It has been said by too many people to count that my love and undying hunger for bacon is not only weird, but fanatical.

And that may be true. I have professed a devotion and passion for bacon that some would say borders on zealotry.

But hey, at least I can say this - I haven't created an organized religion out of it.

Someone else beat me to it and created The Holy Church of Bacon.

Creative Commons Photo from Sappymoosetree

Yes, a religion devoted to bacon. Now, before anyone tries to set me down the one true path, or alerts my family that I'm no longer going to church, let's remember that The Holy Church of Bacon is not so much sacrilegious as it is...sacrelicious.

How else can you describe a religion with basic tenets like the sins of vegetables, and bacon as the path to baconlightenment and "unfaltering love for, the holiest of holy foods: Bacon."

Consider these Five Baconic Laws:

• "Thou shalt not consider Bacon on the same level as any other food, as it is above all."
  
• "Thou shalt not consume imitation Bacon."
  
• "Thou shalt not stop pursuing Baconlightenment until it is reached."
  
• "Thou shalt not forget to consume Bacon for ten days."
  
• "Thou shalt spread the word of Bacon to all."

But the Holy Church of Bacon sees the sacred meat as not only a path to faith, but also to other areas of life such as politics (the National Bacon Party) and science (Baconology).

While I love bacon and have been known to double over in reverence and awe (or chest pains and gluttony) in its presence, I think I'm not quite ready to make the leap and become a born again Baconist.

Besides, I was spreading the good word on bacon long before I found out about the church, and I'll probably be doing it until my physician tells me otherwise.

Still, a well deserved hat tip to the Holy Church of Bacon for some excellent blogs on the divine swine, including my new favorite, Bacon Today.

(Thanks to NXT reader ac!)

[ The Holy Church Of Bacon]

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