Starting a Religion Can survive Hazardous to Your Health!
As I noted inwards my First to Market , Last inwards the Marketplace posting , existence an innovator is fraught amongst hazard. After all , await what happened to Jesus! In most cases , people who institute religions come upwards to difficult ends. Joseph Smith , for representative , was murdered yesteryear a mob which didn't accept lightly to newcomer religions. And of course of education Jim Jones didn't fare hence good , either. Mohamed lived to survive 63 together with evidently died of natural causes , but a position out of his early on followers were killed or tortured. Even Buddha was dependent plain to attempts on his life!
And of course of education , the existent earthly rewards of a organized faith are rarely received yesteryear the founders. L. Ron Hubbard created the organized faith of Scientology , but it actually didn't plough into the international mega-business that it is today until long after his death. Talking nearly missing the sugariness spot!
No , starting a religion is never a expert deal. But existence the second-to-market , inwards price of taking command of a organized faith , controlling the religious message , together with managing a religion 1 time it starts to accept off (and the founder is safely inwards the grave) is non such a bad bargain.
Through the ages , religious leaders involve keep managed to amass incredible wealth together with ability at 1 fourth dimension or another. Various Popes , controlled huge amounts of wealth together with steered countries. Monks amassed dandy wealth inwards their monasteries inwards England , until the King had them all killed or imprisoned together with seized their lands. Smarmy tv evangelists amass millions , most of it tax-free , every bit they wing to a greater extent than or less the populace inwards someone jets , "spreading the gospel".
Founders of religions may accept vows of poverty , their successors frequently exercise not. And inwards fact , the religious message is ordinarily hijacked yesteryear after religious leaders towards earthly ends , non spiritual ones. They desire you lot to manus over money , larn by inwards a state of war , or exercise something else against your ain self-interest all inwards the get upwards of God - fifty-fifty if their ends frequently contradict the teachings of the religion's founders.
And of course of education , inwards whatsoever organized faith , in that location are ability struggles , which are characterized every bit theological schisms. The Protestant displace wasn't hence much nearly religious dogma , but a displace against the centralized ability of the Catholic Church. The Church of England (what nosotros telephone scream upwards Episcopalians hither inwards America) was founded based on a departure inwards religious belief - that belief existence whether the Kind of England or the Pope should command the church. It was less a split upwards based on religious orthodoxy than on raw power.
And every bit each novel branch of each novel organized faith is formed , novel power-brokers emerge to accept accuse , together with ordinarily these power-brokers are non the founders. Martin Luther may involve keep nailed his 95 theses to the church building door , but he never was able to cash inwards on whatsoever church building bling.
So if you lot actually desire to cash inwards on this organized faith handbag , my proposition isn't to showtime one , every bit that never makes whatsoever serious money for the founder , together with may inwards fact , upshot inwards your demise. Instead , discovery some incipient organized faith that is but starting out , worm your agency into its expert graces , together with hence tardily advance upwards the hierarchy (which is like shooting fish in a barrel to exercise , every bit it is a modest religion) until you lot run the place. Then Profit rather than Prophet.
Because let's appear upwards it , in that location ain't no bling similar church building bling. And all tax-free , too!
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