Nick Jones came up with this FSM money stamp. It covers up “In God We Trust” and replaces it with “In Pasta We Trust”. I like it.
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BoingBoing had a post a while ago showing a tiny stamp to strike out the word “God” from paper money:
Which prompted Kim Moser to suggest the following FSM stamp:
Here’s what I want to know: how many people would be interested in a money stamp? We could have them made if there’s enough interest.
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An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny. -- Scientific American
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maxy,
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Your last comment “if you can’t see the FSM then how come there is a picture of it on the website…… idiot”, has completely convinced me that you’ve been putting me on. And to think I spent my lunch hour making fun of you! Well, either the joke is on me, or you ate a lot of paint chips as a child – either way, you can forget about answering my question. And say hi to the folks at Hogwarts for me.
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RAmen
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Well put Ramen. I definetly think max is both ignorant and poorly educated. He seems to have the ability to contradict himself at least 5 times in one comment.
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Caped Crusader,
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What we have here is a difference of understanding on what constitutes complex life. Bacteria is complex life. Not in comparison to humans, but bacteria are still highly complex organisms.
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Redi’s experiment was indeed focussed on complex life. He observed the rotting of meat and hatching of maggots. That is complex life.
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Simple life would be a self replicating organic molecule with the potential to mutate. Something which Redi would not even have knowledge of in 17th century.
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Pasteur later did similar experiments with bacteria and yeast, but it is still complex life that was being tested.
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You might want to read up a bit yourself. .-)
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OEJ
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@james
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the reason you compare spontaneous generation with evolution is simple. life had to come somewhere. that’s not what evolution is about. evolution is about how natural selection and how species change over time. i’ll let you do the research. go to wikipedia and type in ‘timeline of evolution’. it is very well documented and includes many facts that are supported by scientists. if that doesn’t show you how evolution is possible, then i know you’ll ignore the facts.
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i’m sorry my name offends you. i didn’t know you loved me that much. o my god, i must be going to hell. oh well, at least i’ll know my life on earth was good. i didn’t know how offensive i was. boohoo.
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RAmen
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James,
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“because you made the picture idiot, picture don’t prove anything”
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Again, my point exactly. GMTA.
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OEJ
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@OEJ:
“I can’t see Jesus, but there are pictures of him.”
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http://www.jesusandmo.net/
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Hey! I thought that *I* had the most offensive response! JC, you owe me.
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No, wait. I had the most *perverted* response. Thanks! I work hard at it. My motto is (and everyone should have a motto): I Don’t Convert, I Pervert.
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Hehe. I like that, Davey.
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@caped crusader
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sorry, i misread a few of your comments. i just got on today, so i’m not as familiar with new faces. may you be touched by his noodly appendage and by god.
RAmen
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@james
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where’s your proof of god outside the bible. i see you don’t trust your everyday scientist. i guess all those AP Biology books are full of lies (sarcasm).
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@ Jesus Christ
Read James’ comments he provided substantial proof of the bible. Wheres your proof!!
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OEJ
your are the dumbest piece of crap on this planet…. if you can’t see the fsm then how come there is a picture of it on the top of the website…… idiot
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FSM Loves me…
This I know…
For the pirates- tell me so…
FSM Loves me…
This I know…
Because beer volcanoes always flow…
FSM Loves me…
This I know…
Because the strippers never go…
FSM Loves me…
This I know…
FSM Loves me…
This I know…
Little minds can now be strong…
We will all now get along…
FSM Loves me…
This I know…
Because the pirates – tell me so…
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It’s a work in progress, sing it when you need to reinforce your belief. Or you are bored shitless.
That’s all I’ve got for now.
Peace Love
Ramen
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Farseer
I don’t see why you would even put a picture up in the first place
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Max,
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Harsh words. Is name calling really necessary? I’ve been civil with you. Why do you feel the need to be so rude?
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I assume from your posts that you are a Christian. Correct me if I am wrong. As stated earlier, I made the comparison to Jesus. We cannot see Jesus, yet we have pictures of him. As the story goes, the long-haired, kind-faced popular rendering of jesus was created by a painter (I do not know his name) who received divine inspiration from God. The pictures of the FSM on this website, are products of the divine inspiration given to Bobby Henderson. I don’t see the problem.
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Keep in mind that the FSM is an omnipotent being. His true form may be incomprehensible to us. His incarnation in the form of spaghetti is simply how he chose to reveal himself to us.
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I hope this clears things up. BTW, I’m curious. Which college do you attend?
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OEJ, Ship’s Navigator
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@Jesus Christ
..I’m waiting?
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I’m curious too…
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@James
If the FSM wants, he can turn visible. Also, how do you know what your god looks like? Did he come to you and say that he was a big white bearded guy? if he did, it would be a rather disgusting vanity thing. I mean; world hunger, wars, diseases, religious fundamentalism… wouldn’t his time be better spent solving them then… oh, wait. the plauges and such.
The FSM doesn’t take time off unless he REALLY needs to. I mean, I don’t think he has yet impregnated any “virgins”.
as to the scientific formulae, people didn’t invent them. They discovered them. those formulae would work just as well before they were discovered as after. I think it would be a bit strange if ‘god’ invented scientific evidence that could so easily disprove him.
and by the way, gods were invented by humans. don’t believe me? ah well.
I figure christianity has a couple hundred more years before it is forgotten, just like all the other “true” religions. have fun in your knowledge that there is no evidence that can not be blindly ignored!
RAmen
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I’m wondering what school teaches that pieces of crap on this planet have varying levels of intellect…
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@Jesus Christ
I’m guessing that you have no idea what your talking about and have decided to just agree with your fellow friends on what ever they say on here…I have clearly asked you for proof of this evolution and scientific theories that you say you have atleast 4 times already
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Oh we didn’t discover formulas we created them after finding a problem or property. A formula is just the simplified version of the original property.
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Bones in the sea, other stuff that might fit stories in the Bible? Sounds like seeing the face of Christ in a piece of toast to me. Ships went down frequently 2000 or 3000 years ago. Their technology was crude. Facts can be manipulated to support theories even though the evidence is circumstantial at best. I think I see Jesus reflecting off of the back of a stop sign. It is a miracle! The problem with miracles though, is that they are yet another example of fitting interpretations of natural phenomena into your own little narrow box of world-view.
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OEJ and everyone else
jesus was on this earth two thousand and six years ago where he later died on the cross for you and me and everyone else…. He did this so you could be able to get to heaven by just asking him into your heart instead of having to use to sacrifice a calf for your sins
AMEN
AMEN
PEACE
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Does that mean nic jr, just left?
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@Gnocci Man
I have never claimed to know what my god looks like, nor have any others who belive as I do, I can’t help that artists feel they need to portray the unportrayable. And yes, “gods” were created by humans….”God” and “Jesus” created themselves. If you cared to read earlier on, I did prove evidence, an there is much more evidence. Christianity has been around since the beggining of time. I seriously doubt that after having a heavy influence on this earth for as long as man can comprehend, that it would just be forgotten in a hundred years or so…Now this religion, I’d give a month or two. Have fun in your knowledge that everything you said was false and had no point.
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@One oared Marc
The Egyptians were not sea fairing people. The Egyptians did not often travel on the ocean, let alone move entire armies.
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@james
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i provided you with a link, why don’t you go look at that link
why don’t you also look up tiktaalik, archaeopteryx, acanthostega, hyracotherium, pakicetus, microraptor, dimetrodon, and several others. all those fossils and many others perfectly show proof of evolution. just do some god damn research ok. what else do you want, vestigial structures. chances are you’ll refute all evidence of evolution. even i showed you a 100 page essay about evolution, you would say ‘oh all those scientists are liars’. and oh yea, the bible is not a scientific document.
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They travelled and traded up and down the Nile for centuries. They were sailors at the top of their game then. But, more importantly, who cares? It is not proof of the existence of God.
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want more proof, look at darwins finches. chances are you won’t even look at them because they have ‘darwin’ in them
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THE NILE IS A RIVER, not the Red Sea. The Egyptians were NOT very good sailors. The greeks and Romans were. The Egyptians became good at sailing when the Romans came to overthrow them. Sure the sunken bones and chariots aren’t proof of God, but the validate at least part of the story in the Bible.
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@Jesus Christ
All of this is provided by scientists, where do scientists get their information from?..computers. We humans are not perfect, therefore, ir is impossible for us to create something perfect. For all we know, we have created a machine to make hypothetical guesses. I never said the bible was a scientific document, I’m glad it isn’t, because scientists are also the ones who said the world was flat, also the ones who said we would never be able to reach the moon. And by the way, It’s recorded in history that Darwin admitted to being wrong in his death-bed
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That’s a wonderful story, Max. Seriously, it’s a very comforting thing to believe isn’t it?
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Mind if I add my person commentary?
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God created man. God created all the plants and animals, which would include the tree of knowledge and the serpent. The serpent coaxed Eve to eat of the tree of knowledge and so began the cycle of sin. For this, God punished Adam, Eve, and all their descendents.
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Out of His love for man, God sent the Holy Ghost, which was actually God, but not exactly, to impregnate a virgin, Mary. Mary gave birth to Jesus, who was also God, but not exactly. Jesus was then crucified and resurrected to pay for our sins. Now all we need to do is to believe and all is forgiven.
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Synopsis: God creates man. God creates sin. God tempts man. Man fails. God punishes man for being imperfect (apparently by design). God creates Jesus. God kills Jesus. All better now.
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Hmmm. Your story sounds much better. Let’s go with that one.
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OEJ
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@James
Where does the information on computers come from James? HUMANS. Of course scientists provide the evolution theories. Its their job they are the most qualified to make these guesses and theories. Scientists have provided countless correct theories.
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For anyone who wants a fascinating perspective on the archaeology of the Moses-period ancient world, and some superb conjecture on what all those plagues and so forth were all about, I’d highly recommend “Return to Sodom and Gomorrah” by Charles Pellegrino.
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Having said that, it’s written by a scientist, and contains some science, and some common sense, and rational conjecture, and thought, and probably a lot of truth. Ah hell, who’m I trying to kid? You fundie fuckwits’ll just go and burn it without even reading the publisher’s blurb, right?
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Well, just on the off-chance that one of you is feeling particularly brave and un-dogmatic tonight, here’s a really big link:
http://www.amazon.com/Return-Sodom-Gomorrah-Charles-Pellegrino/dp/0380726335/sr=8-2/qid=1165524186/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/105-2909118-1901258?ie=UTF8&s=books
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Okay, I capitulate. The Bible is absolutely true and was written by God and God’s people who were actual eyewitnesses to His Glory. *yawn* Anything else new you want to add?
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@james
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‘all this evidence is provided by scientists’.
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NO SHIT
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ok, i now know you don’t trust scientists. and the darwin story you mentioned is an urban legend and even creationists will admit it’s false. it it’s true, it’s exagerated. also if it were true, then the Lady Hope would be a sick little bitch. she goes to a mans deathbed to make him regret his past just so she get pleasure. what a sick bitch.
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i also know that no matter what good evidence i give you for evolution, you’ll refute it. i knew that from the start. i understand you’re a hard-core christian who has been told that the magic man in the sky is watching your every move. i know i can’t provide you with reality, for you’ll refute it.
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and oh yea, did you know it was the bible that said the earth was the center of the universe. it was debunked by scientists. another symbol of your ignorance.
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wtf
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RAmen
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I have no intrest whatsoever in debating with these halfwits, but I just HAVE to say one thing: “Christianity has been around since the beggining of time.” ……Try since several hundred years into the Roman Empire. Christianity is one of the younger religions out there, and it was predated by the Roman/Greek religion, Judaism, and countless others. Since the ‘beginning of time’? Uh, yeah, if time began midway into known history. My god, these people are dense.
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We are all imperfect, and everything we create is imperfect including religion and science. Does that mean religion and science are bad for us? The scientific method allows for corrections in science just as the US government allows for admendments. Science is evolving as our knowledge expands.
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Religion is a failed attempt at science, but religion is not bad for us. It is good to have morals, standards in life, and fear some sort of retribution for your sins. However, religion should not be taught as science.
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Bah! You blighty blokes bore me with all your seriousness about theology and science. Hows about getting back on topic for a minute and the topic is “In Pasta We Trust” on MONEY. Imagine the joy to be derived from pillaging and plundering and sacking and despoiling and thereby accumulating chests full of beautiful MONEY celebrating the magnificence of the Omnipotent Flying Spaghetti Monster whose real name is not to be spoken to the sad and jealous unbelievers.
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Branded Cow,
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Spot on your first paragraph… but (saw that coming didn’t you?)
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“Religion is a failed attempt at science, but religion is not bad for us. It is good to have morals, standards in life, and fear some sort of retribution for your sins.”
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Horse hockey!
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It has been debated very effectively and demostrated through social experiments and surveys that religion is not a better source of morality. Religious people can be moral, but so can atheists. Surveys say (in my best Richard Dawson voice) all other factors being equal, atheists are likely to be more honest and moral than their religious counterparts. Shocking but true.
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Which is better, to act morally because you fear the great supernatural camera in the sky or to act morally simply because it is the right thing to do?
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“However, religion should not be taught as science.” Back on track. I agree with you 100% on that.
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OEJ
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Thank you, OEJ. I was hoping someone would jump on that like a fly larvae on manure. ☻
OOM
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I would buy one of those stamps without pause. It reminds me of what Rage Against the Machine did with their Renegades album art. It features a poem:
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“I write messages on money.
It’s my own form of social protest.
A letter printed on paper than no one will destroy
passed indiscriminately across race, class and gender lines
and written in the blood that keeps the beast alive.
A quiet little hijacking
on the way to the check-out counter
And a federal crime.
I hope that someone will find my message one day when they really need it.
Like I do.”
(Then there’s a picture of a dollar bill – written on it are the words “I am not a slave”)
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RAmen
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Wow, this is fun. May His Holy Appendage stroke you gently.
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Make the stamp, I’ll buy one. I like the kind with His Holy Likeness and no words or web site mentioned.
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I wish there was a FSM church nearby my home. Any problems with me starting one? I can make up flyers and put them on people’s windshields at Wal-Mart, and while they are at church.
Just think of all the good we can do in His Holy Name. We can take up collections for the poor, hold science fairs, all sortsa fun stuff.
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I agree with Jeromy – just the stamp of His Holy Likeness. It’s small, noticable, does a good job of covering up “God”, and doesn’t obviously link the CoFSM. I’d totally buy one.
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I would buy both stamps – though I suspect that the smaller one is “less illegal”, as it does not advertise. To get around that, you could offer an image of the larger one and tell folks to go to a stamp place and have it custom made.
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@OEJ
Definetly! Religion is not a science and is mearly a belief held by members of the church, or dare I say, cult. Religion has held throughout the years, covering up secrets, and brainwashing cultures of the world. The church itself has done terrible things. The church has been directly responsible for murder, stealing, and the prosecution of members from various religions. Religion should not be taught as a science because who knows if it’s true. Blind faith is not enough for some. Science offers proof and people find comfort in knowing what they believe is absolutely true. Which is better: doing the right thing because you are afraid of the wrath of an omniscient being, or doing something because of your own moral belief. Personally I believe the latter of the two.
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Oooh… it seems as though Batman may have been touched by His Noodly Appendage….
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Thanks Farseer I like big words…
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I don’t want to deface tons of bills with that big black stamp. It just seems too tacky and I don’t want FSM to be associated with being tacky. Perhaps the small red one that looks like the fsm to stamp over the word God would be good for many.’I’ wouldn’t buy that though, as I can already draw a little red FSM with a pen over god, and my parents really wouldn’t approve…( which usually doesn’t matter) but as I come from a family of mostly very religous people, I don’t want them to think I don’t believe in god lol… and the FSM stamp would be a give away.
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