Church of Euthanasia

The Church of Euthanasia is a religious and antinatalist activist organization founded in Boston in 1992 by Chris Korda and Robert Kimberk, also known as Pastor Kim. It presents itself as a nonprofit educational foundation concerned with restoring ecological balance between humanity and other species. Its central argument is that environmental crises are inseparable from the scale and growth of the human population, and that meaningful ecological change would require a substantial voluntary reduction in the number of people. The organization is best known for combining environmental advocacy with religious satire, shock slogans, culture jamming, music, performance art, demonstrations, publicity stunts, and online activism. Its most recognizable slogan is “Save the Planet, Kill Yourself,” while its guiding commandment is “Thou Shalt not Procreate.” The movement’s ideological framework identifies four principal means or themes: suicide, abortion, non-procreative sexual activity, and cannibalism under a narrowly stated condition involving people who have already died. The church says that population reduction must be voluntary and rejects murder and eugenics as legitimate methods. The organization’s communications deliberately use confrontational and absurd imagery. Its leaders have described this approach as comparable to Dadaist practice: because they regard industrial society and its ecological consequences as inherently absurd, they use similarly extreme forms to attract attention and force public discussion. Additional slogans have included “Six Billion Humans Can’t Be Wrong” and “Eat a Queer Fetus for Jesus.” These messages have made the group a recurring subject of controversy, particularly in disputes with anti-abortion Christian activists and in debates about whether provocative antinatalist advocacy constitutes satire, political theater, or dangerous exhortation. The Church received early online visibility through its association with paranoia.com in the mid-1990s, a network that hosted a variety of controversial websites. Members later appeared on The Jerry Springer Show in an episode concerning participation in a suicide-oriented group. Following the September 11 attacks, the organization published “I Like to Watch,” a four-minute music video that juxtaposed explicit sexual material, disturbing footage of the attacks, and music by Korda. The video generated further condemnation and became one of the group’s most notorious media actions. The organization also faced legal and public-safety scrutiny after publishing instructions concerning suicide by helium asphyxiation. Those instructions were removed in 2003 after a woman in Missouri reportedly used them and died, prompting legal threats against the organization. The event intensified criticism of the church and demonstrated the risks created when its intentionally provocative doctrine intersected with practical self-harm information. At its height, the Church claimed hundreds of official members and thousands of subscribers. Its website remains online, but available reference material describes the organization as having become largely idle since 2015 and functioning primarily as an archive. Some founders, including Korda, have continued antinatalist activism independently or through related work. The organization’s present legal, operational, and membership status is not clearly documented.

The Church of Euthanasia was founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1992 by Chris Korda and Robert Kimberk, who used the pastoral name Pastor Kim. It was structured as a religious and educational organization rather than as a conventional environmental nonprofit. Its stated purpose was to promote ecological balance by challenging what it regarded as humanity’s excessive population and consumption. The church argued that environmental restoration would ultimately require a large voluntary decline in human numbers and framed this position through a combination of antinatalist doctrine, religious symbolism, and political theater. The movement’s basic doctrine centered on a single commandment, “Thou Shalt not Procreate,” supported by four major themes: suicide, abortion, non-procreative sexuality, and cannibalism under a condition involving an already deceased person. The organization insisted that population reduction had to be voluntary and rejected murder and eugenics. Its rhetoric therefore combined a radical rejection of human expansion with an explicit attempt to distinguish its position from coercive population control. Rather than relying only on conventional publications, the church promoted its ideas through sermons, art events, music, public demonstrations, culture jamming, publicity stunts, and direct action. It treated absurdity as a communications strategy. Its slogans, including “Save the Planet, Kill Yourself,” were designed to provoke immediate attention and to make population and ecological issues difficult to ignore. This approach produced both visibility and sustained controversy, especially among religious and anti-abortion opponents. The organization gained early internet exposure in 1995 through its association with paranoia.com, a website network known for hosting controversial material. Its online presence helped the church reach an audience beyond its Boston origins and supported claims that it had hundreds of formal members and thousands of subscribers during its most active period. Members also appeared on The Jerry Springer Show in an episode about joining a group characterized by the program as a suicide cult, further broadening public awareness. After the September 11 attacks in 2001, the church posted a four-minute video titled “I Like to Watch.” The work combined explicit sexual content, footage of the attacks and the collapse of the World Trade Center, and electronic music recorded by Korda. Its release was condemned as exploitative and offensive. Korda presented the work as an expression of frustration with what she regarded as the ugliness of modern industrial society, but the video became one of the clearest examples of the organization’s willingness to use extreme media tactics. A separate controversy arose from material on the church’s website describing a suicide method involving helium. The instructions were removed in 2003 after a 52-year-old woman in St. Louis County, Missouri, reportedly used them and died. The incident generated legal threats against the organization and raised questions about the boundary between ideological advocacy, publication of practical self-harm information, and responsibility for foreseeable misuse. It remains a significant event in the group’s public history. By its most active period, the Church of Euthanasia had built a recognizable identity around antinatalism, ecological alarm, religious parody, and confrontation with mainstream moral norms. Available reference material indicates that the organization became idle around 2015, although its website remained online as an archive. Some founders, including Korda, continued antinatalist activism. The organization’s current membership, legal status, leadership structure, and ongoing activities are not sufficiently documented to establish whether it remains formally active.

• 2015

  Organization described as largely idle

  [1]Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material places the church’s transition into an idle or archival phase around this year.

• 2003

  Removal of suicide-method instructions

  [1]Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org

  Instructions concerning helium asphyxiation were removed after a reported suicide and resulting legal threats.

• 2001

  Release of “I Like to Watch”

  [1]Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org

  The church published a provocative multimedia video responding to the September 11 attacks, prompting widespread criticism.

• 1995

  Early internet visibility

  [1]Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org

  The church gained attention through its association with paranoia.com and its network of controversial websites.

• 1992

  Organization founded in Boston

  [1]Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org

  Chris Korda and Robert Kimberk founded the Church of Euthanasia as a religious and antinatalist environmental organization.

A deliberately transgressive environmental and antinatalist movement presented through the language and symbolism of religion. Its positioning relies on satire, shock, and media spectacle rather than conventional charitable, political, or commercial branding.

• Religious and activist publications · 1992

  Online sermons and doctrinal texts

  The church’s principal output has been written and spoken material explaining its antinatalist, environmental, and anti-procreation ideology. These texts use religious forms, commandments, slogans, and polemical argument to present voluntary population reduction as an ecological necessity.

• Activist media

  Music and multimedia works

  Music, videos, and other electronic or multimedia works have been used to extend the church’s message beyond conventional sermons. These works frequently employ shock, satire, sexual imagery, and confrontational editing to attract attention and challenge mainstream assumptions.

• Public activism

  Performance art and demonstrations

  The organization has used public performances, demonstrations, direct action, and publicity stunts as vehicles for environmental and antinatalist advocacy. Their purpose has generally been to generate debate and media attention rather than to provide a conventional commercial service.

• 2003

  Suicide instructions and reported death

  The organization removed instructions about helium asphyxiation after a Missouri woman reportedly used them and died. Legal threats followed, placing the group under significant public-safety scrutiny.

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• 2001

  Controversy over the “I Like to Watch” video

  The church’s decision to publish a video juxtaposing sexual material with images of the September 11 attacks was widely regarded as offensive and exploitative.

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• 2001I Like to Watch

  United States · Online audience

  The church released a four-minute music video that combined footage of the September 11 attacks with explicit sexual imagery and electronic music. The work used deliberate provocation to express hostility toward industrial society and attract attention to the group’s worldview.

  Outcome. The video became a major source of public condemnation and remains one of the organization’s most controversial media actions.

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• Save the Planet, Kill Yourself

  United States · International online audience

  The church’s best-known slogan condensed its argument that ecological pressure could be relieved only through voluntary reduction in human numbers. It functioned as a recurring identity marker across sermons, online material, demonstrations, and media appearances.

  Outcome. The slogan made the organization highly recognizable but also contributed to sustained criticism and accusations that its communications glamorized or encouraged suicide.

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• 2015

  Transition toward an archival web presenceStrategy

  Background

  Reference material describes the organization as becoming idle around 2015 while its website remained available.

  Action taken

  The church appears to have reduced or ceased regular organizational activity, leaving its website as an archive.

  Aftermath

  The current membership and formal operating status remain unclear. Some founders continued antinatalist activism outside the organization.

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• 2003

  Remove helium-asphyxiation instructionsOther

  Background

  The church had published practical material concerning a suicide method. A reported death in Missouri after a woman used the instructions led to legal threats and heightened scrutiny.

  Action taken

  The organization removed the instructions from its website.

  Aftermath

  The removal did not end criticism of the church’s suicide-related rhetoric, but it marked a retreat from publishing that specific practical guidance.

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1. 1Church of Euthanasiaen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Church of Euthanasia official websitechurchofeuthanasia.org