Excellent satire of the criticisms of religion and Intelligent Design … unless you guys actually think the creation of the FSM and its subsequent religion is a valid critique of religion and Intelligent Design in the form of satire or actual truth for that matter. In that case, try studying and understanding your “opponents†first before attacking. Or maybe this “religion†of the FSM is just a good case of showing that people will believe almost anything (assuming that your church members ACTUALLY believe the FSM to be true). Yet, I very highly doubt that people are QUITE that stupid. Given enough time, they should be eliminated by natural selection anyway.
However, both ways I do enjoy and appreciate the artistic work and creativity you have put into the FSM and its subsequent church. It, as well as the hate mail you receive, is truly hilarious.
It’s a good thing that artistic method isn’t restrained by the scientific method. The religion of the FSM is evidence that art is not restrained by logic.
As an aside, since art is allowed to be taught in school in the form of an art class, the religion of the FSM should be allowed in school as well. Drop me a line if you need help creating a case (I wish I were a lawyer).
Similarly, religion or philosophy would also be considered art if it did not attempt to validly explain the existence of good and evil, reason, and other enigmas of the “human condition.†Art attempts to depict; religion, science, and philosophy attempt to explain in a valid manner.
Nevertheless, I can see how the religion of the FSM could attempt to explore the very concept of validity and its relation to truth. However, in this case, it should also attempt to be more valid itself and satirically examine or disprove science as well in order to be more encompassing and relative in addressing validity, in my humble opinion.
Or the creation of FSM and its religion may be just a load of quasi-artistic BS, in accordance with all gods written in history who were included within and were a part of the universe and describable as natural objects. re: ra (sun-god), poseidon (god of the sea), fsm (flying chunk of spaghetti and meatballs) “may his appendages be honoredâ€
Regardless of the psychology or validity behind the FSM, thank you for the humor, and good luck in continuing to intelligently or not so intelligently (whichever the case may be) evolve the FSM and its religion.
May your God given or unguided evolutionary given ability for creativity and the FSM’s noodly appendage guide you in your never ending search for that natural-selection-created concept of Truth.
CJYman http://cjyman.blogspot.com
I leave with you these three quotes:
“If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning: just as, if there were no light in the universe and therefore no creatures with eyes, we should never know it was dark. Dark would be without meaning.”
–C. S. Lewis
“If the solar system was brought about by an accidental collision, then the appearance of organic life on this planet was also an accident, and the whole evolution of Man was an accident too. If so, then all our present thoughts are mere accidents – the accidental by-product of the movement of atoms. And this holds for the thoughts of the materialists and astronomers as well as for anyone else’s. But if their thoughts – i.e., of Materialism and Astronomy – are merely accidental by-products, why should we believe them to be true? I see no reason for believing that one accident should be able to give me a correct account of all the other accidents. It’s like expecting that the accidental shape taken by the splash when you upset a milk-jug should give you a correct account of how the jug was made and why it was upset.”
–C. S. Lewis
“The most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible.â€
–Albert Einstein
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/21/kids.bay.ap/index.html
one down, a world of fanatic loonies left to lock up!
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@MJK
Thanks for the link about Cobb County GA. And way to go PH!!! I have a former high school classmate that works for that law firm.
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@Jingles Dec 21st, 2006 at 9:09 am
‘I’ve honestly never seen that before in my life’ (Perhaps another Aussie on the Dawkins thread then)
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RAmen to your account of the dinosaurs…..You brought a tear to my eye Jingles :’(
I look forward to seeing them again when I ascend to the beer and strippers.
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Re-Oared Marc Dec 21st, 2006 at 8:58 am
‘the LEMON YELLOW pirate ship…….’
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OK ok, the LEMON YELLOW pirate ship then. Bloody hell…!
‘we all live in a LEMON YELLOW pirate ship, a LEMON YELLOW pirate ship, a…..’
RAmen
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err…that’ll be Wench Nikky!
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whench has a better sound to it.
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@ tailkinker41
Your welcome. Glad to be of service. May you be forever touched by His Noodly Appendage.
RAmen
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and more letters!
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On the ship where I was reborn
Our prophet Bobby sailed the sea
And he told us of a tale
Of the God made of spaghetti
So we sailed around the world
Till we found the sea of cheese
And we lived upon the waves
In our Lemon Yellow Galleon
We all live in a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon, Yellow Galleon
We all live on a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon, Yellow Galleon
And our friends all came aboard
Many more of them of foreign shores
And the Church begins to pray….
We all live on a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon, Yellow Galleon
We all live on a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon, Yellow Galleon
On a big plate of spaghetti
Two big meatballs we did see
As we sailed the sea of cheese
On our Lemon Yellow Galleon
We all live on a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon. Yellow Galleon
We all live on a Yellow Galleon
Yellow Galleon, Yellow Galleon
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RAmen
MJK
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@ StickerShock
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/12/21/kids.bay.ap/index.html
one down, a world of fanatic loonies left to lock up!
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Sorry but I’m afraid it was the kids who suffered. She doesn’t seem to have a conscience or is just plain mental and won’t fess up to it, so she chose the god ploy.
May the childrens souls rest in peace.
RAmen
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hahahaha
Bravo Mad John.
RAmen
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A Yellow Galleon it is then!
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As for StickerShock’s link, I can’t comment on it as words fail me when I read things like that. Too much anger :(
The xtians are always trying to tie evolution onto unacceptable human behaviour, but hypocritically fail to acknowledge the atrocities committed in the name of their ‘lord’.
Xtian religion coerces a woman to have children (after all they need to grow their own victims, don’t they), reguardless of whether she is fit to parent or not.
RAmen
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Speaking of excellent satire as the topic of this thread:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/18richarddawkins.html
RAmen
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Thanks Wenchy…or Whenchy…or Starchy..or whatever your name is today. ;)
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After having such fun playing with the lyrics for the song, it was quite the downer to read that link. Sadly pathetic hardly describes it.
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RAmen
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Whahahahahahahahaha! Thanks, MJK!!
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Classic… :p
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If Mad John Kidd’s going to use the Beatles… I think I will too.
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“Ahhhhh, look at all the lonely people, Ahhhhh, look at all the lonely people”
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That pretty much sums up all the users on this site… besides me that is of course.
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I’m going off on Christmas Vacation for a week or so… so while I’m gone be sure to leave me a bunch of snot nosed petty comments for me to read on my return so that I can have a good laugh and pity you. Have fun doing whatever it is you people do for your “Holiday” nonsense.
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Just to Note: Just because I’m celebrating Christmas doesn’t mean I’m Christian. I’m still Athiest… I’m just a sucker for free material objects.
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@Mad John Kidd Dec 21st, 2006 at 6:18 pm
‘Speaking of excellent satire as the topic of this thread:
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/monologues/18richarddawkins.html‘
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A good link Mad John and kudos for your song :)
RAmen
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Hey there to all the cool Flying Spahetti worshippers. Meself and a few buddies have been following your religion for a a few months and we decided to come even more out of the closet and start an official chapter of the church at our school. So far we have 5 dedicated members. Pastafarians really rock.
RAmen.
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Welcome aboard shipmates. May the wind blow gently at your backs, may the sun shine warmly upon your faces, and may you forever be touched by His Noodly Appendage.
RAmen
MJK
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“Just because I’m celebrating Christmas doesn’t mean I’m Christian. I’m still Athiest… I’m just a sucker for free material objects.” Well, that says a lot about you right there, now doesn’t it?
(There is no way this kid is athiest.)
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Anyway, don’t know how much I’ll be posting this week; happy christmas/chanuka/Holiday/whathaveyou to everyone.
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Happy Holidays to you was well, gill, to you and yours. May you feel His warmth in your gullet. Arrgh!!!
RAmen
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…..and God came down and spoke “let there be free material objects given out by a man in a red suit and white beard to all the really boring hypocrites.â€
TheLaughingboy might be wicked smarter than me but he isn’t very interesting is he.
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@Laugh
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> I’m still Athiest
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Athiest, my ass.
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Merry Christmas my Christian friend.
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Hopefully you will be touched by His noodly appendage over the holidays and come back converted to the one true faith.
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Brother Boyardee
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Laugh, is an ass. Nothing more, nothing less.
To be bothered by it. Other then for the sake of having soming to state on this board is a waste of time. And kinda silly really.
Happy holidays, all! Get your water here… It’s free now til 1/1/07…
Ramen
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@TheLaughingMan Dec 21st, 2006 at 9:43 pm
‘I’m going off on Christmas Vacation for a week or so’
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And we care because…..???
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Happy Holiday Gill, make it a good one. :)
RAmen
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@Argenbert Dec 19th, 2006 at 10:15 pm
“Hey all. i’ve recently stumbled upon pastafarianism by a comment on Dilbert’s Blog. read it on wiki, and now going thru the website. two words:
FUCKING BRILLIANT.
really , congratulations from Argentina, this is hilarius, smart, and quite wisdomy (does that word even exist?) the eight rather’s are quite adecuate, also.
Ramen from a new follower”
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Hi Argenbert, I noticed you slipped on board during a rather busy link spree and don’t appear to have been given a proper Pastafarian welcome.
So welcome to the warm embrace of His Noodleyness and may His Noodley Appendage always navigate your course.
RAmen
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Hi all! Ive been away because I can’t find my way around this place with all the fricken different threads. Tired of leaving amazingly brilliant drunken posts, but not being able to find them the next day!
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Glad to see that TheLaughingLoser has returned to bring holiday joy to everyone!
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Glad to see the wenches prospering (in spite of all the ironing).
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Merry Festivus to all!
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Don’t bother responding because I will never figure out where I posted this, and likely wont figure out how to make my way back here again.
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@Nick TI… ok, I won’t respond :D
i also celebrate Christmas but am ignoring the “real meaning”. Surely this means that I like presents but not christian. As christians have just nicked christmas (as it was a pagan festival) can’t pastafarians just steal christmas?
RAmen
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hehehe -TheLaughingMan Dec 21st, 2006 at 9:47 pm
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What are you getting for consumermas, Little Daffodil? Or do your parents despise you so much? Hope you enjoy your lump of coal! Hell, you’re even too young to get ratted! Maybe you can buy some friends in the New Year.
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Ho, Ho, Ho
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@Alchemist Dec 22nd, 2006 at 5:49 am
‘Maybe you can buy some friends in the New Year.’
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Alchemist, that must feel better. I know you’ve been waiting patiently for TLM to come back. hahahahaha ;)
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Oh Nikky, it was like a good @@@@! Got it out of my system now, thank FSM. A double flush too!
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so, i realise my latest post/link wasnt the best choice, being that that was my second post here ever.
ive been reading this site for a long while and seeing what people consider “gods word” is quite sobering for me.
i too was appalled when i read that article, and wanted to see how this group would respond..
as to the responces i did get, i am glad to see that people paid attention and reacted the same way as I.
My humble appologies if i did offend anyone, that was not my intention.. I needed to know if i could feel comfortable actually participating in this.
So with this post i accept his noodliness into my heart, and hope i too will be accepted.
yours truly,
TooDrunkToComment
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hahahahaha
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@StickerShock
Don’t worry about content of your post/link. As you’ve probably already noticed the most of the threads follow the topic very, very loosely (:).
Welcome to the CoFSM.
RAmen
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TLM is Athiest? As in ‘most athy’?
I don’t know – I’m pretty athy myself. Maybe I’m Athiest. ;p
Strange that he has such a mental block on the word ‘Atheist’ (’e’s just stuck in at random it seems), especially considering how much he likes to cut and paste from dictionary sites…
Also – is it hypocritical for an ‘Aethiest’ [sic] to have a ‘holier than thou’ attitude? lol.
Happy Holidays everyone!
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ty ty ty
and just to add my 2 cents… i think laughingboy is a pre-teen
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@ StickerShock Dec 22nd, 2006 at 6:23 am
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Don’t worry about it. I had a go at a of the hero of the sauce on my first post (J) and gave a sex change to another (Saucy). They forgave me very quickly.
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A last one at Daffodil Boy (TLM) – songs – how about Lithium by Nirvana. Kurt Cobain is a good role model for you! Go on, go on, go on – both barrels! .
PS Daffy, just had a chat to santa and he said that, and I quote …”a brain? He can bollocks! I’ll get him the peep-hole bra and blow-up sheep, sure, but a brain, they’re the mutts nuts them – I don’t give them to scrotes”
So, tough nuts TLM
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Well, he’s certainly got some sort of biochemical hiccup there, anyway.
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Happy Holidays and Merry Pasta (and rum of course) to you too BB :)
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@Alchemist
‘A last one at Daffodil Boy (TLM)’
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haha…you reckon? What are you going to do for a clean out after you loose on Boxing Day?
The fundies will be too busy playing with their materialistic xmas presents, won’t they?
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You guys seriously, what are we gonna do while the Laughing Man is gone? We’re all way to stupid to handle life on our own, without his wisdom our lives are pretty much over. I couldn’t make it to work today cause i forgot how to start my car…. so i just set it on fire instead. Me so stupid. Me so hungry but me not know which hole to put food in. Me need Laughing Man to give my life meaning and direction. But seriouisly, i don’t think any of us are smart enough to post threads or make comments in TLM’s abscence. I think we should completely shut down the site till he comes back. Two weeks without his brilliance….. what are we to do…..
Dr. Worm
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@Alchemist
Well, to let loose after *lose* on Boxing Day, that probably should read. It’s bedtime!
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http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1572520,00.html?cnn=yes
Doubt is as much a part of faith as human imperfection is a part of life. We have learned that the hard way in the new millennium — in our politics and in war.
haha, a perfect excuse for many of my decisions!
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@ Dr. Worm
‘Two weeks without his brilliance….. what are we to do…..’
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Whatever it is that nerds do, I suppose. Any suggestions?
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lol Dr.Worm… burn baby burn
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Ah, my good Doctor Worm, how are you dear chap?
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