BogPower

Aloria

RELIGION

Published in "BogPower: The Newsletter of Aloria's Boggly People"

ERDMAN DECRIES PERSECUTION, CALLS FOR END TO STATE ATHEISM

Grand Hierophant Lazarus H. Erdman of the High Temple of Bog responded to Parliament's narrow passage of a bill mandating Alorian state atheism. He challenged Aloria's political parties to put an end to state atheism, and called on voters throughout the nation to reward parties who respected Aloria's tradition of Bogist religious freedom.

"I am Bog, and thou art Bog, and we all art Bog," said Erdman from the steps of the High Temple to a crowd of 15,000 Ultranian pilgrims. "And through the power of our union with almighty Bog, we can overcome the persecutors, who seek to force us down the road of wickedness and atheism." Acolytes then distributed ceremonial goat leggings to assembled worshippers, all of whom put them on at the request of the Hierophant.

"Stomp!" cried Erdman, once the pilgrims donned the leggings. "Stomp, and shout, and sing praises to Bog almighty! And as we stomp, know that we are stomping those who stomp our freedom to stomp! We are stomping the enemies of Aloria's persecuted Bogist majority! Hellejeujah! Praise Bog!" The assembled worshippers stomped in unison with Hierophant Erdman, and sang chants to His name.''

Published in "BogPower," the Newsletter of Aloria's Boggly People

BOGISTS DECRY PERSECUTION--CALL FOR AN END TO THE HATE.

--Ultran, November 2570--

Grand Hierophant Lazarus H. Erdman called for an end to the persecution of Aloria's victimized religious majority from the steps of the High Temple in Ultran today. Calling attention to a bill now on the floor of Parliament to tax temple profits, Erdman called the effort "positively Zogist." "The Malevolent Minions of Zog are at work on the floor of our very Parliament, " he said. "This bill is just the latest manifestation of secular and Zogist efforts to bring down Aloria's tradition of religious devotion."

Shoppers will find bargains on many consumer goods at Aloria's Bogist Temples, which take advantage of Bogism's duty free status to sell at profit products ranging from Playstations, to Ipods, to plasma televisions. "We use all profits for charitable purposes" said lesser Hierophant Guy Small, stepping out of temple-owned Porsche for this interview. "This bill will end up costing Aloria's poor. The first programs we'll have to nix to pay the taxes will be programs that buy toys for poor children at Bogmas."

In light of this fact, some are calling it "stunning" that Aloria's Democratic Socialist Party, which purports to look out for the rights of the poor, would sponsor such a bill. "They want to help the poor--unless it's the temples that are doing it," said Small. "Then it's 'oh no, to Zog with the poor.' The climate against Bogism in Aloria is just spiraling out of control. What's next? Concentration camps? Crucifixions?"