me: Back in early 2000s we spoke about open source religion.

Internet has built it for us: Yoism

Sent at 2:26 PM on Sunday


me: I don’t think we could have built a better cult. [wink]

“Well, if you don’t want to be bamboozled, led down the primrose path, conned or duped; if you don’t want to have the wool pulled over your eyes, hoodwinked, taken for a ride, or railroaded, then welcome to The Way of Yo. If for you, “seeing is believing,” then maybe you are one of us.”

The introduction page for the Ten Sacred Principles of The Way of Yo shows a scanned copy of the US declaration of independence while the Leonard Cohen song “Democracy is coming to the USA.” plays.

Building their religion with an The Open Source Truth Processan emerging that was developed by Yoans working with students and faculty at The Center for Public Leadership at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

“Grandfather, look at our brokenness. We know that in all creation only the human family has strayed from the Sacred Way. We know that we are the ones who are divided and we are the ones who must come back together to walk in the Sacred Way. Grandfather, Sacred One, teach us love, compassion, and honor that we may heal the earth and heal each other.” (The Ojibway people of Canada quoted as being Yoan Saints.)

They appear to be employing subtle hypnotism.


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