Editing Missionary Church of Kopimism (section)

== Name ==
The name Kopimism derives from the words ''copy'' and ''me'' which are the fundamental roots of the Church's beliefs and calls for an invitation to copy information. The word "Kopimi" first showed up on a pirate Agency Forum.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kopimistsamfundetus.wordpress.com/about/|title=About|date=2012-01-09|newspaper=First United Church of Kopimism, US|language=en-US|access-date=2016-10-22}}</ref> Isak Gerson, one of the core founders, saw something beautiful and theological in this concept of "copy me"<ref>Gerson I (2014a) Interview with Gerson. By Nilsson PE, Upssala, 7 May</ref> and argued that the digital sharing of data is a fundamental act in our universe through the reproduction and copying of cells, DNA, and genes<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last1=Nilsson|first1=Per-Erik|last2=Enkvist|first2=Victoria|date=2016-08-01|title=Techniques of religion-making in Sweden: The case of the Missionary Church of Kopimism|journal=Critical Research on Religion|language=en|volume=4|issue=2|pages=141–155|doi=10.1177/2050303215613145|s2cid=151879531|issn=2050-3032|url=http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-288449}}</ref> and that the entirety of the internet is essentially for sharing.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=John|first=Nicholas A.|date=2013-03-01|title=Sharing and Web 2.0: The emergence of a keyword|journal=New Media & Society|language=en|volume=15|issue=2|pages=167–182|doi=10.1177/1461444812450684|s2cid=7661243|issn=1461-4448}}</ref>

Gerson has been credited with once saying, "The only thing we can do as Christians now, I suppose, is to do what Jesus tried doing – and do it better."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dagensseglora.se/2014/01/08/vi-har-ett-lofte-om-att-allting-ska-bli-battre/|title=Dagens Seglora - Vi har ett löfte om att allting ska bli bättre|last=Seglora|first=Dagens|access-date=2016-11-20}}</ref>