so i've been converted to FSM. now start telling me why FSM is false using your great scientific and reasoning skills.
2007-12-17 15:47:10 · 23 answers · asked by dbu_44240 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I cannot preach that your faith is wrong.
If you choose to believe in the FSM, then that is your way that you have chosen.
2007-12-17 15:56:05 · answer #1 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believe what you want.
But nobody can address your FSM without some definitions. What are its essential attributes? What are its accidental attributes? What role does it play in causality? Does it exist by necessity, or is it a contingent being?
You answer those questions, and people can debate the issue. Of course, if all of the FSM's essential attributes are identical to the theistic definition of God, then you are simply a theist.
The fundamental problem with the FSM argument is that it only works against one theistic argument that is not really an argument at all, viz. "prove that God doesn't exist." No self-respecting theistic philosopher ever uttered that argument. Based on your definition, we can either use modal logic to prove that the FSM is identical to the theistic concept of God and therefore exists by necessity, or we can modal logic to argue that the FSM does not exist by necessity, and so, according to Occam's razor, is an irrational belief.
2007-12-18 00:04:51 · answer #2 · answered by NONAME 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell you that you're wrong that you believe in the FSM? Surely you know the truth of that better than anyone else.
2007-12-18 00:01:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is real; I've just read that He is in His gospel, so it must be true.
Besides, the reasoning/logic used in the FSM gospel is every bit as valid and logical as the reasoning/logic used to support any other religion, so at least it's no less likely than anything else.
RAmen!
2007-12-17 23:52:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can believe in what you want to believe in.
People have their own opinions. If I were to used my "great scientific and reasoning skills," it will just turn into an argument. No matter how convincing I can try to be, it's obvious that you won't change your religious belief.
It's all good, just remember to be your own person.
2007-12-18 00:46:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dude, that is the point of the FSM. You can't prove he exists, so it's absurd to believe he does. Nor can you disprove his existence.
2007-12-17 23:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by mam2121 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
If it works for you, then so be it. Religion and beliefs are personal decisions, no one can force you to believe anything other than what you want to. If believing that there is a real monster flying around made of Spaghetti and Meatballs works for you, then so be it.
2007-12-17 23:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by Jennifer K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anybody telling you are wrong should have the choice between being burnt at the stake or going to a bible summer camp!
Have a nice day.
2007-12-17 23:56:23 · answer #8 · answered by kwistenbiebel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you had done your due diligence, you would know that the FSM is nothing more than a rhetorical device.
However, I have heard that His Noodly Appendage is full of Noodly Goodness.
Let me hear it! RAMEN!
2007-12-17 23:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by Michelle C 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you point a fork at FSM, he whimpers and shrivels up in the corner. God doesn't.
So, either get right with God or you'll be enjoying your spaghetti dinner in HELL!!!
2007-12-17 23:53:31 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋