World Religions, Wednesday, 2nd Period

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Sitting behind the desk at the front of the room, cowboy boots propped on its surface, is a scruffy looking man with shaggy dark hair, a goodly five o’clock shadow, jeans, a black shirt with silver collar tabs, an eyepatch over his left eye, and most importantly, a minister’s collar. He laconically watches the students file in and sit down before dropping his feet off the desk and standing up with a clipboard in hand.



“Mornin’. I’m Jesse Custer. You can call me Jesse or Reverend or Reverend Custer, but I’ve been through too many ass whoopins and too much grief to be ‘Mister.’ Remember that and we’ll be right as rain.”

He gives the clipboard to the person sitting closest to him and walks slowly around the class, looking down at each student in turn, making eye contact, taking their measure, and continuing onward.

“Religion. It’s what raises us up, and it’s sure as shit what casts us down. We sing God’s praises. We dedicate our lives to our deity’s services. We kill, torture, and destroy in His name." He smiled and amended, "Or Her name, or their names.

“We’re here to learn about your religions, and also to learn about those you aren’t familiar with. Just ‘cause I’m wearing this collar, don’t expect I’m gonna try to get y’all to convert, because my God’s a bastard and you’re better off without him.

“Today I want two things from you. When you sign in, include your religion, if you have one. If you don’t, just write none. If you’re an atheist, that’s a form of faith in my book, include it.

“Second, I want you to create your own religion. Get together with a friend or two and share your created religion. Try to convince your friend that your religion is the best way to do things. I’ll be watchin’ all of y’all, so you don’t need to worry about writing me reports for this one."

Syllabus

Comments

Sign In, Week One

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Sign in here, include your religion

Re: Sign In, Week One

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia Santos. Catholic. Sort of.

Re: Sign In, Week One

[swerval_zero]

Zero Hopeless-Savage. Agnostic with Christian cultural practices.

Re: Sign In, Week One

[my-permission.livejournal.com]

Sir Didymus. I don't have a religion, but I guess you could consider me Agnostic.

Take Notes, Ask Questions

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Take notes, doze off, ask him questions.

Re: Take Notes, Ask Questions

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia's notes so far were pretty simple.

Reverend's god = bastard.

Re: Take Notes, Ask Questions

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Funny how Conner's notes were about the same as Nadia's.

Except for the addition of a large, scrawled DON'T CALL HIM MISTER!!!!!

Re: Take Notes, Ask Questions

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Gwynn has also commented in her notes about Jesse's God... and she might ahve compared him to Friar Tuck.

Re: Take Notes, Ask Questions

[lovechildblair.livejournal.com]

Blair raised his hand and bouned nervously in his seat.

Re: Take Notes, Ask Questions

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

"Bastard. Agreed."

Pair Up

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Create your religion and pick a partner. Try to get them convert. Should they give you your life savings? Forego eating the holy chickpea? Sell it.

Re: Pair Up

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia thought for a bit about what religion to create, then looked around for a partner.

Re: Pair Up

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

...create your own religion. Oh, this could turn out interestingly. Chad figured he could just spew out anything from Soul Society and be good as gold for this assignment.

But then that'd technically be cheating. He glanced around to find someone who might want to partner up with him.

Re: Pair Up

[connernotconnor.livejournal.com]

Conner flipped to a fresh page in his notebook and started scribbling a few ideas for a created religion.

Well, one note.

NO DINOSAURS.

Re: Pair Up

[enginegirl.livejournal.com]

Kaylee looked around for someone to pair up with.

Re: Pair Up

[swerval_zero]

Zero looked around for a partner.

Re: Pair Up

[l1ttle-billy.livejournal.com]

Billy looked for someone to pair up with, and while he did he began to softly sing:

Prepare ye the way of the gourd.
Prepare ye the way of the gourd.

Re: Pair Up

[my-permission.livejournal.com]

Didymus looked around for someone needing a partner.

After Class

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

Talk to Jesse after class. Express interest in being a TA. Tell him about your religion that isn't on the syllabus.

Re: After Class

[nadiathesaint]

"Mis--I mean, Reverend, sir. I have a question."

OOC

[preacher-custer.livejournal.com]

If your student has a religion that's specific to your fandom, offworld, extremely obscure, etc., and you'd be willing to give a guest lecture, let me know. I have 12 classes planned or written with room for two student lectures and the final exam. I can fill in those last two myself, but I wanted to leave some wiggle room in case there were any interesting student religions.

Also, if you'd like to be a TA, feel free to ping in on the Talk to Jesse thread.

Re: OOC

[senor-chado.livejournal.com]

A lecture regarding Soul Society, Bleach's afterlife world, would be pretty interesting. I'd definately be up to having Chad share his experiences there if you want it. :)

Re: OOC

[notafairmaiden.livejournal.com]

Oh this could be fun as Gwynn comes from the time of the Crusades and her religious opinions and leanings are fairly creative and jaded.

Re: OOC

[sogothcally.livejournal.com]

I'm sure I could come up with something (http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Religion_in_the_Twelve_Colonies), if neccessary :-D

OOC

[my-permission.livejournal.com]

In the Labyrinth fandom, no religion is ever mentioned. So I'm just assuming Dids is agnostic. You can ignore me now lol.