Church of All Worlds

[TheII]

Hi everyone. I recently read Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein and, was wondering about the Church of All Worlds that was created in it. I found out that there is a real church by that name and I would like to know more about it. Thanks

[CFTraveler]

http://www.caw.org/index.php?module=Pages&func=display&pageid=3
Google is your friend.

[Stookie]

I love me some Heinlein. "Friday" is awesome.

However, I always wondered about the connection between Heinlein & L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology and the religion in "Stranger in a Strange Land". This was interesting to read:

http://everything2.com/?node_id=1276839

[CFTraveler]

When I was very young and read all Heinlein, Hubbard and Asimov, I remember reading about this in a theoretical way in one of the Foundation books.  It was part of the plot, a anthropological dissertation on the state of humanity in history, and the idea of starting a religion as a means to make money was explored.  This was before I had heard of scientology- this was in the stories themselves.  Maybe it's unrelated, but I doubt it.  Back in the days all these guys hung out together.  Maybe that's why the wager story is so easy to believe.

[TheII]

first I would like to thank everyone for the input. I think that the CAW kind of fell apart, and it seems to have strayed a little from the book.

[Stillwater]

Yeah, the group that sprung from the book was far from the one described by Heinlein, and was considered to mainly be a sex-cult.

[CFTraveler]

This topic reminded me of this band  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCy13kjj13M
It used to be my favorite song.  I used to play it really loud on my way to church.   

[Stillwater]

lol CFT.... what a random video

"2 hours later they decided to stop at a diner, because they just loved the smell of eggs and coffee...myself...I just had to smoke a ciggarette and wear a hat"

I love 90's music and videos- here's another good one, although somewhat less obscure


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVn6b7DdpA&feature=related

Reminds me of being a kid... and I dunno... the commercial music of that time was so much better than today...