FSM insulting or not?

[Chaigidel]

this is a poll for only the religious members of the site if any atheists vote it will skew my results.

now as a religious person are you insulted by the comparison of your chief article of faith to a "flying spaghetti monster"

if it is insulting please state why
if not please also state why

atheists are welcome to the discussion just please do not vote; it is to determine the percieved insult or non insult of the FSM analogy to the religious person.

[Wautd]

A good example to the negative proof fallacy.

(Being an atheist I havn't voted )

[Chaigidel]

thanks wautd and FSM could have many valid uses-- this all came from a discussion where I postulated the FSM was simply meant for insult; not really a tool of serious discussion

the main point against me is that I am not several hundred religious people that could be polled for opinion and my FSM arguement hinges on "people are insulted by this"-- more so than they would be by a comparison with Thor or Isis or something.

so just a fact finding poll for personal use really -- so please please atheists let your religious brothers vote on the poll~!

the one vote is mine because obviously I feel it is a tool of only ridicule and of little constructive value; obviously if I am unique in the perception of insult I will concede.

[HansDuet]

Flying spaghetti monster is about as plausible as "god"

[Holger Danske]

Flying spaghetti monster is about as plausible as "god"

More plausible actually! As you have concrete, solid, none bravo-sierra, scientific evidence of the existance of spaghetti and meat balls!

[Kiljan Arslan]

not really. I however prefer eris goddess of discord.

I find it overall acceptable mostly meant to show when religion goes to far.



I remember my latin teacher in high school a very active episcopalian had FSM stickers on a whole bunch of her stuff.

[Chaigidel]

well so far I stand corrected then ! --- but still dont you think FSM serves the same purpose as eris or thor? or the squirrel of discord of norse myth ( forget his name)-- and if it serves the same purpose yet all those others came out of cultures and society and FSM came out of a goal of ridicule.

[Kiljan Arslan]

Hey there are quite a few people who worship thor.


I think the FSM is meant to ridicule religion when its fallowers dose stupid like the event that inspired the creator, the Kansas School board deciding to remove all mentions of evolution.

BTW the insane head of the board when on a inspection of a school got all angry when she saw a FSM sticker on a door .

I personally like the FSM people all talking like pirates and such. DId anyone hear how they confronted the WBC people?

[Orko]

I find the FSM as rather funny.

[Chaigidel]

well as I said I stand fully corrected FSM is not insulting to anyone ! save me and only because of my particular beliefs.

since I base my knowing on science rather than faith my concept of god is insulted by ridiculous comparisons.

[Ummon]

FSM is more like dumb and childish rather than insulting.

[Chaigidel]

but dumb and childish is insulting when you are brought before god.

[Ummon]

Jesus who was rather tolerant himself, said: "Forgive them because they don't know what they're doing".

[Garrigan]

Why is it dumb and childish? Please explain why the FSM is not as believeable as any other major religion? Did the FSM fail to have a book written for them? Is that their major failing?

There are some pretty dumb religions that exists, which I'm sure even some of the theists here would find fairly laughable. Like the Cargo Cult.

[Ummon]

In a sense, some things are dumb and childish, exactly because many do not understand they are dumb and childish.

[Chief Astook]

i find fsm a rather good figurative comparison to god.

[Garrigan]

Thats a circular arguement, how does that prove anything? :S

[Ummon]

Thats a circular arguement, how does that prove anything? :S

It was supposed to be. Sometimes truth is a line: in science, for example. Moral truth can be a circle.

[Oswald von Wolkenstein]

The FSM is to entertain and console people who aren't crazy.
Crazy people always find something to find insulting, so I don't think it matters.

[Chaigidel]

if someone called you a diluded fool would you be insulted ? -- especially if science backed up all your positions?

I think so oswald.