Canalism

The Holy Religion of Canalism
Canalism is a religion that worships the canal god, κανάλι, who takes form in all water and lava, though is most present in traditional canals.

Founding
Canalism was founded in late january by Pope Dankmemestopkek. At first, it was not a public religion, but a secret cult with a cult room in the Mount Augusta rails. It had several different religious trials and practices, such as the Trial of the Holy Hall, in which a cult member would have to jump across fences in a mini-canal in order to gain the right to read the holy books, and Divine Rest, in which someone would lay in water for 3 seconds and come back up, in order to become closer with the canal, the deeper the hole, the closer you got. The Holy books were seperated into two different books, totaling 35 pages. A few of the pages were translated into greek to hide the fact they were about human sacrifice, which was removed in The First Reformation. At it's peak, The Cultists of the Canal had 11 members, notable members being Cult Leader Dank, Cult Co-Leader Chaos Canadian, and Cult Captain Gantoe.

The First Reformation
On February 4th, the Canalist religion was reformed. A new holy book was made, combining the two books into a single one, shortening it to 26 pages, and making it more applicable outside of MTA. The religion was also Publicly Announced to the world. The First Reformation holy book was mass-produced, with over 150 copies in the world, and is the current holy book. At it's peak, 1st Reformation Canalism had 26-29 estimated believers. The new holy books also added Holy Sites and Holy Days

Nipplerock Canalism Schism and Fixation
On February 10th, Gantoe, a trusted and devoted member of Canalism, was advocating holy war again all non-believers and announced his schismatic Nipplerock Canalism. Pope Dankmemestopkek tried to reason with him, But gantoe would not listen. He blew up the old cult room, and threatened to blow up Trevie as well. Eventually Gantoe was calmed down by Dankmemestopkek, and signed an agreement to combine with Orthodox Canalism, and repented his sins in Divine Rest.

The Second Reformation
On February 18th, the religion was reformed again. Pope Dank created a Canalism group to record the members, and made a rank system. Mods in the group were Priests, admins Archbishops, owners Cardinals, and the primary owner is the Pope. Currently, there are 52 recorded believers (excluding alts), 55 (including non-recorded but known), and 59 (including non-recorded and alts). You can also buy holy books in the Yoahtl Bookstores, and get one for free from the Pope himself, if you go to MTA.

Other Events

 * A couple of conflicts between the Blood Pagans and Canalists
 * Building of the first canalist church
 * Yoahtl and Southshire conversion missions
 * Bombing of the canalist church (by a creeper)
 * Excommunication of Romec
 * Lifting of Romec's Excommunication

Population
53 Recorded Believers

Although the majority of MTA is canalist, there are still some who belong to other religions, such as Jumpism, Daoism, Blood Paganism, the Possum Cult, Cult of the Supreme Being, and the Cult of the All-Father.

Believers are mostly in Mount Augusta, Tierra de Conciencia, and Southshire, and a portion in Yoahtl, and others in the HJE, Oistins, and other nations

Minor

 * February 10th


 * March 2nd


 * November 15th

Major

 * July 3rd
 * October 5th

Major

 * Mount Augusta Canal


 * Yoahtl Trench Canal

Minor

 * Southshire Canal


 * Westminster Canals


 * Okashima Canal

Succession
if the Pope were to quit or be pearled:

Pope Dank --> Cardinal Gantoe --> Cardinal Godomasta --> Archbishop Scramble --> Archbishop Cinzar --> Archbishop Gobblin --> Archbishop GameOfLife --> Archbishop Citylion --> Archbishop Charlememe