The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

[thestoat]

Has anyone heard of this church? The basic idea is that someone felt that if the Kansas state could treat intelligent design with the same level of credulousness as evolution just because some people believed it was the case, then he "believed" the world and all life was created by a flying spaghetti monster and that should also be treated with equal weight. Interesting site :twisted:


http://www.venganza.org/

[The Hen]

I love the posters.

[Gob]

It's a good idea.

I have long admired Richard Dawkins idea that "belief" in something should not confer status, the Flying Spagetti monster is an extension of that idea.

I also like the way that TFSM pokes fun of the ritual which has grown around religion, and the use of cliche'd homilies.

"All praise his noodley appendages".

[Sue U]

Has anyone heard of this church?

Everyone's heard of this church. Where have you been the last five years? Its evolution into full-blown Pastafarianism has been hilarious. FSM is probably the fastest growing religious denomination in the world.

ETA:

Forgot to close with the traditional benediction:

May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage.

[loCAtek]

...but no one believed in it; it always was/and will be a mockery. ...?

[Daisy]

He even makes an appearance in The IT Crowd

[MajGenl.Meade]

It's a good idea. I have long admired Richard Dawkins idea that "belief" in something should not confer status, the Flying Spagetti monster is an extension of that idea. I also like the way that TFSM pokes fun of the ritual which has grown around religion, and the use of cliche'd homilies. "All praise his noodley appendages".

TFSM is great and I love it! Almost as good as Life of Brian which is brilliant

Dawkins is a crap writer and philosopher - and a hypocrite. He believes without one shred of evidence in "multiverses" and/or (depending on how the wind blows) the oscillating universe theory long-since discarded by decent (non-Christian) scientists including that StepenHawkit fellow. Dawkins has to conjure up such non-science in order to avoid (a) his horror of fine-tuning of the universe (scientifically and not religiously speaking) and (2) his fear of a universe which actually had an actual beginning 13.7 billion years ago. I wish the Bloem library stocked his books (they have just reached "The Origin of Species") so I could read them thoroughly without putting money in his pocket - kind of like you and Murdoch, Gob.

Dawkins is right up there with Todd Burpo - popular brain-dead mush

Meade

PS did I forget to say IMO?

[Gob]

Dawkins believes in the mutiverse, but is prepared for it to be proved otherwise. Are you prepared to believe in the non existence of god?

[Rick]

Gob, in yer sig line you have faith is a cop-out.

Faith in general or just faith in God?

Just askin...

[loCAtek]

Dawkins believes in the mutiverse, but is prepared for it to be proved otherwise. Are you prepared to believe in the non existence of god?

How is that a comparison? Preparing to change your mind is gaining knowledge. I gain more knowledge about the spiritual over time, so my belief grows.

I don't how you can prepare to have knowledge taken away from you.

[The Hen]

That's exactly what the flat earthers said as well.

[loCAtek]

LOL They learned more about the earth, nothing was taken, something was added.

[loCAtek]

I guess it was missed the first time, faith isn't proven it's cultivated.

[rubato]

"It is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true."

Bertrand Russell,

Religion is evil.

yrs,
rubato

[loCAtek]

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.
Buddha

Read more: http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/autho ... z1IV2CyGwU

[Sean]

Dawkins believes in the mutiverse, but is prepared for it to be proved otherwise. Are you prepared to believe in the non existence of god?

How is that a comparison? Preparing to change your mind is gaining knowledge. I gain more knowledge about the spiritual over time, so my belief grows.

I don't how you can prepare to have knowledge taken away from you.

LMFAO - I think that can be taken as a big fat "no"...

[loCAtek]

I don't how you can prepare to have knowledge taken away from you.

That's exactly what the flat earthers said as well.

LOL They learned more about the earth, nothing was taken, something was added.

I can understand a campaign for acceptance of other choices of belief, like atheism, but if I understand correctly, there's a position out there that not just religion, but faith, shouldn't be allowed; that there's an active advocation to remove other choices than atheism. IMHO that's intolerant and close-minded.

[Sean]

Why yes I agree that it would be very intolerant and close-minded. So tell me more... I would like to hear more about these reprobates!

[Gob]

Obviously Lo still believes in the tooth fairy/santa/the bogeyman under the bed and all the things she was taught as a child, as it is impossible to stop believing in anything once you've been informed of it.

[loCAtek]

LOL ...and the answer is: Not a closed mind - a locked tight and welded shut one, that wants to take away folk's choices, 'kay

Send us a postcard from that power trip;






...in your shorts.