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COF
August 2, 2005, 05:05 PM
Is there a religion where the worship is based around werewolfs, such as Vampirism or Temple of the Vampire where the worship is based on vampires?

If so, can you link me to any websites on this. Or explain about it?

Thanks,

COF
capsaicin67
August 2, 2005, 05:09 PM
I can't wait for the "explain" part.....for either of them.
IsItJustMe
August 2, 2005, 05:11 PM
I've never heard of such a thing, except the little bands of vampires that you get among U.S. teenagers.

It's interesting that your U.S. vampires seem to be mainly from the South... Maybe because the South is more religious.
steamer
August 2, 2005, 05:14 PM
I believe our werewolves also have a southern drawl.
seebs
August 2, 2005, 07:15 PM
Vampires are so over. I'm a mummy. We use bees.
Nostalgic Pushhead
August 2, 2005, 08:16 PM
Some "otherkin" weenies believe they are werewolves and vampires and elves and such*. Some say otherkin qualifies as a religion.

(I don't, I say its its own breed of crazy.)

*Also all sorts of animals, dragons, gryphens, hybrids of any aforementioned categories, and... seriously... videogame characters.
ZouPrime
August 2, 2005, 08:21 PM
Some "otherkin" weenies believe they are werewolves and vampires and elves and such*. Some say otherkin qualifies as a religion.

(I don't, I say its its own breed of crazy.)

*Also all sorts of animals, dragons, gryphens, hybrids of any aforementioned categories, and... seriously... videogame characters.

Well I'll be damned (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otherkin) :eek:
That's some wierd shit.
Nostalgic Pushhead
August 2, 2005, 08:45 PM
Wow, that wiki article makes me weep for the future of the human race.
Ojuice5001
August 2, 2005, 09:04 PM
Wow, that wiki article makes me weep for the future of the human race.

Me too. With all these werewolves and fairies in existence, we normal humans are going to face some serious interspecific competition sometime in the future. :D

Tongue-in-cheek twisting of your words, of course. I think that otherkin is one of those mythic ideas that is only archetypally true, but tends to be mistaken for literal truth by the typical otherkin.
Joni-san
August 3, 2005, 09:30 AM
I blame Vampire and the other World of Darkness games.

"Remember kids, D&D lets you become a god and forget how lame you are, Vampire leads to Larp and Larp leads to Furry"

Goddamn Larpers :p
Nostalgic Pushhead
August 3, 2005, 09:47 AM
I think that otherkin is one of those mythic ideas that is only archetypally true, but tends to be mistaken for literal truth by the typical otherkin.

How do you know they're not literally true?
Ojuice5001
August 3, 2005, 10:12 AM
How do you know they're not literally true?

They might be, I'm just saying that I don't have a positive belief that they are. Otherkin just seems like the kind of idea that could make sense if it were watered down enough.

I once posted on an otherkin thread on a pagan board, throwing out the archetype idea. One otherkin responded that he did sometimes think of it that way, but other times was inclined to take it more literally.

My point, I suppose, is that although otherkin is a crazy idea in the sense of wacky and apparently unlikely to be true, I don't judge the people as being crazy. The psychiatrists themselves can't figure out what to make of otherkin, so since I'm not obligated to come up with a layman's opinion about whether they're crazy, I may just as well not attempt it.
Hyndis
August 3, 2005, 01:50 PM
Wow...semi-organized craziness. :eek:

Hell, I'm a freak'n furry, and I think these people are nuts. Including the furries that wear ears and a tail all the time or spend absurds amounts of money on costumes.

I'm probably just have a very minor case of furriness, where just my alter-ego is furry. But I'm sane enough to know that my alter-ego is just a made up character that I sometimes RP as when I need some amusement.