Colbert Nation/Stephenological Colbertism

Stephenological Colbertism (also known as The Affiliated Churches of Stephenology and Colbertism) is the fake religion that worships Stephen Colbert as a God. It was started by the user mariposa on the [Colbert Nation messageboard http://www.colboard.com] on the Religion board as Stephenology. Then another user, whose screen name was ..., created a religion called Colbertism, not knowing that mariposa created Stephenology. mariposa and ... decided to combine their religions to create Stephenological Colbertism, also known as The Affiliated Churches of Stephenology and Colbertism. The acronym for The Affiliated Churches of Stephenology and Colbertism is TACoSAC, and its official forum is The Affiliated Churches of Stephenology and Colbertism.

Introduction
Unlike fake religions like Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, Stephenological Colbertism is not centered around a strong critique towards mainstream religion, although occasionally it does noticibly satirize mainstream religion. This allows for some of the more liberal Christians and other theists to enjoy Stephenological Colbertism.

"Heterophobia"
At a glance, Stephenological Colbertism is set up as a lighthearted version of a money-loving cult. A famous saying of Stephenological Colbertism is, "We don't want your soul. We just want 5 million payments $29.95." However, upon further observation, some elements of Stephenological Colbertism are deeper than a simple joke about celebrity fanaticism and cults. One of the most controversial parts of Stephenological Colbertism is the highly satirical banning and conversino of heterosexuals. In the fake religion, people are not allowed to be strictly heterosexual. Followers are allowed to be bisexual or bicurious, but heterosexuality is not allowed and is considered an egregious sin. The approved list of sexualities are limited to:

1. Homosexuality 2. Bisexuality 3. Bicuriousity 4. Asexuality 5. Hermaphrodite 6. Transgender

To convert heterosexuals, mariposa has proposed that they all participate in three-ways. This is an obvious satire of the homophobia of certain religions. It plays on the fact that many religions try to convert homosexuals and tries to turn the tables on heterosexuals.

Holy War against Flying Spaghetti Monsterism
Another interesting part of Stephenological Colbertism is its war on Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, also known as FSM. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is a fake religion started by Robert Henderson that strongly mocks all religions. It centers around worship of a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Stephenological Colbertism has declared holy war on FSM because it is a famous fake religion. In reality, the founders of TACoSAC have no strong objections to FSM; they merely needed a well-known fake religion against which to have a holy war. At the beginning of the fake holy war, many people thought that TACoSAC was declaring jihad on FSM. Being that the word jihad was being misused (it means "struggle"), mariposa came up with her own word for the holy war. The holy war would be called ji hao, which is Chinese for "good chicken."

The Afterlife
In Stephenological Colbertism, after a person dies, their immortal soul gets "sucked" into the television. The person lives inside one or more television networks like Comedy Central or CNN. The amount of networks and which networks depends on whether the person was a Stephenological Colbertism, whether they lived by the rules of the religion (whether they were a follower or not), and how much money they gave to mariposa to give to Stephen Colbert. The best case scenario would occur if one was a devout Stephenological Colbertist who gave mariposa a lot of money to give to Stephen Colbert. This person would get a choice of 24 hour access to four networks and two hour visiting time to any other network. The worst case scenario would occur if one was a Flying Spaghetti Monsterist. This person would then be stuck inside one episode of the Dr. Phil show, and it would repeat endlessly for eternity. This is the equivalent of hell.

The Glossary
The Glossary is a dictionary of terms related to Stephenological Colbertism, Internet forums, Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Colbert Nation. It is a very comprehensive glossary that has terms from every letter in the English alphabet except for Q and Z.

The Colbible
A newer part of Stephenological Colbertism is the Colbible. The Colbible is the Christian Bible rewritten to sound more Stephen Colbert themed. So far, the only part written is part of Genitaliasis, which is obviously a rewrite of Genesis. An example of an excerpt of the Colbible is Genitalisis 1:26 "And Stephen said, Let us make The Colbert Report in our image, after our likeness: and let it have dominion over the fish of the sea, and the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; for example: Michael Jackson.  He creepeth.  Oh how he creepeth."