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Meat-lovers are flocking to the United Church of Bacon to confess their love for the meat treat after founders offered weddings, funerals and baptisms.

Membership has trebled in just three months and now over 12,000 are signed up to follow prophets who spread the word of the 'bacon God'.

Followers boast titles like 'Bacon Prophet', 'Institutionalized Thought Leader' and 'Funkmaster General'.

Worshippers can get their own 'bacon wedding' for free and the website also advertises funerals and baptisms.

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A statement on the United Church of Bacon website reads: "Officiants in the United Church of Bacon can perform legal weddings for those who don’t want God in their ceremony.

"We’ll bring creative suggestions to make your wedding even more magical. Or if you already have a plan, we will follow your lead."

The mockery religion was founded in Las Vegas by atheist John Whiteside in 2010.

He started it as a protest to fight discrimination against atheists.

Bacon prophet John said: "The hatred of atheists, atheophobia and secularphobia, has no stigma, unlike homophobia, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, and racism. That needs to change.”

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A statement on their website calls for people to stand up for separation of church and state.

It reads: "The skeptics’ church has a serious intent, to fight religious discrimination against non-believers, to promote church-state separation, and to demand equal rights for everyone, regardless of faith."

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The Church of Bacon has been widely criticised by several religious leaders after putting up several billboards up around Las Vegas

But John said: "We enjoy people mocking us. We mock ourselves. This isn’t supposed to offend anyone."

The 9 'bacon commandments'

Be skeptical Respect boundaries Normalise atheists Normalise religion Have fun Be good Be generous Praise bacon Pay taxes