TIL a group of religious folks in Canada that believed in anarchy, vegetarianism and being naked clashed violently with the government. They detonated bombs and had naked protest parades because they felt their land and children were being unfairly taken from them
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godisanelectricolive t1_je394c8 wrote
Reply to comment by lunamarya in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
True, and there are indeed [Mao temples](https://bitterwinter.org/want-to-keep-your-temple-worship-mao-zedong/) around China that attract worshippers