Church of the SubGenius

The Church of the SubGenius started out in the 1980s as an underground art movement (or "meme") that got way too far out of control. Of course, this is explained by the fact that the Founder and Savior of the Church of the SubGenius, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, looks a lot like The Great Stephen Colbert Himself. Some SubGenius followers have claimed that "Bob" was a forerunner to Stephen, but this has been questioned by True Believers in the Power Of Stephen.

Anyway, when the Internet came along, the Church of the SubGenius moved right along with it. Today, the image of J.R. "Bob" Dobbs is considered one of the four great centers of Internet blasphemy, along with Discordianism, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and those Godless, heathen atheists. Many atheists have embraced SubGenius philosophies, but the Church has found an especially rich vein of followers among the ranks of Linux geeks, role-playing afficionados, comic book fans, and other stay-at-home no-lifers. Coincidentally, these are also the very same people who tend to get hooked on the Internet itself -- especially online gaming -- and it is through their efforts that the Church of the SubGenius has taken hold online.

SubGenius members believe above all else in the power of Slack, or "something for nothing." Despite the similarity to the term "slacker," SubGenius followers insist that "slack" does not equal laziness. A rallying cry of the SubGenius is "Repent! Quit your job!  Slack off!," which has also been heartily embraced by many of Stephen Colbert's followers. SubGeniuses say we were all born with "Original Slack," but this Slack has been stolen from us all by the worldwide Conspiracy of Normal People.