RE: Evidence that God exists
July 28, 2009 at 2:37 am
(This post was last modified: July 28, 2009 at 2:40 am by Anto Kennedy.)
(July 27, 2009 at 11:44 am)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: 1. Do you believe in the flying spaghetti monster?
3. If you do believe in the FSM, I'm all ears.
EvF
I've already said this before, I do believe in the FSM. Just as the other gods were created by man, so was the FSM.
The FSM is an Image, a metaphor, representing (or satirizing) the bizarre logic of myth. It exists in the mind, and since it's creation it has taken on a life and meaning of it's own, distinct from what it was created to be.
In fact the FSM bears a marked resemblance to the typhonic sea beast, which is usually employed to signify chaos, disorder and of course in the case of the FSM, the illogic (apparent to the atheist) of religion. Being a myth designed to satire myth, maybe it's a meta-myth, yet it is still myth, and still exist in the minds, consciously and more importantly, subconsciously, of all who have become aware of it.
Fig A.
And the FSM's historical counterpart; was this similarity intended? The threat from the deep, the chaotic one that will drown you in irrational religious bullshit.
Fig B.
Intelligent Design is going to get you! And the Catholic priest will rape you're babies!
Fig C.
By the way, a thumbs up for introducing the FSM into the arguement, very rational indeed.