I was just curious about why it is you think that the monster is in any way equal belief to other religions. Why exactly did you begin this religion (?), what were your thoughts? I can begin to come to my own conclusions on your thought process, but i wonder if you could exlplain it to me. This subject seems to be pretty important to you, but why would you spend so much time to take hope or beliefs away from others? Do you think that you are simply much more intelligent than the many brilliant men who have come to the conclusion that God exists, or have you simply discovered something they had no access to?
Please respond to this e-mail, this is the MOST important subject any person will ever face. I would appreciate a response.
-Owen
We’re not taking hope away, but rather, giving people an alternative source of hope.
We’re just saying that god is a flying spaghetti monster.
We aren’t taking hopes and beliefs away from anyone. We are spreading His Tasty Wisdom. Its a gift to the world.
bronze! my best
Is that a bronze or a silver for me?
silver then!
DAMNIT!!! tin is stil my best though if jehova’s witness’s can convert others so can we
I thought the MOST important subject anyone could face (or at least a wench) was landing strip vs. brazilian.
How is this religion any worse than any other?
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“this is the MOST important subject any person will ever face
Tell that to my Differential Equations/Physics/Ultimate Frisbee prof.
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“the many brilliant men who have come to the conclusion that God exists”
Could you please name one (a brilliant man who believes in god)?
I forgot a ” somewhere in there. See if you can find it, it’s gonna be a good time!
It’s annoying to be asked for a response, even via someone else, and not be able to give it directly. Well, anyway.
As lilwench said, we aren’t setting out to take away others beliefs, just provide an alternative. Even those few who prefer to think of or reference their true knowledge of the FSM as a parody only are only just trying to support something logically, and prevent others from pushing illogic, especially on young children.
And the “many brilliant men” you bring up are far less numerous than the brilliant men who believe otherwise. In any case, the argumentum ad verecundiam (argument from authority) is a type of logical fallacy.
If this was F1 I would get 4 points. I’ll pretend since there is no medal for being 5th.
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@lilwench - landing strip vs. brazilian is not that hard. They both win, I assure you!
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“…the many brilliant men who have come to the conclusion that God exists…” Owen is referring to us, the pastafarians! Don’t forget the wenches Owen, they are also brilliant. They are even more brilliant if they fashion a landing strip or brazilian.
Wrrrooommmmmmm!!!!
That is the sound of Nospoon passing me on the last lap ant leaving me with only 3 points.
Nospoon beat you by 5 minutes, that’s more like a tortoise crawling by.
Ok, correction…
crrawwll crraaaawwlll (imagine that a tortoise crawling makes that sound). Next time I should secure my spot on the podium and then get on with the interview. Speaking of the podium, I felt the touch of His Noodliness in Kimi Räikkönen’s formula victory. I know he is the driver most fond of grog and probably doesn’t shun the strippers either.
@El Peatieablo - “Could you please name one (a brilliant man who believes in god)?” Well, I think Einstein for one but there are also a large number of non-Christian brilliant persons.
@Owen - what have you discovered that say, Ramanujan was wrong? He was certainly brilliant and non-Christian.
@Ephriam A. Jostle
I don’t think Einstein believed in the christian god. And even if he did, the point was to have Owen tell me. I wanted to see if he could actually give a name that fit the bill (not his local religious leader, for instance). I wasn’t saying that there were no brilliant christians (I think Chaucer could fit the bill), the sheer number of christians almost guarantees that some of them have been exceptionally smart in the last 2000 years.
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I also thought that a direct challenge might help to get him to post again, so that a discussion could start up. :)
Owen- Why would our beliefs not be equal to yours? Also why do all xtains completely for gtet this little part of the bible:”Ye have heard that it hath been said, ‘Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy.’ “But I say unto you, ‘Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and them which despitefully use you, persecute you, that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven”
@lilwench-haha…I too thought the was the most important question.
Who is taking people’s beliefs away from others? No, thats what The Crusades and most Missionaries were about. Here, people have chosen to believe in FSM and all its meaty noodle greatness
@ lilwench
Now there Is a deeply philosophical subject! Plus, if you go Brazilian, that leaves nothing left to dye for greater effect, although there is much to be said for a smooth landing.
As for taking away others’ beliefs, I nearly had an aneurism (sp?) when my kids came home from public school singing Glory Glory Halelujah or some such religious drivel! Ok, God Bless America I can grit my teeth and bear, but that piece of religious garbage?!? I would much rather be contemplating the next decorating scheme for my nether regions than listening to my kids being brainwashed in public schools in a place where ID is not even an issue! yet!
The Roman emperor Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus aka. Constantine the Great was actually a truly brilliant christian, for he used the religion to fight wars more effectively and gain more power. And I don’t mean that his purposes were extremely admirable. Nonetheless using the religion in this cunning manner was brilliant. He is the only person that I can come up with, that I consider to be brilliant *because and although* he turned to christianity.
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Try to break down the meaning of “Do you think that you are simply much more intelligent than the many brilliant men who have come to the conclusion that God exists, or have you simply discovered something they had no access to?”
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Most brilliant christians are raised christian. Not likely do they come to the conclusion that God exists, they assume it since they are very young and never (publicly) abolish the assumption they learned as children. The reason I am pointing out Constantine is that we pastafarians outnumber Emperor Constantine. Unless someone points out more people like him that “have come to the conclusion that God exists”, many will not be an adequate description of the group that Owen refers to in his letter.
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And with this language analysis i bid you all good night.