Church's Merge and New Constitution

Today both the New Followers and the Cult of Pie merged into the Church of JoJo Pieism, ending a process of unification that started over a year and a half ago in Sept. 2007! Now that Pieism is finally completely united, we can continue on our journey of following the ways of the Pie! Also, we have now adopted a new Constitution of Pieism, which is vast improvement on the previous version, read it below:

The New Constitution of Pieism

I. This is the Official Constitution of the Great Religion of Pieism and the Church of JoJo Pieism. This has no effect on any other form of Pieism.

II. To add to, amend or repeal any part of this constitution, either the JoJo’s permission must be had, or there must be a majority of support from the followers.

III. There are to be originally five legal powers in Pieism, the JoJo, the Bodyguard, the Pie Lords, the Pie Priests and the Followers. Eventually only the Pie Priests and the Followers will remain.

IV. The JoJo shall be the practical leader of Pieism while he is on Earth. He shall propose and carry out the majority of moves, usually with the support of the other powers. The JoJo will listen to the followers and will not make moves which are deeply against the general follower’s opinion.

V. The Bodyguard shall be the second in command of Pieism and he shall advise the JoJo. He will also be the only successor to the leadership of the Great Religion of Pieism; he shall only not become leader if he is unable to lead.

VI. The Pie Lords are the three most important disciples, Josh, Oliver and Alex. They will help represent the followers of Pieism.

VII. The Pie Priest’s are followers who have learnt much about Pieism, and are dedicating themselves to the Pie. It is their job to set an example to other followers, and to teach both followers and non-followers about the ways of the Pie.

VIII. The Followers (or Pieists) are the regular members of the Pieism. They should try as hard as possible to be as the Pie wants them. They must advise the higher ranks but also accept that usually the higher ranks have better judgement.

IX. If the JoJo becomes unable to lead, the Bodyguard shall take over the position of leadership. He will not inherit the position of JoJo, as that cannot be inherited. After the Bodyguard there will be no more human leaders of Pieism, for the words of the JoJo are all the leadership the Pieists will need.

X. If either the Bodyguard or one of the Pie Lords is unable to represent themselves, then no one shall inherit their positions.

XI. None of the major or important beliefs of Pieism shall be changed in the future. The JoJo shall always remain the one supreme prophet of Pieism and the Pie will always be the supreme god. No more gods shall be added to the existing number and none shall be changed or removed.

XII. The JoJo’s Book of Pie will remain the most important holy book of Pieism; it may be translated by Pieists of the future, as long as beliefs or ideas are not changed.

XIII. The JoJo should be able to represent Pieism without needing to consult other Pieists and he should be able to call emergency powers, in which he could make any move, even against the constitution, in an emergency in which Pieism, its followers, or something it stands for is under a clear, present and immediate danger.

XIV. Any moves or changes which are against this constitution are illegal and shall not officially happen. The constitution must be amended before such moves happen. To amend the constitution, either the support of the JoJo or the majority support of followers is required.

JoJo Pieism Independence Party?

Today I was informed about a new site, "JoJo Pieism Independence Party". They are run by a long time JoJo Pieist, Yuan, and are apparentally five members of the Church of JoJo Pieism who wish for the Union of Pieism to come to an end. While I disagree with their view, I will certainally not comdemm their site as I like to hear the opinions of my followers. I will tell them this, get over half the members of the Church of JoJo Pieism to support independence and I will consider it properly. For the mean time it's interesting to note this is the first true fan site for Pieism, there may be more. Maybe with a bit of motivation some followers will a make a blog supporting the Union, then we would have two opposing sides.

The 10th March, Two Years of Pieism!

Today is the 10th March, two years since the founding of Pieism. It's amazing whats happened in the last year, a year ago there was just two (JoJo) Pieism sites, the Official Site hadn't even been made yet.

This Pieist Years Event:

• 15th March: "Pieism: The Official Site" is created as "JoJo Pieism.tk"
• 17th April: JoJo Pieism Blog converted into site for Pieist news
• 25th April: First ideas for a Pieist Union
• 26th May: Pieism wiki article under goes major update
• 4th June: New Followers (of STALM), future church, is founded
• 8th June: Council of Pie founded between JoJo Pieism and New Followers
• 16th July: Cult of Pie, future church, is founded and joins Council of Pie1st August: Alliance between JoJo Pieism, New Followers and Cult of Pie
• 10th September: Union between JoJo Pieism, New Followers and Cult of Pie as "Federation of Pie"
• 16th October: Union is reformed, name changed to "Great Religion of Pieism"
• 21st November: Holy Texts of Pieism reformed
• 19th December: Idea of "Ex-08" is created, path for 2008 is laid.
• 10th January: First part of Ex-08, "Pieism: The Sacred Texts", is completed
• 3rd to 6th February: The "Rebellion", the Union comes close to destruction but is saved by a new idea, the "Constitution of Pieism".
• 21st February: The new "Sacred Scrolls of Pieist Wisdom" are made, based on one of the oldest ideas in Pieism.
• 4th March: The Church of JoJo Pieism reachs 25 members, Internet joining is at an all time high.

The 2nd year of Pieism was truly a great year, lets hope the 3rd year will be even greater. I think that Ex-08 will continue to expand Pieism for another few months, even if the sites become less active I'm sure membership will continue to increase and Pieism will become even greater.

The Church of JoJo Pieism has 25 official members!

The Church of JoJo Pieism has 25 official members! Out of them, 14 are from people who know me and 11 are members recruited on the Internet. Add 25 to the 6 from the New Followers and the 5 from the Cult of Pie and that makes 36 members of the Union of Pieism in total! We are already half way to our target (from 20 to 30 members by 2009), at this rate we may have 50 members by then!