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Members of this religion may be celebrated seven years after death in its “incorporation” ceremonies, per a catechism translated by adherent Richard Congreve. On leap years, this religion celebrates a “Festival of Holy Women” in addition to the standard intercalary “Festival of All the Dead.” Codified shortly after the death of the founder’s Catholic muse Clothilde, this religion uses a calendar with thirteen months named for such great men as (-5[1])Moses (-5[1])and Homer. Raimundo Teixeira (“tah-SHEE-rah”) Mendes (-5[1])adapted this religion’s pillars of (*) order and progress for the national (10[1])motto of Brazil. (10[1])This non-theistic, secular religion was founded to spread the ideal of “living for others” by a thinker often credited with coining “altruism.” For 10 points, identify this religion named either for its focus on the achievements of mankind, or for the sociological approach of its founder Auguste Comte. ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Religion of Humanity [or Religion de l’Humanite; or eglise positiviste; or Church of Humanity; or Church of Positivism; or Positivist Church; or Positivists; or Comtism before the end]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack van NostrandRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan QuizbowlersShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere69-5
Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data KenCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole country70-5
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut75-5
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken8610
Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks upYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit8910
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork Orange13810
Yihong ChenModerator Can't Neg me While in Alphaas rational as the square root of two power bottoms13810
Raymond ChenShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA InterfereRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers1380

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%33%0%94.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%0%60%112.75
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y6100%17%50%104.33
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y367%0%100%138.00
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y367%0%67%118.50