Dudeist Sermon

[Duderetto]

hi fellow dudes and duderinas

I was wondering, if a dudeist priest's "work"  should include sermons. I know, we preach non-preachiness, but you can't spread your opinion without blathering about it, and fellow dudes who lost their train of thought or their limberness of mind, who don't manage to abide, might like to hear some good stuff to feel confortable again.

What is your opinion on the issue?

greetings from far Switzerland with its fucking watches.

[Caesar dude]

Hey man I think it's a tad more subtle than that...we don't need to sermonise dude...our vocabulary gives us all we need .....calling someone dude makes them think they are cool....telling someone to go bowling...or mark it 8 or shut the fuck up will definitely give them a clue as to our happiness state.  Their happiness state is entirely up to them! 

Now...if they say to one of us "what the fuck are you on about?" Quote the good Film my man"

Oh God I'm rambling...Caucasion somebody please....

[not_exactly_a_lightweight]

duderetto ;
Please - just repeat other peoples words if they catch your fancy. Thats what our #1 dude did for most of the movie. Am I wrong?

and lets not forget -
blathering - ok
preaching - uh, like what were we talking about?

[therighteousdude]

Remember, The Dude's answer for everything is "Take it easy."

So, "far out", "take it easy", and "another Kaukasian, Gary" are the mantra.

[meekon5]

See I just don't like the idea of Sermonising. I like to reel them in with little hints and directions rather than beat them over the head (metaphorically).

[Rev. Dudeski]

I was wondering the same thing for abit.  Then I remember going to church and feeling like shit when I left because of a sermon.  What if instead of sermons where one person preaches, if a bunch wanted to get together they could have something like a meditation circle or something.  Then partake of the sacramental beverage when it's over.  Of course if folks are looking up to you to show them the way of the dude just point the finger and let them walk the path. Fuck I'm rambling.  Well fuck it, that's just like my opinion.

[Elbowski]

Right on dudeski. Audience participation, collective wisdom, cool.

[beerman]

todays semron.

all rise:   in dude we  pray, it is not the china mans fault, but the rug did pull the room together. just mark it a fuckin 8, grab 2 oat beers and down a caucasian. dude

[Duderetto]

That's cool, that's cool. I dig your style, Caesar Dude, you've got that subtle thing going on.

[murfman]

A sermon, man? Really? Just remind them that The Dude abides, man. 

[TheManForHisTimeAndPlace]

Sermons, I'd have to say no. But, you know, small group talks/advice sessions (remindin' people to take 'er easy for all us sinners out there), you know, that's cool, man.

[danduude]

so like, are there any sermons or like, dudeist services? i wanna be the best dudeist priest i can...

[RevWade]

instead of a sermon, I'd suggest having answers for the questions people ask you about Dudeism

[DirtDude]

There is nothing wrong with finding creative ways to spread the word of the dude, but maybe calling a dudeist speech a sermon wouldn't be accurate.

A Strangermon, now that is what I call dudely dudes. Simple, straightforward, something that the Stranger would say.

I say go for it. Write-up a strangermon and spread the word of the dude in the style of the Stranger. "I like your style dude"

[Matt the Walrus]

To be honest I've never been to Church so I don't have first hand knowledge of what a sermon is like. But i believe that a typical sermon takes excerpts from the holy book and blathers on about the morals of that particular excerpt and how they apply to everyday life. Ok so far?

If that's the case I'm not sure that Dudeist sermonizing will work out that well. I mean, as awesome as The Big Lebowski is, it doesn't really have the same volume of material that the Bible has. And it seems like a lot of work to keep blathering on about how important it is to keep er easy. I prefer to lead by example myself.

But, it's a doable idea. I think we'd have to come up with a whole new way of doing it though, y'know. We'd need a specifically dudeist style of sermon if it were to work at all.