Jilmism

Jilmism is the belief that the Jilm Brothers are deities and demand worship through blood sacrifices. This belief system existed before Big Jilm became an astral being, though that event surely expanded its number by several million throughout the galaxy.It is believed to be an adjacent belief to Dynamism.These days it is heavily persecuted within the Cosmic Federation and is regarded as mostly extinct.
== Origins ==
The origins of the religion can be traced back to the first reports of The Jilms atrocities.So brutal did people find them that they believed no mortal creatures could have committed them.In a way they were right.Small cults dedicated to them began to sprout in various swamps across the rural U.S, as these were the breeding grounds of the Skunked Ones and were thought to be holy places.As The Jilms gained notoriety the cult grew, though it never became an organized religion on Earth and the Pope called a new series of crusades to quell the growth of this blood cult.
When Big Jilm was frozen by the The Silent One the cult's growth was severely slowed, though it never truly went away.Over the millennia it survived in back alleys and secret societies, sure that one day their god would be revived and begin his scourge again.These groups were known as the Illuminati, and eventually they were right.
As Astral Big Jilm was unfrozen and began his rape of time and space the cult sprang back from the shadows and begin a new wave of expansion across the cosmos, preaching that with devotion and sacrifice the followers may be spared and their souls would ascend to Jilmhalla.Of course that wasn't really true, Big Jilm never was even aware of the cult and scourged them just the same.
== Beliefs and Practices ==
The beliefs and practices of Jilmism were rather simple.Ritual human sacrifice was the main pillar which everything else was built around, as well as systematic rape and cannibalism.It was believed you had to live as the Skunked Ones do, that they were fathers of Man and only through imitation of them would you be allowed to live.The sacrifice was usually ripped apart by a crowd before their pieces were raped and pulped then devoured raw in a grand feast.The leader of a sect was referred to as a Bear Daddy and wore coats resembling Little Jilms Russian Bear alter-ego along with his hat.The hat would be topped with a discarded Skunk-Ape podling pod.
There were great many debates of whether the Jilm Brothers were equal beings or if one was above the other, though when Little Jilm died these debates were forgotton and both were revered equally as The Big Father and The Departed Father.
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