their radio emissions, gravity, solar wind and all other things radiating from them were a constant song to every other star in the universe, telling them they were not alone. I am here, is the central 'catchphase' of the faith. You see it on t-shirts, the sides of busses, spray-painted on underpasses, etc.New Reformed Maryists tiptoe around the idea of actually sentient stars these days but the religion has gained a lot of traction in many places. It speaks to the idea that everything affects everything else, that the actions of one man have far-reaching implications, etc. Chaos theory and 'spooky action at a distance' comes into it a lot. Maryists tend to have large families, write lots of email, have tons of friends on Starbook, whatever. Many go into the sciences, in order to hear the song of the universe first hand. They give to charity and volunteer a lot of their time. They form help organizations with names like 'The Starry Wisdom Brotherhood of Builders'. The Right and Correct Orthodox Maryist sect wiped itself out in 3409 when it tried to land on neutron star GH-18-A, after what it's leaders called 'extensive negotiations'. =============I also like one of the Vargr religions they mention in a Digest Group publication. They think that every thought you have is put there by God and is a communication from him. If you think about food, God wants you to eat. If you think about how nice a day it is, God wants you out walking in the park. If you think about how much you hate your boss, that means God wants him dead.</blockquote>

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