What is Discordianism?
[[Image:Sacred-Chao.svg|right|thumb|The Sacred Chao]] '''Discordianism''' is a [[postmodernism|postmodern]] [[religion]] in which [[disorder]] (also called discord) is as important as [[Cosmos|order]], existing within chaos. It was founded circa 1958–1959 by [[Malaclypse the Younger]], who [[publication|published]] its most important [[sacred text|text]]: the ''[[Principia Discordia]]''. The Sacred Chao and Five fingered hand of ERIS are the most recognized symbols of Discordianism. ==Discordian calendar== The '''Discordian calendar''' (also called '''Erisian calendar''') is an alternative calendar used by followers of the discordian religion The discordian year 1 YOLD is 1166 BC. ===Implementations=== '''ddate''' is a linux program that prints the current date in the discordian calendar, in August 2011, ddate was made optional, and was removed in 2012, being readded in 2013 == Other websites == * [http://principiadiscordia.com PrincipiaDiscordia.com] – contains the ''[[Principia Discordia]]'' in [[HTML]]. {{religion-stub}} [[Category:New religious movements]]