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Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster
CNN Online ^ | 11/16/07 | Anonymous

Posted on 11/16/2007 11:54:15 AM PST by Non-Sequitur

When some of the world's leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They'll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop culture fame gets laughs but also raises serious questions about the essence of religion.

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TOPICS: Philosophy
KEYWORDS: antichristian; atheistsupremacists; bigotry; enjoythevoid; evangelicalatheists; pitythefools; psalm53; religion; religiousintolerance
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Pastafarians of the world, unite! Come and be embraced by his noodly appendage.
1 posted on 11/16/2007 11:54:16 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

Good grief, is that thing *still* around?!


2 posted on 11/16/2007 11:54:38 AM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud RUSH REPUBLICAN! WIN, FRED, WIN!!!)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Some people have way too much time on their hands.......

3 posted on 11/16/2007 11:56:08 AM PST by Red Badger ( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Is it related to Yoko Uggoth ~ that which screams without a voice?
4 posted on 11/16/2007 11:57:18 AM PST by MrEdd (Heck is the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aren't going.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
This is just fusilli.

5 posted on 11/16/2007 11:58:49 AM PST by I see my hands (_8(|)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Fool in Heaven: “Yes LORD, I understand that you created the Earth and everything that is in it, but, but, but you see I really didn’t mean it when I put my faith in a plate of Linguine.”


6 posted on 11/16/2007 11:59:19 AM PST by TexGuy
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To: MrEdd
Basically anti-Christian parody--here's a wiki on it.
7 posted on 11/16/2007 11:59:50 AM PST by pillut48 (CJ in TX --Soccer Mom and proud RUSH REPUBLICAN! WIN, FRED, WIN!!!)
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There is no one nastier than an atheist hipster.


8 posted on 11/16/2007 12:01:28 PM PST by Macrinus
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To: Non-Sequitur

May the Noodly Appendage be with you!!!


9 posted on 11/16/2007 12:01:40 PM PST by Lord_Baltar
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God will not be mocked. I can’t see the humor here.


10 posted on 11/16/2007 12:01:55 PM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ('Post Tenebras Lux '- It's not a breakfast cereal!)
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To: Non-Sequitur

Mmm spaghetti!


11 posted on 11/16/2007 12:02:36 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper (ETERNAL SHAME on the Treasonous and Immoral Democrats!)
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To: MrEdd

No, it’s is also not related to that which must not be named, or anything else written about roughly 100 years ago.


12 posted on 11/16/2007 12:02:39 PM PST by faloi
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To: Red Badger
Looks like something out of a nasty manga.
13 posted on 11/16/2007 12:03:37 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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Fool in Heaven: “Yes LORD, I understand that you created the Earth and everything that is in it, but, but, but you see I really didn’t mean it when I put my faith in a plate of Linguine.”

Yes, but OUR Paradise has a stripper factory and a beer volcano.

14 posted on 11/16/2007 12:04:12 PM PST by Non-Sequitur (Save Fredericksburg. Support CVBT.)
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this is what happens when colleges are subsidized by tax dollars. you just get lots of liberal silliness


15 posted on 11/16/2007 12:05:17 PM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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Pastafarians of the world, unite! Come and be embraced by his noodly appendage.

The message aside, the satire IS very funny, I gotta give them that.

16 posted on 11/16/2007 12:05:32 PM PST by Petronski (Willardcare abortions $50 each, $25 per twin. Ask for S&H Stamps!)
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17 posted on 11/16/2007 12:05:44 PM PST by uglybiker (relaxing in a luxuriant cloud of quality, aromatic, pre-owned tobacco essence)
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I wonder how many shriveled up old crones have been assualting the Admins to have this thread kacked....


18 posted on 11/16/2007 12:06:52 PM PST by Lord_Baltar
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To: Non-Sequitur

Actually, the funny part is that by invoking the FSM, the anti-Design crowd loses their argument: “Okay, so you admit that the universe is clearly designed, but are simply arguing about the Designers form?”


19 posted on 11/16/2007 12:07:56 PM PST by Buggman (http://www.hebrewroot.com)
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The whole FSM thing misses the point when Pastafarians insist that FSMism be taught alongside 'intelligent design.' FSM IS a type of intelligent design.
20 posted on 11/16/2007 12:08:02 PM PST by Sloth (Democrats and GOPers are to government what Jeffrey Dahmer and Michael Jackson are to babysitting)
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