Adherents.com has ranked the major religions of the world. What surprises me is that there are only around 500 thousand Scientologists, and that there are more - 600 thousand - Rastafarians in the world. Note that I said Rastafarians, not Pastafarians. Pastafarianism did not make the list, unfortunately.
Now I’m wondering how many Pastafarians there are in the world, and how we’d go about quantifying that. The FSM website has received well over 10 million unique visitors in the last two years. I’m guessing that the number of people vaguely familiar with FSM is in the millions, but that those who consider themselves Pastafarians number only in the tens of thousands. And of those people, I’m guessing that only some of them consider this a legit religion. For others it’s a joke, satire, entertainment, whatever.
I’m wondering how the mainstream religions count members. Do they count only those who truly follow the core beliefs, and disregard those who are there mainly for the social benefits? Or do they count everyone who’s signed up, or possibly those who pay dues?
Is FSM all that different than the other religions? How many Christians Truly Believe the Bible is the Infallible Word of God, and how many are members because they enjoy the social network and lifestyle that being Christian affords them? It seems to me that many Pastafarians enjoy this community, even if they don’t actually believe there is a Flying Spaghetti Monster controlling events around us at will. Of course, many of us do.
The Church of the FSM has no organized registration process - I’ve never liked the idea of it; it seemed too close to what the major religions do… tracking, asking for money - which I’m strongly against. But maybe it’s time for FSM to become more organized. What do you think? What do you want out of FSM?
Me neither. Al the symbols are mixed up. The point is about the only one at the good spot. And I dont know what I did
Hmmm ۞
You can include my name by typing ۞ straigh in to your message - ۞
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So I should be 1758 I suppose.
You can include my name by typing &
You can include my name by typing #1758; straigh in to your message - ۞
Sorry. This doesn’t make sense.
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I thought it was decided ages ago to do away with all unecessary numbers with the only two being required….umm….think it 2 and 0?
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There only 10 kinds of people in the world.
Those that understand binary notation and those that don’t.
1 = 2/2
No problem :)))
Noob sticking his neck out! @ May 22nd, 2007 at 1:00 pm
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Makes some good serious points. Here’s the link:
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http://www.venganza.org/2007/05/22/fsm-and-the-other-religions.htm#comment-123874
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Although Bobby says he isn’t against religion in general in the FAQ, many of the people who post here are very much against religion.
Me for one. It is a terrible and harmful thing not just to science, but liberty, equality and society.
Nearly all the things we hold dear have historically been held back and continue to be held back by the silly stupid nonsense of religion.
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Woo hoo! I’ve been up all night doing absolutely nothing! And writing “historical documents” and “researching”!
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I’m bored. So I’m going to show off something that is incomplete! Isn’t that just wonderful?!
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In response to http://www.venganza.org/2007/05/22/fsm-and-the-other-religions.htm#comment-125893
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Jerusalem, the ancient holy city of the three imperialistic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in case you didn’t know), lies on the original site of an even older city from an antediluvian past. This archaic metropolis, known as Spagon, was founded by Pirates on the coast of the largest sea in the world (at that time), the Dead Sea (named for all the sailors who were condemned to a cold and watery grave in it).
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Spagon was the location of the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s deliverance of the eight “I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts.†He told Captain Mosey, the Pirate who received the message, that he should create a small seaport right there and then let it grow into a city. Captain Mosey followed the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s commands. He founded the town Spagon.
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Captain Mosey was the first Pirate Ruler of revered and holy Spagon; moreover, he was the first Pirate Ruler to enforce the eight “I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts.â€
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I need constructive criticism! Hurray!
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In Soviet Russia, criticism constructs YOU!!
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Can you tell that my medicine has worn off?
I should be sleeping right now.
Happy Saturn Day!
Going to bed now. I’ll see the constructive criticism this afternoon.
“I need constructive criticism! Hurray!”
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Sounds good to me Aristotle…. then again I’m easy :))
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“Can you tell that my medicine has worn off?”
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Nuh (;))
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“Happy Saturn Day!”
Same to you (:)))
RAmen
You’re one of a kind Aristotle (:))
RAmen
You kiddies certainly occupy your time, quite a bit! I’ve been reading some of this stuff, I definitely want my number to be i so I can be imaginary.
@Aristotle
If we get that published, we can call a holy war on Israel, but since we’re a non-violent religion I don’t honestly see where that will get us.
Hmm… if we piss them off so much they might all leave their country to come and kill us, and then we can sneak in through the back door! It’s like stealing candy from a really fucking mad religious fanatic with an assault rifle!
RAmen
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RAmen to a job well done! Yes, that is a very plausible explanation of why Pastafarians must have all of Jerusalem for themselves. No xtian, Jew or Muslim could argue with that. Just look at the numbers. Out of more than 10 million visitiors to CoFSM, only one has sofar announced himself as coming from Israel. Pastafarians have obviously been persecuted and discriminated terribly. In compensation for more than two millenia of our unjust suffering we should not just claim all of Jerusalem, but all of the Holy Land where our captain Mosey lived.
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I think I’ll make a small addendum to Popoffs foreign policy platform. Once he’s elected, the US government will file a motion with the UN security council for adherents of all other faiths to either convert or leave the place so that we can settle there. And if Muslim countries or the Jewish lobby manage to block a binding resolution then we’ll just take unilateral action. Enough is enough, we have rights!