Dudeism, the faith that abides in The Big Lebowski (article in The Guardian)

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/20/dudeism-the-big-lebowski



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So too would Oliver Benjamin, founder of the Church of the Latter-Day Dude, which is described on its homepage as a "philosophy that preaches non-preachiness, practices as little as possible, and above all, uh … lost my train of thought there". Despite billing itself as "the slowest-growing religion in the world", Dudeism has attracted more than 70,000 official adherents through its online ordination process.

A conscientiously articulated doctrine rather than merely a gag, Dudeism counts among its philosophical forebears Taoism, Zen Buddhism, American transcendentalism and humanism, and among its individual models of living Heraclitus, Walt Whitman and Snoopy. The movement offers equivalents of Old Testament lore, in the form of four books of Duderonomy, and the Tao Te Ching, reworked verse by verse as the Dude De Ching. Lao Tzu's "For worship of Tao and honour of love/Are performed by being alive", for instance, becomes "For abiding and honouring the Dude/Are performed by not being a fucking asshole".
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More at link.

[Initech]

1. And the Dude sayeth "Hey at least I'm housebroken."

[name not needed]

2. Thou shalt not piss on thine prized rug,

For thine rug really pulled the room together.

[Initech]

3. Thine Chinaman be not thine issue heresy.

And the prophet Walter sayeth "Thine Chinaman be not the preferred nomenclature."

[deutsey]

4. Is that some kind of Eastern thing?

[Initech]

5. The ones refferred to as nihilists? Fucketh me sayeth the prophet Walter.

[name not needed]

6. Thou shalt not roll on Shabbos.

[Initech]

7. He who treateth objects like women shall be condemned in the eyes of his Dudeness.

[deutsey]

8. Thou shalt just go to find a cash machine.

[Initech]

18. Thine drinketh of choice shalt be White Russians.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

9. Three thousand years of beautiful tradition, from Moses to Sandy Koufax!

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11. You're goddam right I'm living in the past!

[Initech]

15. The book of Quintana 4:20: 8 year olds, His Dudeness.

[AllenVanAllen]

10. Thou Shalt Take It Easy,

Man...

[deutsey]

12. That hast not occured to us, Dude.

[Initech]

14. He who believeth in nothing and tryeth to chopeth off thine johnson shall be condemned

in the eyes of his Dudeness.

[sarge43]

13. The Dude sayth on to you, thou shall

Drive Around

Bowl

Have The Occasional Acid Flashback

[Initech]

16. Duderonomy 4:20 - Thou shalt smoketh thine J when possible.

[sarge43]

17. A Fuckin' Men n/t

[deutsey]

19. Brother Shamuses and Special Ladies: Are you called to Dudeist ministry?

If so, roll on over to our Dudeism site and get ordained:

http://www.dudeism.com/ordination.html

We'll send you papers...business papers...and you'll be able to preside over a wedding, funeral, or any kind of celebration with pride and authority.



This is your homework, Larry.

[sarge43]

20. Do it or you'll enter a world of pain. n/t

So sayeth the prophet.

[deutsey]

21. A world of pain, Smokey. n/t

[Initech]

22. Dost thou knoweth what happens when you fucketh thine stranger in thine ass?

[AllenVanAllen]

23. .