why would you spend so much time to take the hope or beliefs away from others?

Published by henderob October 22nd, 2007 in Hate Mail (and concerned criticism).

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

300 Responses to “why would you spend so much time to take the hope or beliefs away from others?”

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21 - October 22nd, 2007 at 7:20 pm - Jacobian Says:

Raikkonen prefers inflatable dolphins with his strippers.
True story.
22 - October 22nd, 2007 at 7:38 pm - Iron Mike Says:

I used to worship Thor God of Thunder.

But then I fortunately found the Flying Spaghetti Monster, who really is GOD.

I’m so thankful that I found the TRUTH !

rAmen
23 - October 22nd, 2007 at 7:42 pm - Iron Mike Says:

Oh, yea I forgot some exclamation marks in my previous post. Here they are:

!!! well maybe one more !

I have found the louder and more affirmative you are the more true it is.
24 - October 22nd, 2007 at 8:28 pm - Wench Cyka Says:

How do we fight the brainwashing going on through these so-called “patriotic” songs that have nothing to do with country and everything to do with christianity? Some help here please? I may have to go postal and rip the school’s songbooks to shreds soon if I don’t find some sane way to combat this vile filth.
25 - October 22nd, 2007 at 8:42 pm - El Peatieablo Says:

Um…Wench Cyka… I don’t know how to break this to you, but… ripping the school’s songbooks (along with other violations of the first amendment) to shreds actually is a sane way to combat said vile filth. Just remember to wear cut resistant gloves, papercuts hurt.
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On another note, how is it that fundies keep missing the first amendment? It’s the FIRST one! They are all for the second amendment, but they must have gone past the first one to get there! These are schools, the teach you how to count. What’s the first number you learn to count? ONE! Hmmm, on second thought a bonfire might be more efficient than gloves…
26 - October 22nd, 2007 at 9:32 pm - Bosun Bumm Says:

As far as I’ve seen, Intelligent Christians know that their belief in “GOD” is a personal thing. Something they feel, something they believe. A conscious decision that they made not based on the evidence but based on … well I don’t know what but whatever it was they aren’t egotistical enough to think that their reasoning will work for anyone else.

There are however an almost limitless supply of seemingly cleaver, charismatic and basically evil Xtians that either believe uncritically or cynically because of the power and position it gives them over the people that can’t be bothered to think for themselves (such as, apparently, our friend Owen)
27 - October 22nd, 2007 at 9:45 pm - Mathy Kid Says:

@Wench Cyka
It’s annoying to encounter religion in schools in whatever form, but I don’t really think outdated patriotic songs are likely to convert anyone. I too liked “Battle Hymn of the Republic” (the song with chorus “Glory Glory Hallelujah”) as a second grader, mostly because it’s about a battle, and it has pretty good music. Despite this (and all the other religious songs I sang in church as a young child) I’ve still settled on atheism with FSM affiliation as my religion. Schools, in addition to occasionally disseminating Christian-biased stuff, teach critical thinking skills, science, and history: all the tools kids need to dissect religious propaganda, provided we choose to make use of them.
28 - October 22nd, 2007 at 9:46 pm - Knit Mongrel Says:

I am “simply much more intelligent than the many brilliant men who have come to the conclusion that God exists.”

Period.
29 - October 22nd, 2007 at 10:35 pm - Red Dutchpasta Wench Says:

Some songs with a religious theme are simply also very good songs :) Appreciate the music, not neccesarily (hmm) the words.
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And I’m not taking anything away, I’m trying to give an alternative :) A much nicer, kinder, more intelligent, tastier on too!
30 - October 22nd, 2007 at 10:35 pm - St John the Blasphemist Says:

We aren’t trying to take the hopes & beliefs away from others, unless the others’ hopes & beliefs involve teaching about talking snakes & humans made from some dirt & a rib as science.
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Read the open letter & you might realise that.
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St John the Blasphemist
Saint of The Bleeding Obvious
31 - October 22nd, 2007 at 10:50 pm - Wench Cyka Says:

Okay, see, I might be willing to grit my teeth and accept my kids signing songs that I made up lude lyrics to many decades ago, but when my 7 year old son comes home asking me if I am going to hell because I don’t believe in this “God” well, it does bring out the urge to insist MY lyrics be taught as well, as a “scientific alretnative” to that religious garbage!
32 - October 22nd, 2007 at 10:52 pm - Wench Cyka Says:

Argh! Dyslesxia rearing its ugly head when I get in a royal mood! I meant Alternative!
33 - October 22nd, 2007 at 11:21 pm - I love eruptions in heaven Says:

Alretnative sounds cooler though, you should keep it that way, even if your lysdectic
34 - October 22nd, 2007 at 11:33 pm - St John the Blasphemist Says:

Did you konw you can mix up the ltertes of wrdos in a sctennee and as lnog as the frsit and lsat lretets are in the rgiht pacle, poplee can uluslay raed waht yru’oe snyaig ayanwy?
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Well that’s the theory anyway.
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St John the Blasphemist
Saint of Questionable Claims
35 - October 22nd, 2007 at 11:37 pm - Wench Cyka Says:

Dude, that’s not very nice, I could read every word, and it took me until halfway through to realise there was anything wrong with it!
36 - October 23rd, 2007 at 12:52 am - storm petrel Says:

There was a study done a while ago about that to show that the human brain doesn’t actually read every letter but skims over them and puts the words together after.
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Owen, did someone force you to come here? Somehow I doubt it. We’re not trying to take anyone’s beliefs from them, but if you feel the need to attack us, perhaps your faith simply isn’t all that strong. If the brilliance of the followers of a given religion determine its truth, what is your answer to the brilliant men and women who follow a different god/pantheon/no god?
37 - October 23rd, 2007 at 1:02 am - ☠DutchPastaGuy☠ Says:

@original concerned poster
“I was just curious about why it is you think that the monster is in any way equal belief to other religions. ”
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Not equal to, better in the sense that we have strong empirical evidence to support our faith. Look at the graph.
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And regarding wise men who came to the conclusion that god exists: many did so when science had fewer answers yet. For instance, Newton believed in god. But then he didn’t know yet that life came about through evolution. So what was he to think then?
For a more recent selection of people with good brains let’s look at tthe Nobel prize winners in physics. 600 of them, exactly one known believer in christ.
38 - October 23rd, 2007 at 1:03 am - Pluto Says:

FUCK! Good hatmail and I’ve actually got work to do for a change!
Be back later for my 2 bits worth.
Stay happy guys an girls
39 - October 23rd, 2007 at 1:09 am - Wench Nikkiee Says:

Owen
“why it is you think that the monster is in any way equal belief to other religions.”
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Equal belief? What is that? Belief in the FSM is a far superior belief than those held of other false gods!. Those other myths don’t even come close to equaling the truth of His Noodlyness.

“have you simply discovered something they had no access to?
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Yes! His Noodlyness, the Magnificent FSM only directly passed on His creation feats to our Prophet Bobby! You know like God and Moses?
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I believe!!
RAmen
40 - October 23rd, 2007 at 1:11 am - Wench Nikkiee Says:

DPG
“Not equal to, better in the sense that we have strong empirical evidence to support our faith. Look at the graph.”
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Hehehehe…you just beat me to it! :)

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