For Immediate Release
Contact: Marc Perkel - Founder
San Francisco, CA. 94112
http://www.churchofreality.org
415-987-6272
Date: 09/16/03

Marc Perkel announces today that he is in the process of applying for non-profit status to turn the Church of Reality into a 501(c)3 tax exempt church. Perkel hopes to have his application approved in the next 120 days.

The Church of Reality (http://www.churchofreality.org) is a religion based on believing in everything that is real.

"But what is real?", you might ask.

Well -- that's the sacred question of the Church of Reality. The Church doesn't attempt to define reality -- but is dedicated to the pursuit of reality the way it really is.

"What this church is about is to raise the status of reality in our daily lives." says Marc Perkel. "To many people are ignoring reality and living an illusion. We are here to try to get people to challenge traditional beliefs on the basis of if it really is real or not." Members of the church are called "Realist" practicing "Realism". The are "Explorers" rather than "Followers". The official church greeting is "Welcome to the Real World." Perkel has even written the "Sacred Principles" which is similar to the Ten Commandments.

"With non-profit status the Church of Reality will be able to take donations just like every other church. Once the funding starts coming in we well start promoting the concept of reality as a belief system. We think we will be competitive with the other major religions." says Perkel. "When you raise the question of which religion is real -- you can't get any more real than reality."