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Elvis Religion

Filed under: Uncategorized — Abbey at 1:48 am on Monday, November 28, 2011

In class last week we discussed how Elvis Prasely could have his own religion. Well after reading the piece I decided that it was a religion. His fans make a pilgrimage to his house on the week of his death. The driveway they walk up to get to his tomb is like the limin. There you are joined with thousands of other Elvis fans and you all bound by showing your appreciation for his work and by worshiping his life and death. After doing this you are a changed person for experiencing such an remember-able activity. The axis mundi in this situation would be bedroom where Elvis passed away.



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   Jessi

November 29, 2011 @ 9:06 pm

Abbey I agree with you on this being a religion. Some people might think that its not but when you go back and see how many elements it has it very much is a religion. Many people believe that this is also.

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   Kimmi

November 29, 2011 @ 9:57 pm

It is crazy to think something like being an Elvis follower makes you part of a religion, but after breaking it down in class i do agree that it definitely could be called a religion.

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   Evan

December 8, 2011 @ 10:11 pm

Before taking this class I never would have agreed with you that people going to the home Elvis could be considered a pilgrimage. But now I agree that it is a religion, certainly not the most traditional but Elvis’s fits all the definitions.

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