heyit seems to me like your all getting very worked up. im seeing a guy who started a satirical religion to protest against only a single point of view being taught at schools. i agree with him, i think that people should be offered many points of view before making their own decisions. but this has gone too far. both the christians and the fsm people need to learn to respect each others opinions. if you dont have anything nice to say then dont say anything. i respect that both religions teach to try and convert but please be civil to one another. this has got to the point where it is no longer an intelligent discussion about evolution and intelligent design being taught but it has become a petty argument. stop insulting each other and be nice. christianity teaches that you should respect others and fsm is not about panning other religions. please see sense and at least be nice to each other and accept that different people believe different things.
thank you for putting up with my ramblings
anon
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An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny. -- Scientific American
Er, if he realized the point of satire, perhaps he wouldn’t have written this letter?
I’m sure I’m missing the point. I don’t understand sarcasm and satire. Reading the hate mail of just, say, a year ago, Pastafarians took the hate hurled at them with giggles and grins and guffaws. One would almost think they were not serious. Now as more converts collect, answering rancor with canker, turning the tone from silly to sober and setting the Christians straight, I can see the Church of the FSM soon able to stand on equal footing with the other major religions of the world. And this is a good thing, right?
yeah, i af=gree with the protest, but i’m a Christian, and i dont worship the fsm, i just support the protest.
yeah, i’m a Christian, and i agree with the protest, and what the protest stands for, and i don’t think anyone is aculy worship-ing the fsm, i know i don’t. but i do agree with the protest.
I agree with you, that Pastafarians as well as everyone else should be tolerant and caring toward other religions. But so far as I have seen, there are many serious Pastafarians on this website, including myself. Many of us face criticism and ostracism, and people thinking that we are kidding. But we believe in the FSM as surely as a devout Catholic believes in the Holy Trinity. (Some of us, anyway.) And we only ask that non-Pastafarians not mock us or criticize us. If you have seen the article about some threats made toward a Pastafarian group, you will know that there are people out there who hate us for some reason. They feel our religion is a satire, and although it may have started that way, now it’s a real religion, like it or not. I have seen far more non-Pastafarians being intolerant towards us than vice versa. I have plenty nice to say, even towards those who ostracize us.
May the FSM wrap His Noodly Appendage around you all, and may you bathe in teh warmth of his Sauce.
Peace, Love and Pirates to all.
I would like to add a few things.
1. I’m not the slightest bit worked up.
2. I never criticize people on account of their religion or any stereotypes.
3. I totally respect Christianity and all other religions, but I have a bit of disdain for those who believe blindly what they want to believe, denying facts and proof.
4. I am very civil!
5. I disagree with “If you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all.” (HAHA total Bambi flashback!!) I think that you should be allowed to express your opinion, in a positive, kind way. If we only said nice things, the only conversations we would ever have would be exchanging compliments, and no one would have their opinions and beliefs heard. Nothing would ever improve, because no one would ever complain or give constructive criticism. I believe that if you are going to say something negative, don’t make it about something that can’t be helped and don’t be mean to people. But I don’t see anything wrong with disagreeing with someone. A much more helpful thing to me is the Serenity Prayer (besides the prayer part):
God (or FSM) grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference.
RAmen.
When did school become about points of view, English class isn’t about finding out if English is better than German, noone tries to claim that Pi is 4 in Maths, noone has to defend woodwork against computer design, so why should science class be inclusive of false theories?
Some classes, like “RE” should reference different cultures, and different philosophies, but not all theories are equal…
Sux When Your Shift-Key Is Broken, Doesn’t It?
About your comment, please tell other Christians first, before anyone else.
Dear anon. I love you. I think you are very beautiful even though I have never seen you. Your taste in clothes is impeccable and you are always on the forefront of style. You are the most talented person I don’t know. I wish everyone could be more like you. I’ve never met anyone as smart as you, and you must have a wonderful sense of humor. Please come over some time and I will cook you a nice bowl of pasta. Ramen to you, my new wonderful friend! [Sorry but I couldn’t think of anything nice to say so I just said all that hogwash instead]
You assume we put up with your ramblings?
Summon the Purgemen!
i agree with this person, i dont understand why everyone is insulting each other. I’m a christain and i don’t see why other christians are going around insulting other religions, everyone is entitled to their own point of view. I’d also like to say the same to the fsm people because why do you find the need to bag out christianity?
I’d also like to say im doing FSM for a studies of religion assessment!!! so this means that my (christain) school is considering it as a religion.
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I thought this gentleman wrote a nice letter and made a good point.
I hope everyone else can agree with me.
The difference, Mr/Ms. Anon, between Pastafarians and the christians, is that the replies to hate mail are addressed to Mr. Henderson (or this site) and contained here , in the House of the FSM, whereas, christians go abroad to cast their hate and ignorance with bellicose threats of violence. Naturally, Pastafarians feel they must defend themselves on their own ship. You will notice, I hope, that replies to hate mail, and there are hundreds, never reciprocate with violent threats against christians or any other religion.
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If you walk into the church of another god, you should at least be respectful during your time in it.
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rAmen,
Jacqueline Sparrow
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P.S. Yes, I’ve adopted the convention of capitalizing Pastafarian and using a lowercase for christian. The usage is appropriate in this day and age, considering the generic application of the term ‘christian’ compared to the more specific use of the word ‘Pastafarian.’
Dear -,
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You said, “I’d also like to say im doing FSM for a studies of religion assessment!!! so this means that my (christain) school is considering it as a religion.”
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I am very pleased that your “(christain) school is considering it (Flying Spaghetti Monsterism) as a religion.” I am sure we all would be very interested to see your report. Maybe you could post it on our site. It is always useful to see ourselves in another’s eyes.
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RAmen
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May 7th
“I’m a christain”
“so this means that my (christain) school is considering it as a religion”
It’s your language and it’s your religion, so maybe I’m wrong, but I thought it’s spelled “christian”. Have you checked if you are dislexic? ( I don’t want to insult you, it’s a suggestion )
Also I’m really concerned about your school considering “it” as a religion. I mean, He is our noddly creator and all that, but if you read the Gospel you will see why it don’t fit the usual definition for a “religion”.
May you be touched by His Noddly appendages
P.D.: I would also suggest you to check a dictionary for the word “satire”. I know now it’s forbidden in christian schools , but even so…
I like this person.
They are nice.
And I will try to be nicer now on.
(even though I don’t think I’ve been to mean, there may have been moments… xD)