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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Church of the SubGenius</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="chug.html" title="chug"/><link rel="next" href="CIS.html" title="CI$"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Church of the SubGenius</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chug.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CIS.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Church-of-the-SubGenius"/><dt xmlns="" id="Church-of-the-SubGenius"><b>Church of the SubGenius</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> A mutant offshoot of <a href="../D/Discordianism.html"><i class="glossterm">Discordianism</i></a> launched
in 1981 as a spoof of fundamentalist Christianity by the
&#8216;Reverend&#8217; Ivan Stang, a brilliant satirist with a gift for
promotion. Popular among hackers as a rich source of bizarre imagery and
references such as &#8220;<span class="quote">Bob</span>&#8221; the divine drilling-equipment
salesman, the Benevolent Space Xists, and the Stark Fist of Removal. Much
SubGenius theory is concerned with the acquisition of the mystical
substance or quality of <a href="../S/slack.html"><i class="glossterm">slack</i></a>. There is a home page
at <a href="http://www.subgenius.com/" target="_top">http://www.subgenius.com/</a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chug.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../C.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="CIS.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">chug </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> CI$</td></tr></table></div></body></html>