[hn8788]

At least for federal employees, some of the questions they ask when judging the sincerity of your belief is what other medical procedures you've opted out of because of your religious belief, and what specific part of your religion forbids you from receiving the vaccine. It definitely wasn't a rubber stamp exemption approval like I thought it would be.

[lotsofpulp]

It should be a rubber stamp. (There should be no religious exemption in the first place). I grew up thinking America’s ideal was to be a country with separation of church and state.

I do not see why a religion I make up 10 minutes ago should be any less of a religion than one made 100 years ago.

[hn8788]

If you can prove that you sincerely believe in the religion you made up 10 minutes ago, then you'd get the same exemption. It's not like they gave a list of religions that qualify for exemptions.

[cmurf]

Religion is socially acceptable mythology. Your 10 minute one has less social acceptance, even if it is equally a myth to some significantly older one. It is the social acceptance that gives it validity. You can guess the social acceptance of worshiping Zeus.