While I had originally planned on attempting to critique your theory that a gigantic monster made of spaghetti created the world, I found that it wan’t so much a theory as a statement which you have made and which you have offered no evidence for except some vague reference to some book which you have not shown to actually exist. Since the only discernable tenet of FSMism is that an SM created the world, I would posit that FSMism would fall under the umbrella of ID and therefore does not need to receive special consideration apart from ID in the classroom. Christianity, Islam, Judaism, and FSMism all hold substantially similar viewpoints in their claim that a supernatural being was the first cause.
A better countervailing viewpoint to atheistic macroevolution’s claims of an eternal universe, abiogenesis, and decent through modification, would be that the universe, earth, and life simply popped into existence uncaused with no explanation. This would actually be a more logical inference based on overwhelming observable evidence such as the big bang theory, the cambrian explosion, Pasteur’s experiments which proved life does not spring from non-living matter and the biological fact that cross species reproduction cannot occur. Furthermore it would not posit a metaphysical explanation for existence as FSMism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam do, nor would it be in conflict with the known laws of physics, mathematics, historical geology, and biology.
Of course the idea that our universe, earth, and life just popped into existence uncaused, seems as ignorant as believing a walking bread beast did it.
-ryan
Yes, everything has a beginning and an end. However, everything also has preceding and following events. Therefore, stuff must have happened before the formation of the universe; there could not possibly have been an ABSOLUTE beginning because then there would be no preceding events (an absolute beginning would also require a suspension of preservation of matter and energy). The Big Bang theory does not say that the universe popped out of nothing, but that it exploded out of a highly focused bit of matter/energy (it says nothing about how that bit got there; all the evidence was likely wrecked in the explosion).
The human mind is the mind that invented the concept of infinity. Infinity itself exists independently of that concept, but we wouldn’t be talking about it if your mind were incapable of conceiving it.
Buddhism doesn’t worship Gods.
Actually, an atheists viewpoint is that everything has always existed. In fact, and I fall under this category, anyone that knows anything about the emerging field of study in the universe, it’s “creation,” how it works, and so on (and if you’re interested, I would definitely recommend anything by Hawking,) is all related to the idea of infinity, something many people cannot think of because it goes against humans desire to list everything under cause and effect.
The idea right now, for you interested (and I say idea because, in my head, I think everything is some sort of idea or belief [hell, I think they go hand in hand,] in the end,) is that there is a big bang, everything exists for a really long time, stars burn out, turn into black holes, swallow shit, and then the black holes swallow each other, and after a near insurmountable length of time, all the black holes become one giant black hole, and theoretically, when everything is in one place, the black hole collapses from the weight it has in it, implodes, and then another big bang proceeds.
The end.
The Great Spaghetti Monster is indeed real. I have experienced its validating powers whilst sitting at table on the official sabbath day which is each first Tuesday of the lunar calendar recounted in the Ancient Italians Pastafarian Parchments discovered in my great grandfather’s attic. The documents which need to be read with a magnifying electronic microscope in the light of the full moon reveal more of a tubular form of Spaghetti resembling long stringy canelloni, at least in the description of its molecular structure. So far, I have been unable to decipher the machine code used by the Wise Men who left us the Holy Words, but the stylised pictures illuminating the texts show clearly that the Saints of The GSM Church knew exactly what they were doing for eternity.
I am founding a charitable organisation which is in need of funds to enlist the help of Ancient Machine Code Scholars which, if sufficient, I will give to the MIT, Cambridge University in the UK and a theological research centre yet to be identified somewhere on this planet.
PS: If anyone wishes to organise a crusade, a holy war or just a party, please do not hesitate to create a bank account for the purpose, or better still, a bank.
“A better countervailing viewpoint to atheistic macroevolution’s claims of an eternal universe, abiogenesis, and decent through modification, would be that the universe, earth, and life simply popped into existence uncaused with no explanation. This would actually be a more logical inference based on overwhelming observable evidence such as the big bang theory, the cambrian explosion, Pasteur’s experiments which proved life does not spring from non-living matter and the biological fact that cross species reproduction cannot occur. Furthermore it would not posit a metaphysical explanation for existence as FSMism, Christianity, Judaism, and Islam do, nor would it be in conflict with the known laws of physics, mathematics, historical geology, and biology.”
Well, I do believe people become decent through modification, yes.
Biological fact? Boy, you really are a mule… Oh wait, or was that a cross species offspring from a horse (Equus Caballus) and a donkey(Equus Asinus)
“Of course the idea that our universe, earth, and life just popped into existence uncaused, seems as ignorant as believing a walking bread beast did it.”
ingorance: Viciously attacking one man for the flaws in his beliefs, profusely chosing to ignore the fact that they are equally (if not more so) applicable on himself…
Because it all makes sense if someone else did it (i.e. god)
Some day, you will be eating diner with your mom and dad, and enlightenment will come to you.
Guess what you’ll be eating?
Yes, it will be Spaghetti
Yes… That would be the point, sir.
If Bobby thought this was real, he wouldn’t publish the hate-mail
If Bobby and us didn’t get so many laughs from reading this, he wouldn’t publish the hate-mail
Unfortunately, cross-species reproduction can and does occur all the time. Without it, modern day wheat would not exist, for one… also, horses and donkeys can breed, producing a mule (though mules are sterile).
Give the man a cigar. He figured it out. Nice of him to tell us.