How to Start Your Own Religion
Form a Church, Gain Followers, Become Tax-Exempt, and Sway the Minds of Millions in Five Easy Steps
Published on 18. June 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-4405-3858-2 (ISBN)
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Yes, world domination and eternal adoration can be yours!
"The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion."
?Attributed to L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology
Wouldn't you like to control countless worshippers with a single word? To call forth bountiful offerings of gold and silver? Wouldn't you love to make your acolytes bow in awe of your greatness?
Starting a new religion can be fun and profitable. You'll laugh along with Philip Athans (founder, leader, and sole member of the Church of Phil), as he shows you how to:
Gather the flock and keep 'em coming back for more
Organize mysterious and complex rituals
Interrogate (or just ridicule) the hell out of nonbelievers
Recruit celebrity spokespeople, from Tom Cruise to Uma Thurman
If you've ever felt the need to sacrifice on an altar beneath a blood-red moon, or just make Friday a holy day (three-day weekend, anyone?), this is the only sacred creed you need.
Live long and prosper.
"The way to make a million dollars is to start a religion."
?Attributed to L. Ron Hubbard, founder of Scientology
Wouldn't you like to control countless worshippers with a single word? To call forth bountiful offerings of gold and silver? Wouldn't you love to make your acolytes bow in awe of your greatness?
Starting a new religion can be fun and profitable. You'll laugh along with Philip Athans (founder, leader, and sole member of the Church of Phil), as he shows you how to:
Gather the flock and keep 'em coming back for more
Organize mysterious and complex rituals
Interrogate (or just ridicule) the hell out of nonbelievers
Recruit celebrity spokespeople, from Tom Cruise to Uma Thurman
If you've ever felt the need to sacrifice on an altar beneath a blood-red moon, or just make Friday a holy day (three-day weekend, anyone?), this is the only sacred creed you need.
Live long and prosper.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Holbrook, MA
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 191 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
231 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4405-3858-2 (9781440538582)
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Philip Athans
How to Start Your Own Religion
Form a Church, Gain Followers, Become Tax-Exempt, and Sway the Minds of Millions in Five Easy Steps
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05/2012
Adams Media
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Philip Athans is the founding partner of Athans & Associates Creative Consulting, and the New York Times best-selling author of Annihilation and twelve other fantasy, science fiction, horror, and non-fiction books including The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction.