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| − | The Exotheists represent a highly modern denomination, though they would almost certainly object to the words "denomination," "creed," or even "religion." According to the Exotheist Manifesto, the earliest incarnation of which is suspected to have been written in Paris in 1924 by an unidentified Kindred using the pseudonym "Maladues," vampires err in attempting to follow religious strictures of any sort. The Testament of Longinus, to the Exotheists, is not a religious tract, but a philosophical treatise, and by using it as a road map for applying mortal superstition to vampiric existence, the Lancea Sanctum brings the world's ultimate predator down to the level of his food. That is not to say that Exotheism is the vampiric equivalent to atheism or agnosticism; many Exotheists are quite devout, or at least were prior to the Embrace. The point of the Creed is that vampires, if they wish to establish a religion based on the writings of Longinus and the Monachus, should create one with its own unique rituals instead of bastardizations of Catholic or other services. Thus, all Exotheists establish their own unique rites, and even when an Exotheist "assembly" performs sacrament, it is usually unrecognizable to members of more traditional creeds. These unique ritae also vary from parish to parish, and in practice, Exotheism is often less an organized creed than a catch-all term for all Sanctified who invent their own dogma from scratch. (Lancea Sanctum book, page 62)
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| − | Side note from the Camarilla players: Many characters in the Exotheist Creed accept that the Testament of Longinus is divinely inspired. We just differ from the other creeds on the appropriate ways to interpret and (more importantly) to practice the Testament.
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| − | == Known Members ==
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| − | *Lancea Sanctum pg 62
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