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* '''[[Shakugan no Shana|Shanaism]]''': Everyone is already dead, including you. The afterlife is the reality. In a day or two, you could be [[Ret-Gone|forgotten completely]]. You just don't know it's happening yet.
* '''Bokononism''': God has deterministically organized humanity into unknowing teams (''karasses'') to do his work. Not much of a spiritual demand, but of course you have to memorize some oddball "calypso" scripture and a lot of silly words like ''Foma'' and ''Granfalloon.'' In addition to certain characters in Kurt Vonnegut's ''Cat's Cradle'' and in [[Real Life]], known Bokononists include Rayanne's mother, Amber, on ''[[My So-Called Life]]''. (The name of the religion derives from the San Lorenzan pidgin English pronunciation of its founder's name, that founder being an ex-slave named Johnson, or "Bokonon.") Two calypsos in particular highlight the Bokononist worldview, the first regarding the nice little lies a Bokononist must internalize so as to avoid the pitfalls of despair:
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''to seem to make sense''
''so we could all be happy, yes''
''instead of tense''
''And I made up lies''
''So that they all fit nice''
''And I made this sad world''
''A par-a-dise'' }}
* An excerpt of the second calypso focuses on the deterministic worldview of Bokononism:
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''Up in Central Park''
''And a Lion Hunter''
''In the jungle dark''
''And a Chinese dentist''
''And a British Queen''
''All fit together''
''In the same machine...'' }}
* '''[[Mega Man (video game)|Rockmanism]]''': Fight, believer, For Everlasting Peace! Just be sure to [[Bag of Spilling|put away all the weapons you acquired along the way afterward]].
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