History Main / InterfaithSmoothie

* The WebOriginal/ChaosTimeline has the Indian Chandramoorthy develop his own religion, which combines elements from Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism and the classical Greco-Roman religion.

* ''OracleOfTao'' has a strange mix of Shintoism, Taoism, and Christianity. They call it Aiken (based on Japanese ''ai ken'', not Clay Aiken). It's basically very heavily into nature and love (and ancestor worship).

An author wishes to create a wholly unique religion or belief system for his universe, something that is readily identifiable as "unique" or "alien". Trouble is, [[TropesAreTools coming up with something completely original is notoriously hard to do]], and would [[TrueArtIsIncomprehensible probably end up being entirely incoherent anyways]]. That's okay, all our author needs to do is cobble together his new concept from interesting bits of existing religions, belief systems, mysticisms and philosophies, discard the stuff he finds inconvenient, and [[FantasyCounterpartCulture change all the names and places]]. Couch it in a bit of fictionalized backstory, and voila! Instant religion.

One of the reasons this method is sometimes favored is because the ideas, being quite a hot button issue, can be [[{{Disneyfication}} blended together into something homogeneous and inoffensive]], with [[ValuesDissonance all the hard-to-swallow parts of foreign philosophies]] glossed over or omitted entirely. No one can then say the Author DidNotDoTheResearch, since he's creating an entirely 'new' religion or philosophy.

* Gamzee's religion in ''{{Homestuck}}'' seems to be based around fundamentalist and Rapturist Christianity, with a little Islam for flavour (he gets [[BerserkButton very upset]] about seeing video depictions of his Messiahs), and perhaps with a little Judaism (his ancestor was responsible for the persecution of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Troll Jesus]]), mixed up with [[TheStoner stoner]]/[[NewAgeRetroHippie hippie]] culture, and then all applied to {{Juggalo}} fandom. A parody, obviously.

* ''OracleOfTao'' has a strange mix of Shintoism, Taoism, and Christianity. They call it Aiken (based on Japanese ''ai ken'', not ClayAiken). It's basically very heavily into nature and love (and ancestor worship).

----

* The ChaosTimeline has the Indian Chandramoorthy develop his own religion, which combines elements from Hinduism, Islam, Catholicism and the classical Greco-Roman religion.

* This seems to come up a lot in Anime fantasy settings, though it could (and oftentimes appears to) just be a [[CriticalResearchFailure cultural misunderstanding of Western ideas and philosophies]] while substituting familiar concepts (like Buddhism and Shintoism) into the knowledge gaps.

* [[StarWars The Force]], once described by Mark Hamill as "Religion's Greatest Hits!" The Force has strong elements of Buddhism, Jainism, and Hinduism, wrapped in an easy-to-swallow (for Western audiences, anyways) Christian-style morality system.

* [[StarTrek The Klingon belief system]] seems to be an odd mish-mash of Shinto and Norse mythology, with a MessianicArchetype figure (Kahless) thrown in. Vulcan spirituality seems to have elements of Shinto ancestor worship within a predominant Buddhist philosophy, with 'logic' substituted for Dharma.

One of the reasons this method is sometimes favored is because the ideas, [[{{Understatement}} being a teensy bit of a hot button issue]], can be [[{{Disneyfication}} blended together into something homogeneous and inoffensive]], with [[ValuesDissonance all the hard-to-swallow parts of foreign philosophies]] glossed over or omitted entirely. No one can then say the Author DidNotDoTheResearch, since he's creating an entirely 'new' religion or philosophy.

* Gamzee's religion in ''{{Homestuck}}'' seems to be based around fundamentalist and Rapturist Christianity, with a little Islam for flavour (he gets [[BeserkButton very upset]] about seeing video depictions of his Messiahs), and perhaps with a little Judaism (his ancestor was responsible for the persecution of the [[CrystalDragonJesus Troll Jesus]]), mixed up with [[TheStoner stoner]]/[[NewAgeRetroHippie hippie]] culture, and then all applied to {{Juggalo}} fandom. A parody, obviously.

** In the 19th century, it was very common among scholars of world religions to gain a complete understanding of God by bringing the knowledge of all religions together to create a unified whole. While certainly admirable, religious authorities of all relgions where mostly unimpressed and didn't share the believe that other religions had anything to contribute to "their" already perfect models.

[[AC:WebComic]]

* The Church of Slag-Blah in ''Buck Godot'' who are "militant agnostics" and celebrate a different religious holy day every day.

* The Church of Slag-Blah who are "militant agnostics" and celebrate a different religious holy day every day.

Differs from CrossoverCosmology in that this creates a 'new' cosmology from pieces of established idea systems. Popular in SpaceOpera and ScienceFiction as representative of alien cultures. A subtrope of NinjaPirateZombieRobot.

* Sanshinto or Tritheism in ''{{Tasakeru}}'' is based primarily on Shinto, but has elements from Greek, Roman, and Norse mythology. The species' differing beliefs draw from ''everywhere''.

Differs from CrossoverCosmology in that this creates a 'new' cosmology from pieces of established idea systems. Popular in SpaceOpera and ScienceFiction as representative of alien cultures.

* [[http://caricatura.ru/daily/korsun/360/ This]] [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot combo]]. Text: "Basics of religious cultures and secular ethics". It was a reaction on introducing this experimental "[[NoExceptYes obligatory facultative]]" school course -- which, obviously, managed to unite ''everyone'', if only in condemnation of this offence.