Why do you feel the need to publish hate mail? Is it to prove a point that can’t be made without it? Was the rest of the site so insufficient that you have to make people feel sorry for you?
-Maria
[Don’t feel sorry for me. Hate-mails make my day. -bobby]
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you’re sending us hate mail to protest our hate mail?
Dear Maria,
My problem is, I just can’t figure out why you want to publicly display your narrow mindness in the way of sending hatemail in the first place. I’m not saying you’re sending hate-mail, I just want to point you towards the source of your problem.
Lots of websites publish their hate mail. They do it to show they’re not concerned with idiotic criticisms. This is no exception.
Clearly there’s entertainment value here. Reading this mail is rather like the time I went to the Calgary Stampede as a kid and stood outside the screendoor to the trailer home of “Big Bertha” with discarded TV dinners stacked-up around her. People pay to observe such oddities, not out of pity (though it’s hard not to feel some) but out of fascination and curiosity at the morbid case. And and with this hate mail we have the case of folks who have a morbidly perverse relationship with reality.
I used to go to church to get my fill of this but now I can find it occasionally on display through the window of posts like this. Thanks, Bobby.
It demonstrates a willingness to listen to other opinions and keep an open mind. This is a concept many of our critics are not acquainted with.
Actually, it’s one of the purposes of this site. We don’t feel the need to pound our message into everyone’s head and brainwash our followers, so it’s pretty chill here. This is our form of amusement- listening to people bitch about us. We also get general news, which is cool too.
Peace
We couldn’t call it a fair & balanced debate if we didn’t let our opponents voice their concerns, now, could we?
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St John the Blasphemist
Saint of Non-Censorship
Wait, if someone sends hate mail protesting the hate mail, what if someone then sends hate mail protesting the hate mail protesting the hate mail, and then AHHHH RECURSION STACK OVERFLOW ERRROR AHHHH!!!
No, the rest of the site is great. Hate mail is like those world vision ads where a celebrity relates the story of some third world child, pleading for donations. The hate mail section shows us that there are people less fortunate than us, people who may not be poor in monetary terms but are poor in terms of free will and cognitive function.
Yes, we do have a point to prove. There is still much work to be done if we want to rid the world of stupidity. I look forward to the day where the great FSM grants us the privilege of being able to do away with the hate-mail section.
Hi Maria
The hate mail is quite illuminating in terms of the general low level of intelligence and education it betrays, of course this has a large self-selecting component as people with higher intelligence are likely to understand the point this site is making. Highly intelligent individuals who have the god virus probably fall into a few camps - there are those who take refuge in the “You cannot disprove it” line of reasoning and neither can you disprove the FSM. There are those who say “its not the literal meaning, its the message” and here the FSM has the 8 “I’d really rather you didn’ts” which a cursory glance will inform most people that these are more enlightened and liberated than worrying about coveting neighbours asses. There are those who don’t believe per se but consider it part of their heritage, well pasta and pirates are also part of our heritage. There are those who will say that they aren’t worried by something obviously bogus invented a few years ago whilst missing the explanation of why anyone else should worry about something obviously bogus invented between 2000 and 1500 years ago.
I think the intelligent readers can anticipate these responses so don’t bother, leaving the IQ, spelling and logically challenged plus the brainwashed to write the hate mail which results in highly amusing insights into these minds.
Anyway you don’t really explain why publishing the hate mail is a bad thing, are you in favour of censorship ? Or just in favour of censorship when you don’t like what you read ?
“Why do you feel the need to publish hate mail?”
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Why do people feel compelled to send hate-mail in the first place?
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“Is it to prove a point that can’t be made without it?”
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It’s a display of people’s narrow mindedness and ignorance. Not to mention poor grammar and spelling. Oh, and it’s hilarious!
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“Was the rest of the site so insufficient that you have to make people feel sorry for you?”
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Nah, it’s to make people feel sorry for the likes of you, who think publishing people’s idiotic, malicious, ignorant and narrow minded tripe is somehow wrong.
Reading the hate mail and the ultra-hilarious reponses of my fellow pastafarians is about as fun as it gets. May his Noodliness bless your heart and show you the light, and give you the hope and love of your life.
Ramen
Hate-mail is hilarious(and occasionaly interesting). It’s good that it gets published, and it’s not published so we feel sorry for Bobby, it’s published so we feel sorry for you.
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In Soviet Russia, I feel sorry for YOU!!!
RAmen
These letters entertain the hell out of me (no pun intended).
Not to mention that some of the closed/narrow mindedness of the writers simply help me reaffirm that my own thoughts and beliefs (and especially NON-beliefs) must be correct…….
SO much brainwashing and ignorance in this world…….. Scary, scary stuff that.
Praise be to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Beer volcanoes RULE!
RAmen
The comedic value is just priceless…keeps me entertained on a daily basis
Maria,
Hate-mail allows people who don’t understand what this debate is about, like yourself, to vent their frustrations. It then allows us (who do understand the debate) to inform you about the topics under discussion. For instance, you obviously have not read the site and do not understand the ID vs. Evolution debate as it concerns public education. Thanks for the hate-mail, though! It keeps it interesting and (potentially) provides a forum for productive debate!
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P.E.T.
Because we like to laugh at hatemail. Really, the content of the hate mail is so empty that I don’t think I could feel sorry for us if I was an Atheist.
It also helps people in that, if you read a bunch of hate mail in the same place, you start to recognize patterns and subtleties that enable you to spot the same logical or factual flaws in more reasoned writing.
Hate mail is amusing. End of story.
Also, it can be used to show how st00pid some people are. You know, making ridiculous comments on our ‘parody religion’ that only strengthen when applied to their own holy system. That sort of stuff.
I.e. “You really believe your stupid god created everything in a few days? You’re lame! ‘Cause that’s impossible”, but with bad spelling and grammar, interspersed with curses and the occasional homophobic slur typed in full caps lock.
Whatsa matter, Maria. Don’t want to see the brain diseased hard core that constitutes “Bibul believin’ America”.
Hate mail exposes how studid and irrrational and hateful and spiteful much of Chrisendom truly is, and, as such, publishing it is an exercise in enlightenment. When you contrast the idiocy and obtuseness of the hate mailers with the clear pelucid logic of someone like Richard Dawkins, you come to an understanding of how much of a club foot the 26 percent of the evangelical christian electorate is on this great nation of ours.
And the great part is the children of these morons are reading on this site. That means we have a real shot at rescuing the next generation from fundamentalism, and that is a responsibility no sane rational non-believer can shirk from.
It’s only a matter of time before the United States becomes like Europe, and marginalizes Christianity for the dead end it truly is, and sites like this can only accelerate the process. So keep publishing the hate mail, Bobby!
I’d say, it is to prove a point. That we have an American Taliban trying to run everybody’s life. Hate mail shows explicitly the kind of morons we have in this country, from the President on down. They want to take us back to the 12th century. They want to ignore science. They want to cling to their absurd beliefs because some old holy book says it is so.
Why does religion have to be handled ‘respectfully’ just because it is religion? We’ve been nice for too long. We are fed up with it and will push back, hard.
If you would like some more great diatribes (-: here is a fantastic site. He says what needs to be said: http://www.patcondell.net/
All hail the Noodly One.
Well, I figure Hate Mail is much more entertaining to read that Love Mail
I personally adore hate mail posters. It makes me LOL (literally) when I read their semi-coherent rantings. The Pastafarian responses reducing said posters to the level of domesticated primates echoing verbal noises that they heard the pack leader make, brings me to tearful hilarity. If laughter is indeed the ‘best medicine’, I figure this site has added at least a decade to my life. Unless stupidity undergoes a precipitous decline, I figure I might be able to live forever based on the humor coefficient this site provides me.
RAmen!
PC
How do you solve a problem like Maria? Pray with me child… Our pasta who art in heaven, swallowed be your name…
FSM is like turning on the lights in the kitchen. Hate mail is the cockroaches scurrying away. It’s gross, but kind of fun to watch. Alas, there are so many cockroaches, so sadly the fun may never end.
The hate-mail page is actually a creative spelling instruction site.
Ramen.
That’s deep m610. Really, really deep.
Seems that we are proving our point every time one of you emails us to carp about our “insane” religious beliefs. Thanks.
Sorry to interrupt this discussion, but I’ve been trying to post an original FSM song in the discussion group for songs and hymns. The registration process has not worked twice for me. I’ve tried to contact an administrator but I have to log in to do so, and it’s because I can’t log in that I need to contact an administrator. Help! Could someone post it for me? Is there another place I could post it?
It generally only the super-conservative Christian fanatics are the ones giving us hatemail. They appear to be the ones most threatened by our belief. I cannot imagine why.
Maria! I just met a girl named Maria! And suddenly that name… will never be the same…to me….Maria!
No, err, sorry that should be… Marinara! I just met a sauce named Marinara! And suddenly that name… will never be the same…to me….Marinara!
Oops. Got carried away with the spirit of his pastaness. Felt like singing. Nevermind. RAmen.
Unlike the conventional churches, we aren’t afraid of posting criticism. Nothing to hide here.
Hate mail is like a window on the world. It lets you look out and see how astonishingly stupid people can be, and still somehow remember to keep breathing.
Why publish Hate Mail?! WHY PUBLISH HATE MAIL?! I’ll tell you why! Because it proves to all of us just how irrational/unfriendly/idiotic/illiterate some people are! Hate mail is a wonderful thing I wish to always have on most sites so as to lighten up my day.
By the way, I think that if you DO have Hate Mail on a site it shows:
a)That you have a healthy sense of humour and
b)you are fully confident that the readers of your site are as good-humoured to enjoy the Hate Mail as you are.
Have a nice day! =)
as i have said before and probably many before me “you know you are doing something right when people hate you for it.
I come to this site everyday, hopinh to see that some other bigoted, hateful Christian has decided to try and ‘enlighten’ us with his veiws on our religion. I thoroughly enjoy reading their rants, with their pre-school level of grammer, un-needed or wanted caps-locking and the occasional case of l33t speak. And then, there’s always the joy of joining my fellow Pastafarians as we cut apart their arguments with the simple tools of logic and reasoning.
RAmen to you.
As Bobby said, Hatemails are so funny they make our day.
Hate mail is hilarious, that’s why.
Maria, try to imagine a stand-up comedian making fun of other people’s stupidity. That is essentially the idea behind this section, although it takes more than mere stupidity to cause someone to write hate-mail to a website like this…it takes stupidity combined with closed-mindedness and the inability to take a joke.
It is for comedy.
RAmen
I live for Hate Mail! My day just isn’t complete until a 30-something bible-thumping hillbilly with an imaginary friend tells me I’m crazy.
Do you ever read the comments on hate mail. Pastafarians only try to help the troubled souls understand. All the hate mail that i can think of has been commented, broken down, and then has had all the wrongs pointed out.
But I really don’t like hate mail. After seeing some of the hate, I have lost almost all hope in humanity.
Hey there St John the Blasphemist. I was just wondering how this whole “non-censorship” deal might work. I certainly haven’t seen it here since oh-so-long-ago, and my memory seems to be slipping with old age. As a matter of trivia, are only opponents allowed to share their concerns, or are groups within CoFSM allowed to voice their concerns about things too?
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P.S. How many things are you a saint of now? I bet it’s not more than the number of YECs it takes to screw in a light bulb. :)
Added entertainment value. Isnt it obvious?
BTW: Ths site is not the only one that gets hate mail from the fundies. I am quoting from Richard Dawkins “The God Delusion” Chapter 6 P211 of the hardcover edition. ‘this is a letter that was addressed to Brian Flemming autuer and director of the Film “The God Who Wasn’t There”
“You’ve definitely got some nerve. I’d love to take a knife, gut you fools, and
scream with joy as your insides spill out in from of you. You are attempting to ignite a
holy war in which some day I, and others like me, may have the pleasure of taking
action like the above mentioned.
However, GOD teaches us not to seek vengance, but to pray for those like you all.
I’ll get comfort in knowing that the punishment GOD will bring to you will be 1000 times
worse tahn anything I can inflict. The best part is that ou WILL suffer for eternity
for those sins that you’re completely ignorant about. The Wrath of GOD will show
no mercy. For your sake, I hope the truth is revealed to you before the knife
connects with your flesh. Merry CHRISTMAS!
PS You people really don;t have a clue as to what is in store for you…I thank GOD
I’m not you.”
The letter is signed “Burn while we laugh”.
This contempt for people is held in some instances at the highest levels of go government. George Bush Senior, in an interview by Robert Sherman in “Free Inquiry” was asked if he recognized the citizenship of atheists and replied: “No, I don;t know that athiests should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered as patriots. This is one nation under GOD”.
Both of these quotes were culled form the Dawkins book as my secondary source.
Dawkins also recounts a story of how David Mills, Author of Athiest Universe was preparing to picket an intinerant faith healer who was coming to his home town and request police protection for his lawful and peaceful protest and was told by three separate police officers that if he showed up they would personally kick the hell out of his athiest ass, because they believed in the faith healer.
All of this serves to illustrate how far the culture was is going in certain parts of America, the deep south especially where athiest hold the place on the social ladder formerly occupied by people of color and homosexuals. Indeed, athiest bashing is one of the last safe prejudices which is why so many people inclined to prejudice have gravitated to it to get their jollies. As always, beware your public utterances, and vote for those most likely to change this.
You WANT hate mail? Yeah, i can see why blindly ignoring sound proof against your insubstantial religion is morally satisfying.
I’m not even being sarcastic here. Truly I understand. But i don’t believe.
the hate-mail is hilarious! I love to laugh at those fools, keep ‘em coming!
well dont we need something elses too discuss than how the perfect stipper would be like or what your fvorite beer is?
Irony is the spice of life :-)
Please provide your address, then Bobby. I’ll be glad to make your day.
If we didn’t post “Hate-mail” you would be complaining that we are suppressing free-speech etc.
We’ll leave that to the rest of the keepers of the faiths.
Ya’ know.
Why do you feel the need to point it out?
” an athiest. omg yes. an ATHIEST
Apr 24th, 2008 at 4:46 am
You WANT hate mail? Yeah, i can see why blindly ignoring sound proof against your insubstantial religion is morally satisfying.
I’m not even being sarcastic here. Truly I understand. But i don’t believe.”
Give me one example of a sound proof against our belief posted as hate mail, and only then will there be the slightest chance that I will take you seriously. This is what I love about hate mail. It is just plain idiotic. Oh, and you also just convinced me that the stereotype of atheists being tolerant and logical people is wrong. Or maybe you’re wrong, and actually you’re not an atheist, but just think you are.
Because the people who hate it love to publish it. Imagine how pissed off they would be if Bobby refused to publish their hateful, critical comments!!
Don’t they deserve a voice too, no matter how much they hate us.
And of course, we LOVE to argue with them.
PL&P!!
RAmen.
I think bobby’s comment says all there is to say.
We need some humor to brighten up our day.
I think it’s rather obvious, this hate mail section is to make fun of the people who sent it. It’s just funny to read how those arrogant ‘my church is all, we should burn the others alive’ believers overreact on this.
Admit it, those youtube movies of little kids freaking out over something totally trivial are fun to watch too.
so we can laugh at the people who whine at their stupidity.
It’s funny yet disturbing reading hate mail from people who miss the point of the FSM message. It gives us entertainment and reminds us how stupid some people are.
Have you read the hate mail. It’s really funny.
Reading the hate mail actually helps me become a better person because it shows me how morons and hate are irrevocably linked to each other. Sort of like oreo cookies and milk. I don’t like being a moron, therefore I do not hate. Damn! I love this religion! Long live Pastafarianism!
I personally think it’s for everyone else to laugh at. By everyone else, I mean those of us with enough intelligence to recognize to true reasoning behind FSM. My pity on all of those who damn us to hell because of our free will.