
C'mon people! Are we so threatened by the Flying Spaghetti Monster that we'd harass and verbally attack scholars who are real people and not some faceless, amorphous enemy? They only want to study FSM's implications in the broader context of popular culture and religion. But apparently there are a lot of dunderheads who can't quite wrap their brains around that fact. It was a religion conference not a sci-fi convention for goodness sake -- oh, wait. If the panel discussion had been at a sci-fi convention I probably wouldn't be blogging about this right now because no one would care.
I guess the throngs of hate-filled, anti-anything-but-my-faith folks are in a lull while waiting for the next same-sex union amendment to come down the pike. Sorry, getting down from my self-righteous soapbox, now.
Took the photo from the CNN piece
3 comments:
What a bunch of crap. Everybody knows the Flying Spaghetti Monster is just a minion of Cthulhu.
is this a joke?
whats next, the swimming hamburger monster?
these people should know not to offend peoples religions
Well, I think the point of the FSM is that creationism, while being an important part of many faithways, should not be touted as scientific fact (as in the case of Intelligent Design). The separation between church and state guarantees that parents will be given the opportunity to express their own beliefs to their children in the home environment. There are many people who disagree with that opinion and I do not dispute their own beliefs. And that is what makes America a great country.
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