Parodies of particular beliefs
The following were created as parodies of particular religious beliefs:
* Eventualism, a subtle parody of Scientology.
* Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, also known as Pastafarianism, a parody of intelligent design [3]. (Some followers of this faith assert that it is a parody religion because their deity chooses it to be so)
* Invisible Pink Unicorn, a parody of theist definitions of God. It also purports to highlight the arbitrary and unfalsifiable nature of religious belief, in a similar way to Russell's teapot.
* The Dragon In My Garage coined by astronomer and astrochemist Carl Sagan
* Landover Baptist Church, a parody of Fundamentalist Christianity.
* Last Thursdayism, a joke version of omphalism, created to demonstrate problems with unfalsifiable beliefs.
* Kibology, a humorous Usenet-based satire of religion, partly parodying Scientology.
* The Great Pumpkin, a Santa Claus–like being in the comic strip Peanuts, an application of Christmas mythology to Halloween.
* The Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism, the Christian denomination attended by most residents of Springfield in the animated TV series The Simpsons. It has been used to parody many religious beliefs and activities, though its absurdly long, qualifier-filled name is a parody of Protestant denominations in particular, as is the history of its founding: centuries ago, Presbylutherans split from the Catholic Church during the "Schism of Lourdes" to defend their "holy right to come to church with wet hair," a right the Presbylutheran church later abolished.
* Frisbeetarianism, a belief system created by American comedian George Carlin. Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul is metaphorically tossed on a roof and simply stays there.
Post-modern or otherwise odd religions
The following are post-modern religions that may be seen as elaborate parodies of 'real' religions:
* Haruhiism, connected to the The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Manga/Anime series
* Bokononism, a fictional religion from Kurt Vonnegut's novel Cat's Cradle, where one major point is that human happiness is more important than truth, even scientific truth. Another is that Bokononism freely acknowledges that all its tenets are false.
* Church of Emacs
* Church of the SubGenius, often regarded as a parody of religion in general, with elements of fundamentalist Christianity, Scientology, new-age cults, pop-psychology, and motivational sales techniques amongst others, has become a notable movement in its own right, inspiring several books, art exhibits, rock albums, conventions, and novelty items.
* Discordianism, although many Discordians specifically view the label of 'parody' as dismissive, arguing that the inlaid humor and silliness are just as profound and legitimate as that of any other of spiritual pursuit. See also Rinzai.
* Jedi Religion see Jedi census phenomenon.
* Iglesia Maradoniana ("Church of Maradona"), an Argentinian group of fans of the top association football player Diego Armando Maradona.
* Thee Temple ov Psychick Youth
* Church of Spherical Horse In Void Space, Russian fictional cult based on inversed science (mainly physics) ideas
* The Reformed Church of Athena worships Athena as the goddess of coffee, beer, and rock & roll.