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The Flying Spaghetti Monster

What an idiot. The one true religion is the cult of the Invisible Pink Hamster Orbiting Neptune (IPHON).

An excellent letter. I shall refer people to it often.

~~ Paul
 
Heehee. I just blogged about this today. And I ordered a t-shirt as well.

I have been touched by his noodly appendage.
 
I too, have been touched by his noodly appendage. And damn was it good.

I bought a t-shirt, but that led me to wonder why there are no t-shirts for tacoism. The greatest religion ever based on a comestible and yet, no t-shirts. Why is that? Too busy stuffing their faces with tacos perhaps?
 
I am thinking about getting one of the WWTFSMD bumper stickers. The round one. (Not a big fan of white t-shirts)
 
Cthulhu said:
I am thinking about getting one of the WWTFSMD bumper stickers. The round one. (Not a big fan of white t-shirts)
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That's the problem I have with cafepress. Apparently black t-shirts are on their way (though they've been saying that for a while).

I just about pissed my pants when I saw the pirate/global warming graph.
 
Full pirate regalia?

I take it that Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom have already been touched?

"Oh Great FSM, you have gained another convert!"

- Tim "Arrrrr" thy
 
Oh, sweet Marinara!

I have SEEN the Meatball, and it is holy!!!!!

Repent, ye sinners, for the Flying Spaghetti Monster truly loves you. And lest you follow the Way he hath left for you in the Holy Cookbook, you too will be cast to the deepest levels of MACARONI AND CHEESE!
 
Could Kansas just blow this off as falling under ID since they dont actually name the designer. What other theories could be intoruced into the classroom?

If I am not mistaken the ancient greek had the universe comming into existance before the gods uhhh I mean designer. Maybe we could call this emmaculate design.
 
In the latest draft of the Kansas Science Education Standards, whose final form will be voted on later this Fall:

(http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/Welcome.html and look under "Science Standards")

"Evolution is accepted by many scientists but questioned by some. The Board has heard credible scientific testimony that indeed there are significant debates about the key aspects of chemical and biological evolutionary theory. All scientific theories should be approached with an open mind, studied carefully, and critically considered."

While this allows for a Creationist foot in the door, it does allow those teachers with actual scientific training who follow the above to teach science the way it's supposed to be taught.

Now, to quell a popular misconception:

"We also emphasize that the Science Curriculum Standards do not include Intelligent Design, the scientific disagreement with the claim of many evolutionary biologists that the apparent design of living systems is an illusion ... these standards neither mandate nor prohibit teaching about this scientific disagreement."

This is both good and bad.

Good: ID is not (in this draft) mandated. Teachers who see it for the hooey it is can disregard it.

Bad: ID is allowed. Which is a complete disservice to science teachers everywhere. There is no science to be taught, only a handful of conjectures. ID belongs in a philosophy class, not a science one.

Badder: Teaches are allowed to pick and choose the "theories" they teach, and worse can disguise their own Creationist leanings as simply teaching ID.

Baddest: The language of the standard is highly skewed. "... the claim of many evolutionary biologists that the apparent design of living systems is an illusion." Sorry, but to whom is it apparent that living systems are designed? This part frightens me.

Goodest: FSM may be taught in Kansas. Woo Hoo!

- Timothy
 
Timothy said:
Badder: Teaches are allowed to pick and choose the "theories" they teach, and worse can disguise their own Creationist leanings as simply teaching ID.
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Super Badder: Teachers can put questions on test that require students to acknowledge the existance of the creator to get it correct.

Worse yet recent rulings show that the government can limit freedom of religion to the christian god.

http://www.nuvo.net/archive/2005/07/27/the_wrong_religion.html
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servle...TD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782159571

So If a student has to write a report for a creationist teacher he could possibly be failed for mentioning any myth outside genesis.
 
Timothy said:
["... the claim of many evolutionary biologists that the apparent design of living systems is an illusion." Sorry, but to whom is it apparent that living systems are designed? This part frightens me.

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I thinkyou are confusing two different uses of the word 'apparent'.
The statement indicates that living systems are apparently designed. (=having the appearance of)
It's NOT saying that it is apparent that living systems are designed. (=clear and obvious)

To answer the alternative questions as to who thinks that living systems are apparently designed, Richard Dawkins for one.

http://www.spiked-online.com/articles/0000000CAA03.htm
 
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This is actually from some Christian teen help book, I think it's meant to be inspirational. But I've been pissing my pants every time I look at it.
 
Lisa Simpson said:
I bought a t-shirt, but that led me to wonder why there are no t-shirts for tacoism. The greatest religion ever based on a comestible and yet, no t-shirts. Why is that? Too busy stuffing their faces with tacos perhaps?
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Is there a uniquely Tacoist creation myth?
 
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