I received this email from Pastafarian Chelsea:
The following is direct quote by Mark Coppenger, a pastor who teaches at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, courtesy of the article by Dan Vergano in USA Today, Spaghetti Monster is noodling around with faith.
“I’m happy to say I think FSM hurts the evolutionists’ program since, by mocking the Christian tradition … it reinforces the correct impression that there is genuine contempt for biblical faith in that camp. Besides, the parody is lame, and there are few things more encouraging than cheap shots from one’s opponents.”
I’m sorry if Christians find the belief that the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe “lame,” but –correct me if I’m wrong- Christians believe that a cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat an apple of discernment from a magical tree. And they think the idea that a decrease in pirates caused global warming is ridiculous?
The best lesson learned in life is to challenge the limitations of our mental capacities. If knowledge is a sin, let us burn in hell for eternity with the satisfaction that we aren’t superstitous, ignorant bigots.
I think Chelsea makes a good point. Also, I think that Pastafarianism has grown much larger than a response to the ID-evolution debate.
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@Corey Oct 31st, 2007 at 6:00 pm
“And by the way, zombies are undead, and generally diseased, Jesus in 100% alive.”
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Did mean “is 100% alive”? Where is he?
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Mkay, so I’m a Christian, but I do believe that Pastafarianism has a point in that if someone’s going to teach something in a school, then that person should be well steeped in it. And to me the Intelligent Design theory has no place in school.
after all, the most important things in life are taught outside the walls of school, eh? haha, jk. I have no beef with you guys, but I do ask that more studying is done before rash generalizations are made, on both Pastafarians and Christians side of the spectrum. Amen and RAmen
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From the article:
“Florida State University science philosopher Michael Ruse, a critic of creationism, doubts that parodies change anyone’s mind about evolution. “However, sometimes parodies outlast the originals,” he adds, pointing to the classic Alice in Wonderland, in many ways a poke at math and logic.”
I hope this is just badly written or badly quoted, and Mr. Ruse doesn’t actually think Alice in Wonderland pokes fun at math and logic. I hope he really knows it pokes fun at monarchy, tyranny, and illogic.
“The FSM also has brought Henderson death threats, …’I'm not surprised,” says Arizona State’s Ghavari, pointing to the furor over Danish cartoons that sparked lethal riots in the Muslim world this year. “People have a strong reaction when you mock their beliefs.’”
So, is Ghavari saying death threats are understandable? Again, hopefully just badly summarized.
The sour grapes from Robert Crowther because ID isn’t getting the same press coverage as FSM are particularly delectable, and go well with a pasta dish.
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