As far as I am concerned...

[Caesar dude]

Sure....lets shake hands and draw a line under the whole thing.

I'll even pass you the J.

[Rev. Iconocclesiastes]

Sure....lets shake hands and draw a line under the whole thing.

I'll even pass you the J.

Thanks, dude.  (The Swami puffs, and puffs, then passes...)   

[Hominid]

Vagina

[Masked Dude]

You mean coitus?

[Hominid]

ZESTY coitus! 

[DigitalBuddha]

ZESTY coitus! 

The best kind! That, and beer after!

[meekon5]

Dudeism bills itself as "The Religion of The Big Lebowski".   All I am saying is (according to that tagline) if one has not even seen, or is barely familiar with, The Big Lebowski, then how can one properly call oneself a Dudeist?

Again if you'd  actually read my whole post instead of just reacting to the last few lines you would have read:

The big mistake a lot of people make, and not just you, is that "The Big Lebowski" is holy writ. It is not.

These misguided people I have referred to previously as "Lebowskiists" (see the Facebook site if this is your idea of Dudeism), just saying "Dude" or "Careful! There is a beverage over here!" does not make you a Dudeist. Nor does just watching the film.

Though our entry in Wikipedia says:

Dudeism is a philosophy and lifestyle inspired by the modern-day fictional character Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski, as portrayed by Jeff Bridges in the Coen Brothers' 1998 film The Big Lebowski. Dudeism's stated primary objective is to promote a modern form of Chinese Taoism, outlined in Tao Te Ching and Laozi (6th century BC), blended with concepts by the Ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus (341-270 BC), and presented in a style as personified by the character of "The Dude". Dudeism has sometimes been regarded as a mock religion, though its founder and many adherents regard it seriously.

Wikipedia - Dudeism

As with all things Wikipedia they are wrong.

I refer you to our websites definition:

While Dudeism in its official form has been organized as a religion only recently, it has existed down through the ages in one form or another. Probably the earliest form of Dudeism was the original form of Chinese Taoism, before it went all weird with magic tricks and body fluids. The originator of Taoism, Lao Tzu, basically said "smoke 'em if you got 'em" and "mellow out, man" although he said this in ancient Chinese so something may have been lost in the translation.

Down through the ages, this "rebel shrug" has fortified many successful creeds – Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, John Lennonism and Fo'-Shizzle-my-Nizzlism. The idea is this: Life is short and complicated and nobody knows what to do about it. So don't do anything about it. Just take it easy, man. Stop worrying so much whether you'll make it into the finals. Kick back with some friends and some oat soda and whether you roll strikes or gutters, do your best to be true to yourself and others – that is to say, abide.

Incidentally, the term "dude" is commonly agreed to refer to both genders. Most linguists contend that "Dudette" is not in keeping with the parlance of our times.

Dudeism.com

We're not some very limited film club.

And no you don't have to have seen the film to be a Dudeist.

Actually look at the thread

Great Dudes in History! Most of the people nominated haven't seen the film (Lao Tzu for instance).

[DudeFairy]

The vibe of this thread is very un-dude.
I'm very knowledgeable on the film the Big Lebowski, I've always considered myself to be a chilled out mother fucker and now I'm part of the Church of the Latter Day Dude, which is all about takin' 'er easy and going with the flow.. I've never set foot in USA though (glady).
Dudeism be the name we've given this ethos life, but Dudeism has been around a lot longer than "Dudeism" has been around.
But hey, if you don't think I'm a dude, well, thats just like, ya know, your opinion, man.

[meekon5]

The vibe of this thread is very un-dude.
I'm very knowledgeable on the film the Big Lebowski, I've always considered myself to be a chilled out mother fucker and now I'm part of the Church of the Latter Day Dude, which is all about takin' 'er easy and going with the flow.. I've never set foot in USA though (glady).
Dudeism be the name we've given this ethos life, but Dudeism has been around a lot longer than "Dudeism" has been around.
But hey, if you don't think I'm a dude, well, thats just like, ya know, your opinion, man.

Hey slow down there Dude.

Understand some context here, this was some of the last posting by a bit of a problem member we had a while back.

All opinions are valid as long as you're not trying to force them on the rest of us.

Your Dudeism is your Dudeism, mine is mine.

For me it's a convenient label to explain to people who need labels what the synthesis of modern western culture and my own study of Taoism, Zen, and Yoga, had brought me to.

I am however very concerned that people tend to confuse the film with a gospel as apposed to a parable. This member was disrespectful to members of the forum who had not seen the film, or those of us who had not been resident in the US of A.

After much debate (amongst the admins and ForumDude) he was invited (forcibly) to desist from posting (banned).

I am tempted to lock this thread as it seems to have remained a bit toxic (must have a long half life).

[Yeti]

Here is what I believe to be the one commandment of Dudeism. There's just one, so it shouldn't be that hard to comprehend. If you were to build a monument outside of a courthouse, it would be very small.

1. Take 'er easy, Dude. Abide.

This isn't rocket science. Take a gander at the homepage of this website, read what Oliver has written about Dudeism, and either roll with it or look for your spiritual fix elsewhere.

If your goal is to argue with others and belittle them, or to complicate Dudeism by trying to redefine it in your own image, or to do anything else that ruins the good buzz we've got going here at our nice, quiet little beach community, look for your spiritual fix elsewhere.

Some guy spent a few months pissing on our rug. He's gone, so let's steam clean this bitch and move on.