Pastafarianism better than your religion.

To enter the vast amount of "beliefs" that our people have as Pastafarians would require many pages of information. I will try to include some of the more important materials that are pertinent to this debate. I only say "beliefs" because it is a loose and subjective term that hardly applies to Pastafarianism, although it is tossed around when describing our religion. We have suggestions and facts, not beliefs. To start, "I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him. " This belief is shared by all Pastafarians. It should not be mocked or denied at any time because that is blasphemous and will not be tolerated. "We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. We tend to be very secretive, as many people claim our beliefs are not substantiated by observable evidence. " "What these people don't understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease. " "You may be interested to know that global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of Pirates since the 1800s. For your interest, I have included a graph of the approximate number of pirates versus the average global temperature over the last 200 years. As you can see, there is a statistically significant inverse relationship between pirates and global temperature. " "I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world; One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence. " . http://www.venganza.org... These quotes came from the Open Letter to the Board of Kansas who decided to teach Intelligent Design along side of Evolution. Because Pastafarianism is based on science, we feel that it should be taught equally along side of ID and Evolution. "Furthermore, it is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. I cannot stress the importance of this enough. " Outside of these basic facts about our religion, here is a list of Suggestions that can be found in our Loose Canon book. . http://loose-canon.fsm-consortium.com... With all that said, may I remind my opponent that any evidence he compiles against my religion was placed here by the Flying Spaghetti Monster to test our faith and to have some fun. Our perceptions of reality are just an allowance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and are so at his wish and command.