Holy Books of Boaterism

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The **Holy Books of Boaterism** are scriptures by different priests of Boaterism that were inspired by the teaching of the Boat Spirits.

# Holy Books of Boaterism

## The Boatable

### Prologue

When the body dies, the spirit does not go away. Instead, the spirit inhabits a boat of a variety of wood. This boat can be any type of wood. Usually heroic people go to a spruce boat, normal people go to oak boats, and bad people go to birch boats. The spruce boat is also assigned to you two (Saunic Spud and Harold Ad Alendir) and whoever you may deem priests in the future. "Sometimes, one of our kind rebels against their boathood and destroys the boat they are in. This causes them to become demons, filled with negative energy. Many of the gods you see now are actually demons. "Now that I have clarified what we do, go and spread the word about the boats across the world!"

#### Main Intro

With the first beings, there came life to the world. And with life, there are many. Freedom and unity. But there came a time when everyone was against each other. Only small groups of people could live together without violence. But with time, humans and other beings evolved. And with evolution, the people could unite again in many ways. Towns, small settlements, or even nations. But the most important factor in bringing things together was religion. At first, the people were united again. But evolution doesn't pause. People were put into slavery, war came, and many beings died. And with many deaths, diseases, slavery, and many other things, the ideas changed. They wanted freedom and unity again. But these ideas came with more death. The only true unity could be found through religion. But after so many years of evolution, there were so many religions with many different followers. Some bad, some just for power. It led to more deaths. But there were some with the right ideas. They knew death wasn't something bad. Death was liberating. The Boaterists.

#### Chapter 1- The Boaterists

The Boaterists are strong Believers in the spirits. There is no "God". There are only the ones who are alive and those who have passed from us. But it's not over. The living believe that the spirits of their dead loved ones find a way to be in boats. This happened after many miracles happened when boats were present. When the people die, their spirits are escorted by boats. Those who have spirits They are escorted to the boat tower. It is majestic, they say. It shall be thousands upon thousands of boats atop each other that reach beyond the sky and even further beyond. The boat towers are the special ones. Of prophets and Messiahs. There is also a small boat tower in the city of Fjörgyien. It's small in comparison to the Spiritual Boat Tower the dead see, but it's a holy site for the followers.

#### Chapter 2- We Found The Spirits

When there were no followers of the faith, two people, "Saunic Spud" and "Harold Ad Alendir," noticed the importance of the Boat Tower in Fjörgyien. They decided to look into this. After a while of great inspection, they found out that boats have spirits inside them. While they were doing an experiment, they both heard a voice. A voice that seemed to be inside their heads. It said something. Something of immense importance. "Finally, someone recognized our existence. We have been guiding all of you for many years, even though you did not notice. If you please, you can give us recognition. We even hope you do. If you do, you will be forever remembered. They ascended to the positions of high priests and were named prophets of the faith.

#### Chapter 3- The Event

On the 11th of August 2023, Saunic Spud recruited two new people to the faith: Clarity, and Jeremy ad Alendir. They swore by saying the word "boat" that they would join the religion and put the boats above all else. On the same day, Saunic Spud and Harold Ad Alendir were explaining the importance of the Boat Tower in front of it when lightning struck. And there appeared a skeleton horse, with a not-so-friendly skeleton sitting on it. After dealing with the skeleton, they chose the name Harold for the horse, and it was made holy, as it is seen as a sign of the boats, after they were pleased with new followers. The new followers were given the rank of priest, and Harold Ad Alendir was given the position of high priest again after previously resigning. After this day, the religion's popularity grew, and after convincing words from the new priest, Jeremy ad Alendir, the number of followers massively increased. This marks the turning point for the faith from being a mistreated religion to being a respected faith.

#### Chapter 4- The First Boat

When the First People walked on land, they always wanted to go further. But the water was off-limits. But there was a man who couldn't sleep or eat at times because he was too focused on what lay beyond that ocean. So he set out to learn what to do. He studied books; he swam as far as he could, but he never made it far. The water was very cold. With time passing and still no success, this man became older and older, but he never stopped. He never stopped trying. So after a long day of studying, he fell asleep. Right then and there. Atop the books. Then he heard something. He heard a voice. Similar to his own. It described something. Then the man opened his eyes again. Was it just a dream? The man didn't care. He immediately set out to the water and built what this mysterious voice described. It took him the rest of the day, but when he was done, the man cried. Tears of joy.
‎‎The man then sat in this structure. He just drifted away. Away into sleep. Away into the ocean. Away into nothingness. "This is a boat." And when he opened his eyes again, he thought he was dreaming. He saw lots of boats. He saw thousands of them. And he was happy. That man was Knunkles Spud, an ancestor of Saunic Spud and creator of the First Boat.