DIY Religion
This story, about people being offered $5,000 to try starting their own religion for the sake of a documentary, set me thinking. And I've come up with a promising idea for a new reality TV show.
In my new show, people have to start new religions, deliver their religion's message in a few minutes each week on a nationally broadcast program, and then the public gets to vote by SMS each week to keep their favourite new religion on the show. I'm thinking of calling it “Australian Idolatry”.
Actually, wouldn't it be interesting if all the main religions of the world were pitted against each other in such a game show format. Which religion would be the first voted off the show in Australia? It's very hard to pick: Catholicism? Islam? ‘Fundamentalist’ Christianity? Certainly not Buddhism. It would be fascinating to see the criteria people used to make their selection and cast their vote. What a great discussion starter.