second stage in my process for this unit

I thought that once I had started the research I would have a clear path on where I wanted to go.
It turns out it is quite hard to come up with a new religion. The hardest part is trying to come up with something that people will believe and want to follow. Also something that is not already out there. I think the best way is to come up with something that is totally out there/ off the rails. For this type of project the research could go on for weeks and weeks because there is so many ways you can go. The piece of the brief I am struggling with the most is that it is to be attractive and engaging for a 21st century audience. It needs to appeal to the generation of today. I have found a lot of places that say people are to busy with day to day life now to have time for a religion. Is the key to making a new appealing religion making it easy to access, easy to live by, and gives busy people of today faith/ some sort of meaning for life. I am going to continue on with my research and do some mind maps on life in this current time, like day to day life. Then hopefully begin to generate some ideas to go forward with.       

Interpretation of the brief 

designing a new religion & brand it! 

I have begun by reading the brief a couple times, and highlighting the key points in the brief.
stuff like;
it is a set of beliefs
spiritual experience
involving devotional and ritual observances
a figurehead
usually a backing story
a book of moral tales
usually wear some kind of uniform
has a place of worship

This is by far the hardest brief I think I have ever had. Trying to get my head around exactly what had to be achieved is difficult. It is such a broad subject and can go anywhere. There are so many questions to be answered, so many problems to be solved. What is the first task is creating the new religion. I think the first point of action for me. Will be to have a look at what religions are already out there and what there beliefs are. Why certain religions have become so popular! also have a look at different more obscure religions that are out there already. Is a religion worshiping a certain thing? an object? a being?or a greater power?. Is it following a book of rules? can people have faith in anything? does a religion have to predominantly be about the creation of living things? or can people worship a creation like the the car, the plane, electricity?. I think one of the biggest reasons for people looking to religion is to find the meaning of life. I think after I have researched current religions my path may become clearer.

This is my first step in the process of design, taking all my thoughts and questions on the brief and just dumping them on a page. I think this works well and helps me begin to figure out where I am going to go.