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The Church of the SubGenius's early book was initially rejected by multiple publishers before eventually finding success later, after the group had already established a following.
Yeah, and you can understand why if you've ever seen what's called pamphlet number one now, which is part of the church doctrine.
— Episode: The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
Episode: The Tale of the Church of the SubGenius
The Church of the SubGenius's early book was initially rejected by multiple publishers before eventually finding success later, after the group had already established a following.
Yeah, and you can understand why if you've ever seen what's called pamphlet number one now, which is part of the church doctrine.
This is like the sacred writings. The idea is that Ivan Stang is the sacred scribe who took down the words of Bob Dobbs.
And by the way, Bob Dobbs, the Bob is always in quotes. Not just when you say J.R. Bob Dobbs, like even if you say Bob Dobbs or even just Bob, it's always in quotes.
That's how you write his name. And that Bob was getting his divine inspiration from Jehovah One, that alien overlord that runs earth.
And this was kind of like the conceit of the pamphlet. In the front of the pamphlet said things like, the world ends tomorrow and you may die in all caps.