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'''Paerdism''', recognized formally as the institution of the '''Holier Than Thou Church in Exoneration and Tax Exemption of Ademar and his successor Wilfred the Horse''', is a legally recognized Church in [[Vistaraland]] formed by the ''Dode Mus'' ''Coffee Club'' in Verlateburg, a group of Writers and Satirists led by Theodore A. Witten - later known as the Holy Stablehand Theo I. Witten was an agnostic spiritualist who created the religion as a protest to the exemptions and preferential treatments given to legally recognized [[Ademarism|Ademarist]] Churches within the Ducal Federation of Vistaraland. Often noted alongside the Oppositionary Movement as post-enlightenment challenges made towards the religious institutions of [[Vistaraland]], the Church was banned in 1891 in the Seditious
While the religion has always held a strong political undercurrent, it has been used by a variety of groups as a tool in expressing opposition to Vistari religious institution and established traditions linked to religion. In the modern era, it has been used by LGBTQ+ Activists, Opponents to the teaching of Intelligent Design in private and state schools and other predominantly left-wing movements, both to mock the religious right and in solidarity with the principals of equality for all stated by Witten to be a "''...core tenant of our faith. By the people, for the people. No exceptions.''"
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