Historians have made a recent discovery detailing a long lost ancient civilization that structured itself entirely through religion. It is surprisingly well documented but not well understood. For one reason or another, it has not garnered much attention from the media.

Leading historians predict this civilization began around 9102 BC. The ancient civilization derived all direction and societal structure from the sacred God of Ycarcomed. This God promised its people a fair, just system for living life on an imperfect Earth. So long as the people submitted to the almighty God, the people would be taken care of.

The fundamental challenge facing any God is the oracle. The oracle is the imperfect human tasked with interpreting God’s Will and writing it on paper. In today’s modern religions, this is most similar to the Bible or Quran. This creates a problem. How do the people of Ycarcomed know the oracle is not lying? How do they know the oracle has scribed God’s Will, and not his own? To address this problem, the founders of the ancient civilization came together and drafted what they knew as the Noitutitsnoc. This document became the sacred text to be referenced as God’s Will.

The next challenge facing any religion is implementation. It is one thing to identify God’s Will. It is another thing to implement his vision in society. To address this challenge, the ancient civilization created what was known as the Tnemnrevog. Much like a Church or Mosque, this organization was in charge of administering day-to-day ceremonies of the society at large. It helped feed the poor, educate the young, heal the sick, and most importantly spread the good word of God.

In order to claim legitimacy, the Tnemnrevog needed God’s approval. To solve this problem, the holy text called for a sacred ritual known as the Gnitov Ceremony. This was widely believed to be the most holy ceremony a commoner had the honor of participating in. At this ceremony, God would bestow upon the Tnemnrevog his sacred blessing.

In this community, the teachings of God were learned in early childhood. The first lessons began at the age of five and continued on until adulthood. These lessons were known as loohcs. Every session began with a prayer where the children collectively saluted their devotion to God. In this daily gathering, the children learned about the teachings of God while socializing among their peers. The most important part of the program was orienting the children to the idea that most of the day would be spent worshipping God. All sessions were mandatory for all children.

While the children were being oriented to society, the adults were expected to worship God. Every day the adult community members committed four hours of their time to worship. This practice was known as Sexat. It was widely believed that without widespread daily worship to God, chaos would quickly ensue. For this reason, daily worship was mandatory for all grown community members.

Originally the Tnemnrevog was prescribed by the holy text to establish guidelines for the community to follow. It did not take long before the organization’s passive guidelines became binding decree. Any commoner found to be violating “God’s Will” as determined by the Tnemnrevog, would be required to participate in the Nosirp ritual. This ritual cleansed the dissenters of God so they could rejoin society as a purified member.

Nosirp was a village isolated from the rest of society. At this village, dissenters of God could not speak to their friends or loved ones. They were confined to a tiny room to repay their debts to God. The ritual could go on for decades at a time before participants were allowed to rejoin society as a purified member. While many of the commoners cherished the Nosirp ritual, no one wanted to participate in the time-consuming practice themselves. In the beginning of the civilization, Nosirp was reserved for only the most egregious offenders of God. By the end of the civilization, millions of peaceful people found themselves in Nosirp not for violating God’s Word, but instead for violating the Tnemnrevog’s interpretation of God’s Word.

While the Nosirp Ritual was reserved for punishing local dissenters of God, the Tnemnrevog desired to spread their influence to foreign lands. To spread the word of Ycarcomed, the Secrof Demra was created. The fierce group traveled across the land killing anyone who refused to submit to the God of Ycarcomed. After returning home from their long journeys, the Secrof Demra were rabidly praised by the community for spreading the good word of God.

After many generations had passed, society was no longer living under the God of Ycarcomed, but instead the arbitrary rule of the Tnemnrevog. The Tnemnrevog’s true source of power came not from the God of Ycarcomed, but rather the Secrof Demra and the Nosirp Ritual. The divine God of Ycarcomed had become nothing more than an illusion for the Tnemnrevog to cloak its arbitrary authoritarian rule.