The Church of the SubGenius was founded by Ivan Stang (born Douglas St. Clair Smith) and Philo Drummond (born Steve Wilcox) as the SubGenius Foundation. Dr. X (born … 展开

The popularization of the Internet in the mid-1990s brought a new surge of interest in the church, resulting in dozens of homemade, elaborately decorated websites and two Usenet newsgroups, alt.slack and alt.binaries.slack. A third newsgroup, … 展开

Devivals
Local groups of members of the Church of the SubGenius are known as "clenches". They host periodic events … 展开

Online
The Church of the SubGenius established a website in May 1993, and its members were very active on Usenet in the 1990s.
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Deities
The Church of the SubGenius's ostensible beliefs defy categorization or a simple narrative, often striking non-believers as bizarre and convoluted. … 展开

The Church of the SubGenius's founders were based in Dallas when they distributed their first document. The SubGenius Foundation moved to Cleveland, … 展开

Comparative religion
The Church's teachings have been perceived as satirizing Christianity and Scientology, earning the Church a reputation as a parody religion. Church leaders have said that Dobbs met L. Ron Hubbard, … 展开