User:Archbishop jonkology/sandbox

summary:

It’s a nature based religion that harnesses mother nature's energy to spread world peace.
Our prophets are gods to be and divine deities for as long as they live.
The deities all serve another purpose within the religion and are tasked with holy quests.
God exists but has no physical form

the beginning

At the very start there was nothing, empty and hollow was the time that past. Nature as in how we now it did not exist. The the green omnipotent energy, that would be closest to god spoken about in the common tongue, flowed his powers through the vast emptiness and created a bond. A bond which could potentially connect every living being. As it first occurred at the opposite side of the world and soon connected us all. But like nature, what needs soil to grow on, the green energy “jon” needs the brown “ko”. Together they are harmonious and bring balance to life.

• “jon” and “ko” stem from the japanese katakana “jo” translated to woman and “ko” meaning child. From historical words of wisdom, with those components in your life you are supposed to have a good and balanced life.

the divine deities

The jon has chosen 5 people to act as sheppards and lead the way for others to follow.

Aion, current emperor Thomas
Yharus, current king of arms Johan
Coeus, current grand wizard Nico
Ensiferum, current archbishop Mark
Nyreus, current lord of justic Niels

Each receiving a sign, all 5 put together will form a picture which will enlighten you about the essence of this religion.

Those 5 are divine deities gifted abnormal power over jon and quested with a life's mission to grow the bond created by jon by their individual tasks. They can twist jon and ko together to their will, twisted together it can unite people. Once their quest is over they can rule from above as gods or reincarnate and restart their quest. When the 5 deities assemble they will be followed by many who have seen the light and learned from their example.

When they turn into a god, a new deity will be created. How many gods their are now can not be defined as we cannot contact god in life at least. The deities can easily make contact with god, but only one voice ever answers.

god

Which we think means god is a being on a whole other scale, a combined being that has absorbed all deities personalities, experiences and viewpoints. What would explain him being heard differently by many at once. God does not talk about him- itself because it is up to us to figure out his teachings and their meaning. When fully understanding of its teachings, we are supposed to grasp the rough idea of god as a “being”. God is neither male or female and at the same time it is both, it may be referred to as prefered. God is not omnipotent by any means, it has a higher understanding than any person and the capability of more than a thousand brains. God is not all good or foreseeing, as no man is foreseeing and no action is all good. God has no influence on the world except for it’s voice that will be heard by true believers who are influenced by jon and ko. Because of gods absence in actions and its lack of power to influence the world, it’s hard to prove to anyone not trying to find god. Finding god is not the answer to life but will less anyones thirst for an answer because you will be able to grasp everything on a fundamental level.

The deities have been able to use “gods brain” while alive in some rare occasions. Reverting back will make you lose most of what you learned as a human brain is to small to understand. It’s still an experience far surpassing life. If an individual believer can even make contact, it will open a way to bond with god after death. Making you immortal in essence, your life will never be forgotten and your experiences will help others until you choose to fade from existence.

The problem of god is that it can get too big, even though it does not take space in the physical realm. When the limit will be passed, all will cease to exist. But in the end god is made up of other beings who can fade away. If nobody will join god, god will fade away and so the world will end.

Holidays:

-April 20th This is the only day in the year where all believers are supposed to do a religious act on. To get closer to god as a community. On this day jon and ko create a bond strong enough to shorten everyone's path to god.

-June 18th: This is the birthday of the man who played a big part in the arise of this religion. Rumored is that he himself was a deity, but he has never confirmed that.

-July 10th It’s a day on which you are supposed to do a religious act in another way than normal. What you must do is something everyone has to find out for themselves. If you do it right, you are able to rise in rank to a title of wizard.

-November 3th: (add the years of imprisonment to the day of imprisonment) A hero in our history has been imprisoned for more than a hundred years. On this day we mourn for his life and honour him in our own way.

Religious acts:

“It’s very common for people to wanna find god or get closer to him. Before speaking to god yourself you have to get your mind in a state of acceptance. That state has many variables which will alter your chance to speak to him. If you can block all incentives from outside it should make it a lot easier. Also a calm and clear mind will help. Something like alcohol will cloud your mind and set you astray from the path to god. While a high oxygen content can help, some herbal extracts may help as well. Some of the more useful herbs are hypericum perforatum, lavandula, tetrahydrocannabinol, ashwagandha and so on.” So:

A gathering of multiple believers who have a session of ganjawa (ganjawa = the act of consuming herbs in an environment stimulating the finding of gods voice) Mostly done on days where you have a lot of free time as a session could easily take multiple hours. Traditional clothing would be best described as colourful imagination-stimulating clothes with a lot of movement freedom. The highest ranking person in the group of the sorcerers branch will lead the ceremony.

Another religious act:
Visiting the northern light is a holy trip and will increase your bond.
The northern light is a perfect visualisation of "jon", so it would be great to use northern light under the northern light.

The 7 rules of life:

1 Don’t deny a step towards god.
2 Share with others if they are open to receive.
3 Question everything but trust in the trustworthy.
4 Never abandon a friend in need.
5 Song will never be forced upon listeners
6 “Pass the boef” should always be honored
7 Show respect to those who earned it

5 divine titles:

Emperor
King of arms
Grand wizard
Archbishop
Lord of justice

(a human can have a divine title due to the absence of a divine deity, however he will not have the title of divine deity so he will not bear one of the five names a deity can wear.)

Emperor:
Overseer of the 4 other divine deities and given the power to interfere with there tasks when necessary, able to possibly take their titles. But as they are chosen by fate, nobody can take over their title without abandoning their own, as only one divine title per person is allowed and only one title per branch. Leaving no one in position can be devastating, but if a title has become more ceremonial than useful it may be logical to abandon that title until a new one has been reborn. (can be stripped of title by 3 deities agreeing to it)

King of arms:
Tasked to destroy enemies (definition: anyone who wants to inflict harm upon our religion, who harms a follower based on his belief or who wants to take jon away to deny someone it’s use) (in practice: turn enemies into friends, that’s the only way to peacefully destroy enemies) and their religions. Even though it’s a religion of peace, we will not sit by and see it’s destruction and/or oppression. We will free anyone who’s imprisoned for believing in our cause, our believes and for practicing religious acts.

Grand sorcerer:
Tasked with studying jon and ko, testing their limits and improving their use. Searching for new ways to use it. And using this knowledge to educate others to spread peace.

Archbishop:
Tasked to spread jonkology across the world. Spread religion by spreading it’s wisdom and stories to/and improve the number of followers. (the voice of jonkology)

Lord of justice:
Tasked to judge followers and maintain the hierarchy. By revoking their rights or give titles of lower ranks based on their actions. Dealing with the lower followers in general. (every divine being is able to manage their own branch and revoke titles within their branch). If a rank is wrongfully given, the giver will be stripped of title and the receiver will be set back to his former title.

Hierarchy:

(emperor has no separate branch)

King of arms:

General (given to a divine deity if requested)
(Sergeant major) high commander
(Sergeant major) commander
Sergeant major
Master sergeant
Staff sergeant
Sergeant
Corporal
Private first class
Private (anyone has the right to have this title but will be obligated to carry out commands or he/she will become an enemy. Needs to be registered by anyone carrying a title of justice)

Grand sorcerer:

Sorcerer (only bestowed upon the other divine deities)
Grand wizard
High wizard
Wizard
Senior apprentice
Junior apprentice (anyone has the right to have this title if they ever have been able to twist jon and ko together. It needs to be registered by anyone carrying a title of justice)

Archbishop:

High bishop (given to a divine deity if requested)
Bishop
Arch priest
High priest(ress)
Priest(ress)
Alterservant (anyone has the right to have this title but it needs to be registered by anyone carrying a title of justice)

Lord of justice:

Chief of justice (given to a divine deity if requested)
Warden of justice
Enforcer of rules
beVoice of the people (will speak to titles of justice on behalf of the followers)

Followers:

Voice of the people (will speak to titles of justice on behalf of the followers)
Advisor (can be given by the 3 highest titles of every divine branch)

Honoured believer (can be given by the 3 highest titles of every divine branch)
Believer (Standard self-declared rank)