The congregation

The most common conception of a religion is that of a group of people meeting together so as to worship a God, higher being or even to celebrate Utopian idea, but there is far more that just the gathering of a large group of people who have a set of related ideals in common, If a Buddhist monk is alone with incense burning around them, then most people would respect the silence and the serenity that, that individual is trying to gain. This is an obvious way in which a person can worship alone. The question that has to be asked here is, does this make their individual form of worship less important or less worthy of the respect of outsiders, who are merely looking in on that particular moment, than that of a huge congregation all worshiping together. If it does have less religious importance, than the congregational worship, than on the same guide lines does a small congregation have less religious merit than that of a large one, this would still mean that the small congregation has more merit than the individual who worships alone, but has less than the large congregation. (the answer is 42) This all may seem to have absolutely no relevance towards the subject matter of Godzilla. However, i think it does as If Durkheim looked at how the whole community were all believing in a common set of values and rituals, then those who wish to follow the development are doing that which Durkheim so adamantly defines as religion. In this way then any activity that has a group working together can be considered religious.

Godzilla has a massive amount of followers all of whom anticipate the coming of the next film, who discuss the previous and who argue who was the best villan within the Godzilla genre, this can be seen in my opinion as a form of worship. They become intoxicated by news of a new villan who is bigger and harder than the next. They often discuss what is needed to be part of the Godzilla world. This has taken an even greater form in the development of the Godzilla games that are now available. 'Do you think any body out there goes online?Do you believe a soul exists on this planet That likes to play video games over the Internet ?Could there be some Atari faction friends that know about this old school game that plays on the 360?The XBOX 360 !This game is only for fighters. It needs courage and skill to win.We know what it's worth, to Save the Earth.' (http://www.ataricommunity.com/forums/showthread.php?p=10875982)
This is a direct quote from one of these web forums as is clear these are not just children who like to play the games they are challenging each other and discussing how to develop their skills within the game it has become a social and daily event they are part of an online Godzilla orientated community.