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'''Praedism''', 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 Religious Act before being legalized in 1904, subsequently being made illegal in 1925 under the Clerical Fascist regime of Dirick V, only for the criminalization of the Church to be annulled by Tyrene I in 1926, still existing as an entity to this day, administered by the Boerenraad (''Staynish: Farmer's Council'') in Schemoer. Notable Paerdists include Provincian Comedian and Presenter Matthias Ulbrech and Vistari Politician and Popularist Leader Jacob Klaver. 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.''"