The Church oF Duderism

First there was the Flying Spaghetti Monster and now there’s the Church of The Latter-Day Dude.  Yea, thou shalt abide exactly like the Dude in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski!  I seriously thought I had heard everything until I stumbled upon this site.  According to the site, the religion may be very young, but the ideas are very old:

Down through the ages, this “rebel shrug” has fortified many successful creeds – Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, John Lennonism and Fo’-Shizzle-my-Nizzlism. The idea is this: Life is short and complicated and nobody knows what to do about it. So don’t do anything about it. Just take it easy, man. Stop worrying so much whether you’ll make it into the finals. Kick back with some friends and some oat soda and whether you roll strikes or gutters, do your best to be true to yourself and others – that is to say, abide.

Keep reading for more about the slowest growing religion of our times and how to get ordained as a minster of Dudeism after the jump>>>

The Church of the Latter-Day Dude is one of the most easy going religions around, which is why joining and becoming a minister is such a great idea.  You could preside over a wedding or funeral in your bathrobe and jelly sandals, and who hasn’t wanted to lead people in a procession of slovenly dimensions?

If this sounds like the sort of thing that could appeal to you, then put on your finest v-neck white t-shirt, baggy flannel shorts, bathrobe, sunglasses and slip on jelly sandals cause you’re about to be Duderised.  Then when you’re done with that you can, you know, sit back and smoke a doobie while listening to the relaxing sounds of bowling pins getting knocked over.