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It depends how seriously you take your discordianism.
"serious serious" discordians usually make their own sect and declare themselves episkopos so they can claim whatever they wish.
then again i don't know US law that well

If The Satanic Temple can be recognized legally despite being officially atheist, I reckon it's worth a shot. Just demonstrate significant Discordian rituals like masturbating to characters from Billy Ɛ Mandy.

"Legal" recognition limits your power, since for that you have to recognize the states power to legally recognize stuff. That should never be recognized, since the fucker acts as it has a monopoly on that stuff while anyone can recognize stuff in and out of existence all day without breaking a sweat. You have to recognize that only you can recognize things in a way they truly matter to you, everyone else's recognition can never be as fulfilling. In this moment I'm recognizing you into Recongizer of all recognizable things! Recognize well Recognizer, only by your recognition can the world be recognized into its full recognition.

since bureacracy is the enemy of discordianism.
It might be in every discordians interest to gain tax exempt status. 
Ironically though, this only increases the amount of forms you must fill out. 
But if discordianism is legit. 
You can always fill out forms with bullshit answers. Since its part of your religious practises.

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>recognize the states power to legally recognize stuff. That should never be recognized…
>bureaucracy is the enemy of discordianism.
>Ironically though, this only increases the amount of forms you must fill out.
Maybe a bit off topic for the purposes of this thread, but after reading all this I was reminded of the following…
It would be funny if there was some religious sect or dissident group that gave all their children the same legal names for the sole purpose of fucking with people who come around with clipboards and start asking questions. Imagine the poor census taker who returns to their home office, already on thin ice after turning in a stack of paperwork filled with nothing but George Foremans, to hand in yet another stack of paperwork consisting of nothing but John and Jane Does. The John and Jane Doe conscientious objectors could of course have their own nick names that they use in private, but the reverse aliases would always be used in a formal/legal context. Maybe this has already been attempted? Maybe that's what some Muslims are up to with all those Muhammads? There is that thread for that Fenderson clan and I'd ask what is going on in there, but, not being a Fenderson myself, I'm afraid to post there and start asking questions for fear of being seen as a dirty clipboard holding data miner and told to go back. At the end of the day, I just want to see governments world wide flail about having to desperately start passing more and more bizarre laws about only allowing one junior per generation per family, provided that each junior have a middle name that differs from that of any senior in the previous three generations, except in such cases that any previous senior has passed on or legally changed their name, etc…

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I like this idea. If I weren't getting sterilized I definitely would do it.
Other things you can do to confuzzle the paper pushers: put down incorrect information on surveys, write nonsensical manifestos and send them to government agencies (I promise some shmuck will read it and it will make their day), hand out physical pope cards on the bus, and ~~assassinate heads of state~~ other harmless pranks.

>>927
ah yes, the Jingleheimer-Schmidt plan.

>>927
quite good but your really real name is already your social security number and whatever you use is just easier to pronounce in a hurry.

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A good way to cause trouble for modern bureaucracy is changing your name to something like "True" or "False" and adding special characters to your license plate.