Pastafarianism better than your religion.

His noodly appendage has certainly touched thee. First of all, I would like to take some time to say that I am very offended by some of the remarks against my religion. Pastafarianism is indeed a serious religion and its members become very offended when people of other religious backgrounds insult our religion. 1) My opponent says that "Pastafarianism is based off other religions. " This is a downright false claim and should be disregarded. With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshipers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents—mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs. [1] In fact, all of the scientific evidence found was placed here by the Flying Spaghetti Monster to test our faith. So, any other religion claiming to have books or stories of other gods or prophets is actually a fabrication of what the Flying Spaghetti Monster allows us to think and see. My opponent also states, "It's obvious that Pastafarianism is based off of Christianity, as shown by the The Random Number of Not Commandments. These commandments have a striking similarity to the Christian commandments. " The conclusion proposed by my opponent does not follow his premises. Yes, the "commandments" do share very similar views. The problem is that Pastafarianism is not based off of Christianity, but it is the other way around. The 10 Commandments passed down by "God" are based off the non-commandments that the all knowing and all wise Flying Spaghetti Monster created. Moses was given the two tablets by the Flying Spaghetti Monster (who appeared to him as a giant white man with a beard in the sky). Side note - there are many other religions that have similar views to Christianity, this does not mean they copied off Christianity either. A great example of this is the Egyptian Book of the Dead. This book was composed about 2000 years before the birth of Christ and contain very similar "commandments" to that of Christianity. My point is that Christianity is not the "original" or "true" religion. It is a compilation of other previous religious values and traditions, which were put in place by the Flying Spaghetti Monster to test our faith. 2) "Pastafarianism offends a lot of people. " This is true, but the point is moot. It is true that Bobby Henderson receives a lot of hate mail about this religion. To contest this point, I would just like to say that Pastafarians have never started a religious war, have never partaken in religious crusades, and certainly never kill anyone for any reason. I feel that because many other religions do in fact have a history of war and killing, it can be suggested that Pastafarianism is one of the more tame religions. A few people may be offended, sure, but more people have died in the name of "God" than in the name of "Flying Spaghetti Monster. " I would thus like to make a counter point, which is that Christianity (which is my opponents apparent religion) not only offends more people but has killed more people in its name. 3) "Pastafarianism does not encourage people to follow ethics. " First of I would like to say that ethics is a man made idea. Same with the sanctity of life and the death penalty. The reason why we have these values is because we are alive, we are living things, of course we are going to say that our lives have meaning and there is a sanctity of life. It gives us purpose and ethics is just an extension of that idea. We get to choose the living things that are sacred and thus deserve to live or die. Mosquitos and fly's can be killed because that are pests. Chickens and cows can be killed because we are hungry. Quails and deer can be killed, because its fun and we're hungry. Basically, we get to choose what we kill and what is right and wrong about ethics because we are the ones that made up the whole idea in the first place. [2] Second point is that Pastafarians hell and heaven seem better and more enjoyable than Christians Heaven and Hell. First off, Pastafarians are deathly afraid of STDs and especially strippers with STDs. Also, the sight of stale beer to a Pastafarian is worse than any feeling of eternal damnation and fire. This is a great reason for Pastafarians to treat others with respect so that they can partake in the sweet nectar of the beer volcano and comfortably enjoy the strip club without the worry of STD's. Your point is completely without valid reasoning. Lastly, the Flying Spaghetti Monster created science, so anything scientific is based on the actions of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and are so by his deed. Pastafarianism is scientific fact. Plain and simple. My religion is fun, funny, original, scientific fact, and the bases for all other religions and religious values. [1] . http://www.venganza.org... [2] George Carlin