The defining moment when you know your town is fucked. (642 hits)
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Submitted by Methodius (View user info) at 2005-04-12 19:07:34 EDT
Feel like you're the only intelligent person within miles? Feel as if all hope is lost in humanity, or at least in the shoddy shacks in the boonies near you? Well here's a little bit of motivation for you to continue on in your life, and thank God you don't have to live in my town... or rather... thank Spock.
That's right. My town is the only town in the world with a Star Trek Church. Don't believe me? Read this, then check the pictures for your own mispleasure.
"A few miles south of Lynchburg in Campbell County sits a large and attractive octagonal building which is home to one of most unique churches in the world. Founded in 1977, "The Spock," as the church is called, is the world's only church of Star Trek, a religion centered on the popular 1960's television series featuring the adventures of a crew of interstellar explorers. "The Spock" promotes beliefs associated with one of the popular characters in the TV series, Mr. Spock, who was from a peace-loving race of aliens known as "Vulcans." The ideology of the church is centered on so-called Vulcan philosophy which includes the belief in pure "logic" and which emphasizes a lifestyle devoid of emotion. A huge stained-glass likeness of the church's namesake is featured in the sanctuary, where churchgoers recite sequences of dialogue from the series and participate in what they call a "Holy Mind Meld." Many church members wear stick-on pointed ears (mimicking those of the TV character) during services and at other church functions (in one case of excessive dedication to the "faith," one member attempted to have his ears surgically altered but with disastrous results, requiring extensive corrective surgery). "The Spock" is not without controversy, as reportedly in the late 1980's disagreement arose within the church over the lengths to which members should go in emulating the purely logical and emotionless Vulcan approach to life. Some members advocated a reasonable degree of emotion (citing Mr. Spock's half-human side), but a core group of hard-line members insisted on a rigid adherence to Vulcan ideology. The stricter view won out, and as a result, several members left the church and publicly denounced its practices. One resentful former member went so far as to publish a science fiction story based on his rigid and stifling upbringing in the faith, a story which concludes with the destruction of the Campbell County sanctuary by a "phaser" blast from an orbiting "starship" at his command. Despite the dissent, "The Spock" boasts a membership today of over 120, and actively campaigns for new members at area fan conventions and at Star Trek movie showings in local theatres. Leonard Nimoy, the actor who played Mr. Spock in Star Trek, has refused comment on "The Spock."
And now, for your viewing pleasure, the proof... not suitable for children under the age of 10 and Post STL (Star Trek Loser) Syndrome rehab patients.
User Reviews
Submitted by indoninja (user info) at 2005-04-15 07:44:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
When you live in it.
Submitted by JonnyX (user info) at 2005-04-13 18:26:35 EDT (#)
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BMP FILES make the baby jeebus cry
Submitted by InkyFingers (user info) at 2005-04-13 11:45:56 EDT (#)
Ranking: -1
Why are people double posting shit. WTH...
Submitted by Shlongy (user info) at 2005-04-12 20:51:30 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Did I already rate this? Because it's fucking terrible.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2005-04-12 20:17:54 EDT (#)
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Well, Method is my boy, so let's treat this like Snoopy and the Red Baron on Christmas.
Submitted by Methodius (user info) at 2005-04-12 20:05:27 EDT (#)
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buckeyes, It's ok, but I sure hope that this doesn't change the fact that I just started a flamewar with him.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:34:24 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
And another because I'm an ass.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:34:12 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
Oh shit, I'm sorry. I thought you were impersonating Method, but you've used this name since you arrived.
I apologize profusely. +2.
Submitted by rollerboognish (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:32:22 EDT (#)
Ranking: 1
What's even more ridiculous than the fact that this church exists is the fact that there are warring factions within it. Fucking hell. God save you.
Submitted by BuckeyesTHEGAME (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:32:03 EDT (#)
Ranking: -2
Fuckin' poser...
Submitted by GroundHogSlayer (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:29:50 EDT (#)
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i stand corrected. i still won't believe you until i see it, but the website intriges me. next time i'm up, i'll give it a hit. if you're right, we'll have to talk personally about it
Submitted by Electro (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:26:42 EDT (#)
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A BMP?!?! dude...
+1 anyhow...
Submitted by jgreening (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:22:31 EDT (#)
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Wooooooooooooooooooow.
Some people just need to be killed...
Submitted by Methodius (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:21:52 EDT (#)
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Submitted by GroundHogSlayer (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:15:15 (#)
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a star trek church? in campbell county?
nigga my grandfolks live there. VA, in between Lynchburg and Appomattox?
if so, your gonna have to give me the address, otherwise i think your full of shit.
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It's there, "nigga." All I know is that The Spock is near the intersection of Justman and Solow Rds., and those two roads arel ocated somewhere way down on leesville rd. I'm not sure where, but I plan on going there soon myself, bud. Trust me- this shit is real. I have an entire page of shit about Central VA that nobody knows about... the sinkhole in lynchburg, the rhinos in amherst, the gravity hole in galax (the only one in the world)... there's a shitload of stuff. The entire page is at this link.
http://www.retroweb.com/lynchburg/attractions/main.html
Definately check out the gravity hole thing. The most insane thing, scientifically, I've ever heard... aside from the Philidelphia project.
Submitted by kai070169 (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:19:02 EDT (#)
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You'll need this: http://www.ubersite.com/m/59947
Submitted by stevie_says (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:17:45 EDT (#)
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I once visited the town in Alberta that had a UFO landing pad. And there's a town called Vulcan that has an Enterprise replica.
I used to live in the town that had the giant easter egg and my home town had North America's tallest oil derrick.
Alberta sucks.
Submitted by GroundHogSlayer (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:15:15 EDT (#)
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a star trek church? in campbell county?
nigga my grandfolks live there. VA, in between Lynchburg and Appomattox?
if so, your gonna have to give me the address, otherwise i think your full of shit.
Submitted by Methodius (user info) at 2005-04-12 19:08:37 EDT (#)
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Fucking thing didn't come up. Just click on the thing.