discordianism

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discordianism - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Discordianism
  
     <recreation> /dis-kor'di-*n-ism/ The veneration of Eris,
     also known as Discordia; widely popular among hackers.
     Discordianism was popularised by Robert Shea and Robert Anton
     Wilson's novel "Illuminatus!" as a sort of self-subverting
     Dada-Zen for Westerners - it should on no account be taken
     seriously but is far more serious than most jokes.  Consider,
     for example, the Fifth Commandment of the Pentabarf, from
     "Principia Discordia": "A Discordian is Prohibited of
     Believing What he Reads."  Discordianism is usually connected
     with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving
     millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist
     partisans of Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret
     society called the Illuminati.
  
     See Religion, Church of the SubGenius, and ha ha only serious
     .
  
     [Jargon File]
  
     (1997-04-12)
  

discordianism - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  Discordianism
   /dis.kor'di.@n.ism/, n.
  
     The veneration of Eris, a.k.a. Discordia; widely popular among
     hackers. Discordianism was popularized by Robert Shea and Robert
  Anton
     Wilson's novel Illuminatus! as a sort of self-subverting Dada-Zen for
     Westerners -- it should on no account be taken seriously but is far
     more serious than most jokes. Consider, for example, the Fifth
     Commandment of the Pentabarf, from Principia Discordia: "A Discordian
     is Prohibited of Believing What he Reads." Discordianism is usually
     connected with an elaborate conspiracy theory/joke involving
     millennia-long warfare between the anarcho-surrealist partisans of
     Eris and a malevolent, authoritarian secret society called the
     Illuminati. See Religion in Appendix B, Church of the SubGenius,
  and
     ha ha only serious.