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The Flying Spaghetti Monster Makes As Much Sense As God.
For the unenlightened, the origin of the FSM is here: Http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ It may seem ridiculous, but it draws some very interesting parallels to accepted religions.
 RoboHippo  11 Nov 2009 01:00
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If you’re trying to make the point that anyone who can believe in evolution can also believe in the flying spaghetti monster. Your right
 
 v00v  12 Nov 2009 04:16
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 Of course you had to bring the "E" word up. Perhaps the Antipasta put you up to it?
by  Grenache
 12 Nov 2009 11:14
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Well I agree on the basis that God can be any thing and a FSM makes as much sense as a 6 armed god who much have sex every second of every day or the universe will end.
 
 muin13  11 Nov 2009 22:09
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I think it does make just as much sense. The problem is, just as in the case of God, it makes no sense whatsoever and that's the point. The FSM was invented to show just how ridiculous the religious position actually is and I think in general terms, it does a good job.
 
 Cephus  11 Nov 2009 18:08
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There are equal amounts of evidence for the FSM and the mythical "god" of christians, jews and muslims. And the basis of arguments and evidence that the FSM church use are exactly the same basis of arguments used by the "god" cults like christianity.

That's the brilliance of the argument for the FSM, that it uses religions' own arguments to make its own point, but sadly, the religiously ignorant (a redundancy if there ever was one) are so dim they don't get the joke. They don't see the FSM as humour and criticism of religion, they see it as another religion competing with their own for money, power, and the asses of little children.
 
 K9  11 Nov 2009 03:32
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Nothing is more riddiculous than the the white haired bearded bloke in the clouds watching everyone
 
 Nicadeamus  11 Nov 2009 01:22
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 You've seen a white haired bearded bloke in the clouds watching everyone?

When ? Where ? Is he still there?

Oh, by the way did they FSM send his only plate of Spaghetti to die for your sins ? When did this happen? Has there been any documentation of the FSM that does not come from people who have seen the FSM?
by  Rodney
 11 Nov 2009 14:39
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I had to erase everything because I rushed. I just don't get it...

All right...
We can tell some things about the Creator(s).
He/it/them is/are super powerful, having created out of nothing.
He intended to create, obviously.
This means that there is a reason for existence.
To entertain the God? Unlikely. The God has created a universe of beauty and order, so it is likely for enjoyment, and not entertainment to mess with creatures and torment them, as some have thought, as if the God is evil.
There is the "problem of evil," which is easily explained by alleged revelatory texts, especially the Bible, which says that evil was not part of the original creation.
Evil came about because the most exalted creature, Adam, with free will, chose to do wrong. This came about later, of course.
Since it doesn't make sense that the Creator would make a world that had evil and death and decay to begin with, it makes sense that the blame is ours, for it is undeniable that we do evil and we alone. Animals don't, for they do not know what evil is.
So, the question is: Why does the Creator make a unique creature with free will and knowledge of good and evil, who would inevitably bring death to the whole creation?
The alleged revelatory scripture called the Bible says that it is because the Creator wants love from his special creation of man, and love can not come about without free will. This explains why the Creator allowed for death to enter the world. Because God wants to have beings like him who will love him and who will be loved by him.

So, why would the divine one be a bunch of spaghetti?
Why would the Creator be a food?
Well, why would a bunch of spaghetti with eyes make us the most exalted creature?

As stupid as FSM is, it is better than atheism, which denies ultimate Reason.
FSM is pro-Reason for the origin of the decay of nature.
Atheism is anti-Reason when it comes to the same.
So, the Atheists who bring up the Spaghetti monster are bringing up something more rational than their faith that's utterly stupid, showing that their faith is even stupider.

That's the way the meatball bounces!
 
 Stranger  16 Nov 2009 19:28
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 I wouldn't call atheism a faith, so much as a lack thereof.
by  RoboHippo
 20 Nov 2009 15:57
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I got a message from the Flying Spaghetti Monster last night. He speaks to me sometimes. He said I had to go around shooting people while shouting "Mamma Mia! Mamma Mia!". I'm collecting the ammunition and giving away all my stuff now.
 
 Moonstomp  11 Nov 2009 22:46
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 Posted on the wrong side.
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 11 Nov 2009 23:01
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Nah, I don't think God is high-carb, I've always believed he was more high-protein, or perhaps instead calorie free like a glass of water. Of course the Catholics disagree, they think he's tiny wafers of bread, which would indeed lend support to the high-carb theory. Maybe that's why they eat such little pieces of God - you know so they don't get fat from too much God?
 
 Grenache  11 Nov 2009 21:34
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The contents of that link mock claims made by young-Earth creationists and Intelligent Design proponents, not necessarily the idea of a god. If your intent is to use that link as a reference, your debate should be rephrased to say “The Flying Spaghetti Monster Makes About As Much Sense As Young-Earth Creationism Or Intelligent Design”.
 
 Hizashi  11 Nov 2009 01:26
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 Oh, it's in there. There's enough regarding the concept of a deity, and religion in general to justify this debate.
by  RoboHippo
 13 Nov 2009 08:36
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You are crazy
 
 planb5683  11 Nov 2009 01:10
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 in the nicest possible way
by  Nicadeamus
 11 Nov 2009 01:23
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