Sometimes I wonder if we as a people have just gone completely off our rockers. The more I look into these cults that are supposed to be for real, the more I wonder that very question.
I wonder as well, at what God thinks of his creation. Does he laugh at us. Or does he cry?
I became aware of one of those really crazy cults by going to: Flying Spaghetti Monster - Wikipedia and at first I thought there is no way this can be for real. But then I remember back several years ago when I found that there is actually a church called: The Church of Spongebobspants Squarepants ( BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Fans set up church of SpongeBob). That website is said to be more for entertainment I guess, but in reference with the FSM in my post today, it is with that thought I went on to read about the flying spaghetti monster with renewed wonder at the audacity of it.
What follows is some parts of that which you can find on the Wikipedia website above.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. According to adherents, Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other".[3] It has received some limited recognition as such.[4][5][6][7][8]
The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" was first described in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005 to protest the Kansas State Board of Education decision to permit teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes.[9] In the letter, Henderson demanded equal time in science classrooms for "Flying Spaghetti Monsterism", alongside intelligent design and evolution.[10] After Henderson published the letter on his website, the Flying Spaghetti Monster rapidly became an Internet phenomenon and a symbol of opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.[11]
Pastafarian tenets (generally satires of creationism) are presented on Henderson's Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website (where he is described as "prophet"), and are also elucidated in The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, written by Henderson in 2006, and in The Loose Canon, the Holy Book of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The central creation myth is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe after drinking heavily. Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians.[12] The FSM community congregates at Henderson's website to share ideas about the Flying Spaghetti Monster and crafts representing images of it.[3]
Because of its popularity and exposure, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used as a contemporary version of Russell's teapot—an argument that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon those who make unfalsifiable claims, not on those who reject them. Pastafarians have engaged in disputes with creationists, including in Polk County, Florida, where they played a role in dissuading the local school board from adopting new rules on teaching evolution.[13] Pastafarianism has received praise from the scientific community and criticism from proponents of intelligent design.
My notes: On down its creator Bobby Henderson makes this statement in his letter to the Kansas Board o Education:
"I don't have a problem with religion. What I have a problem with is religion posing as science. If there is a god and he's intelligent, then I would guess he has a sense of humor."[9][19]
My notes: I believe God has a sense of humor and at times even laughs at us. However, I wonder just how much of a sense of humor he has when it comes to this nonsense?
Additionally, I find the whole idea of this monster having created the universe after having been drinking heavily. Well, that may be true given there are so many crazies out there trying. to prove this stuff. However, I prefer to believe this is all nonsense created by our enemy the devil, to get this junk into the schools where teaching the truth is getting to be no longer allowed. And I don't think God is looking down on humanity with approval or with even a hint of humor in his eyes.
But then look at what this cult believes about in the afterlife.
Afterlife
The Pastafarian conception of Heaven includes a beer volcano and a stripper (or sometimes prostitute) factory.[38] The Pastafarian Hell is similar, except that the beer is stale and the strippers have sexually transmitted diseases.[40]
My notes: Oh yes, and they have their own holidays and consider Friday as their 'holy day' and offer prayers that day. They consume "large amounts of pasta on 'Pastover." And during "Ramadem," only Raman noodles are consumed. I wonder what punishment you get for committing those sins.
Well come on. Don't you find this a bit ridiculous. Or maybe like I do, absolutely crazy!
Of course, then there is Henderson's own version of the gospel called:
The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and it is said that this cult has thousands of followers in North American and European college campuses.
In August 2013 Eddie Castillo, a student at Texas Tech University, got approval to wear a pasta strainer on his head in his driver's license photo. He said, "You might think this is some sort of a gag or prank by a college student, but thousands, including myself, see it as a political and religious milestone for all atheists everywhere."[132]
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