2006-07-11 04:55:20 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
as I said to someone else today (who was equally as charming as you...)
Ummm...that old guy (who really should use an avatar) is really, really pissed....I think someone has a dirty diaper!!!!
2006-07-11 05:07:29 · answer #1 · answered by go_to_girl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
No thanks. The flying spaghetti monster is often represented by atheists as being a "parody", but true parody is clever and insightful. The flying spaghetti monster rarely exceeds petulant childishness.
Do atheists even realize how ridiculous they sound when they lug out this flying spaghetti monster - one of the weakest apologetic constructs ever trotted out in the history of religious debate? Never mind that it has never gelled with popular culture - most non-atheists would give you a blank stare and a "wha???" at any reference you make to it.
Now I know that the alleged "parody" here is that the FSM is meant to show that you can just make stuff up, and then say reverent things about it, which is what atheists propose has happened in the case of religion. But where real religions actually develop advanced epistemologies, soteriologies, mythologies, and eschatologies, atheists rarely seem to even sense that these things are fundamental parts of religion, let alone show any awareness they exist. As a result, this "parody" just seems like a small child's mimicry, and not part of an adult debate on religion. Nor does it rise to the level of sophisticated satire; instead the flying spaghetti monster remains an oafish and clumsy punch drunk swing that misses its target.
2006-07-11 05:05:42 · answer #2 · answered by evolver 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So the Flying Spaghetti Monster is back on? I thought you had converted. You're just so confusing...
2006-07-11 05:17:24 · answer #3 · answered by Candice H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not partial to spaghetti. Maybe the flying rotini monster...
2006-07-11 04:59:12 · answer #4 · answered by angelbaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WOW! I've never heard of that one. It would be nice to learn something new, though. Does it count that I LOVE spaghetti?
2006-07-11 05:03:18 · answer #5 · answered by weareallcrazy25 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I use to follow but I find the First Church of Foamy much more enlightening.
2006-07-11 05:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That website is divine. Though I hear the book (or rather gospel) is a tad repetitive, a tad repetitive, and boring. Oddly enough, it is just as true as the bible...
2006-07-11 05:03:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I prefer the Invisible Pink Unicorn. Come on, she's much better than that false FSM god. She's pink, she's invisible, and she's a woman...which automatically makes the IPU better. :)
2006-07-11 05:01:23 · answer #8 · answered by laetusatheos 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. i think i saw the answer from that chick too.... at the end, she said "rAMEN", right?
hey, that idea of worship seems just as valid as some i've heard. you can worship an old baseball mitt for all i care. as long as you dont push it on me.
2006-07-11 04:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by hellion210 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been touched by his noodly appendage, and look forward to my death when I can go visit the stripper factory and drink from the beer volcano. :D
2006-07-11 04:58:58 · answer #10 · answered by mike_w40 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, the FSM (may you be touched by His noodly appendage) has very few precepts to follow. Now, Eris, on the other hand..................
2006-07-11 04:58:09 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋