Within this Git repo lies one entire religion, including every sacred text, rule, and other relevant documents.

This README serves to provide a short introduction to the religion and as a directory to guide you through the contents of this repo.

⚠️ This religion will be marked incomplete until all the core documentation has been written. From that point it will be marked as beta for a period of two years, after which it will be marked complete. Note that "complete" in this context does not mean it will cease to change, it only reflects that the project is mature enough to be followed seriously. You can view the current status in this document.

As a society we cannot seem to leave religion behind, we desperately cling to it and drag its lifeless body with us forward through time. The religion as defined within this repository seeks to be a suitable candidate for the doctrine to end all doctrines. It leaves behind reckless hate, vestigial traditions, and arbitrary morals with the hopes of guiding people to science and a common, neue-morality. This neue-morality exists only to serve the health of society, as does law.

Furthermore, this religion is dynamic and shall not be frozen or branched. As we progress in our pursuit of knowledge, we should update our values and traditions to reflect the new and relinquish the old. There will be no versioning, only current and non-current. It is recommended to pull from this repo at least once a year so that one does not unknowingly adhere to non-current information.

All files herein will be in Unicode with the exception of images. Unicode files will have an extension identifying their syntax just as this file does, and will conform to an 80 character line limit. No Unicode file intended for reading shall break this length restriction. An example of a Unicode file exempt from this rule would be SVG images. Each document will exist in only one format. To elaborate, if something is written as JSON it will not also be distributed as YAML, and vice versa. If need be, it is permitted to locally convert between these formats on your own system using software you trust, however the resulting converted files do not legally or ethically represent the religion as they may have been tainted. Do not share or partake in shared copies of this information, simply clone it yourself. The only official source of information is a clone of this repo that has run git fetch and verified as unchanged and up to date.

The only trusted repository is located at the following address:

git://jakeledoux.com/obsolism

The GitHub repository is an official mirror of the primary repo and should remain accurate for the foreseeable future, however it may lag behind on occasion.

Any other repositories claiming to be official are falsifications and should be avoided.

• About
  • This file contains the basic information such as this religion's name, its tenets, current leaders, and other useful information for easy access.
• Contributing
  • Details on how to contribute to Obsolism.
• Figures
  • A list of relevant people and characters, both fictional and otherwise.
• Hierarchy
  • The statement and definition of the High Council.
• Iconography
  • Examples and explanations of all the official iconography.
• Members
  • A list of the current staff of the High Council.
• Morals
  • A list of Obsolism's stances on moral dilemmas.
• Rituals
  • A list of Obsolism's rituals.