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I do not know if I see you what you see, but I believe I might.
If our Discordianism came from 2 fellows in a bowling ally having a divine or semi-divine or non-divine experience, inspiring them to write the PD. Then there ought to have been something going on. But the PD does have notable influences. The writers were raised christian, for example, and it shows in their writing styles of the PD and its many copies of words like saint.
Perhaps comparison with our ancients could help us? It won't but it helps me think. What would Discordianism been to a Roman or a Greek? Romans painted Her as ghastly; Greeks as a trouble maker: she clearly is not Olympian, yet still a Goddess. Her ancient cult is historically questionable. (But who here asked History?) Are they comparable? I would like to think they might accomplish similar goals through different ways. Do they need to be identical? I would be shocked to my core if they were.
As far as I know, she alone of all Divinity proclaims to Man "You are Free.", without wanting something in return. Perhaps the mechanism is a mental evolution. One which springs under the right circumstances within an individual within a prosperous/well-off civilization. Something that reacts on an ontological level.
It might explain our small numbers, or maybe most of our band takes it really seriously and simply sticks that much apart.
