Английская Википедия:Dinkoism
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox religion Dinkoism (Шаблон:IPAc-en), the Dinkoist religion, or Dinkamatham[1][2] is a parody religion and social movement that emerged and evolved on social networks[3] organized by independent welfare groups in the Indian state of Kerala. Adherents describe Dinkoism as a genuine religion.
History
According to a report in India Today, Dinkoism[3] was established in 2008 in Kerala by a group of rationalists with the intention of ridiculing "the absurdity of blind religious faith".[4] The community planned to become politically active.[5] A report in The New Indian Express said Dinkoism is gaining members through Facebook.[3] The BBC described Dinkoism in 2016 as an atheist movement with significant growth on social media.[6]
Description
Шаблон:Main The religion purports to worship Dinkan, a comic book character.[7] Dinkoists celebrate the character—a superhero mouse that appeared in 1983 in defunct Malayalam-language children's magazine Balamangalam—as their God for the purpose of exposing superstitions and fallacies and practices of traditional religions.[6][8]
Events and protests
The concept of Dinkoism has spread through the social media but the movement has organised protest events. On January 30, 2016, a group of Dinkoists, under the banner of Mooshikasena (Rat Army) held a mock protest in front of Dhe Puttu restaurant owned by popular actor Dileep alleging his upcoming film Professor Dinkan hurt their religious sentiments, mocking similar protests happening worldwide.[9][10]
Earlier Dinkoism was in news when an expatriate Dinkoist living in California obtained a license plate with the inscription DINKAN for his car, out of his devotion for Dinkan.[11] In 2016, J. Devika wrote an article about the concept of Dinkoism and the logic of the market.[12]
Conferences
Dinkoists of Kozhikode organised a conference at the Sports Council Hall, Mananchira on March 20, 2016. They organised a variety of entertainments with a theme of tapioca. E. A. Jabbar, a prominent rationalist, endorsed Dinkoism.[7]
In April 2016, 25,000 Dinkoists were expected to gather for a convention called a "Dinkamatha Maha Sammelanam" to "present their rights as a minority community".[5] Dinkoists have received threatening messages as well as opposition from believers of other religions.[3]
See also
- Church of the SubGenius
- Discordianism
- Dudeism
- Evolution as fact and theory
- Existence of God
- Fideism
- Flying Spaghetti Monster
- Intelligent falling
- Invisible Pink Unicorn
- Mighty Mouse
- Out Campaign
- Parody religion
- Reductio ad absurdum
- Religious satire
- Theological noncognitivism
References
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