THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER AND THE CREATION OF THE MULTIVERSE

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THE FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER AND THE CREATION OF THE MULTIVERSE

Dear readers, there are indeed volcanoes in Alaska . They were placed there by our matriarchial deity [n.b. those who say that the FSM is a "he" got it wrong] the Flying Spaghetti Monster who rains down parmesan cheese upon the faithful.

Once upon a time in a time that was not entirely so long ago as it turned out, some townsfolk in Dover Pennsylvania wanted their publicschool children to be taught about Intelligent Design . Other townsfolk didn't. A judge ruled that Intelligent Design is NOT science. Some churchfolk had already ruled that evolution is a thought-theory. The Devil had placed signs and wonders upon the earth-- such as fossils-- in order to confound the sinners and confuse the faithful. Now that the Dover judicial system has come out of the closet on the side of Darwinism, it has been rumored that-- should Dover Pennsylvania ever experience a natural disaster, supernatural help in the form of "Intelligent Design Master please get us out of this one" will not be forthcoming. It appears that both human and divine help were rather lacking when Katrina initially descended upon the poorer sections of New Orleans. Therefore, it is doubtful that anyone in Dover Pennsylvania perceives this as much of a threat.

The mythos of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was created by humanists -- a very naughty word, dear readers-- in response to the denial by the creationist emcampment that Intelligent Design is a back-door way to sneak the book of Genesis into public schools.

As for me and my house , the idea of the Flying Spaghetti Monster sounds rather cheesy. Cheesy is a fun word that means "right up my alley." Actually the alley is on the left of my humble abode but no matter.

The problem with freedom of expression is that some folks may use freedom of expression to say things that other folks may not like to hear . The christians blog about things I may not like. I blog about things they may object to. Yahell wipes all the blogs written by creative sexy women under the terms of their TOS agreement. TOS is a word that means ThrowOutStuff- as-per-the-whims-of-the-censors. Certain government agencies regularly inspect the communications of anyone judged to be not in favor of theocracies . Meanwhile, everyone has forgotten the back button.

So if everything that everyone objected to was not allowed to be communicated in a public forum, there would not be much left. That is the risk we take when we proclaim that we are on the side of freedom of expression and we want bloggers' rights . Some of our comrades will take the opportunity to get on electronic soapboxes that just are not popular.

So if it ain't popular , does that mean we get to riddle it with holes ? Or can we respect the rights of adults to think, say, and do things in the company of other adults that we ourselves have no interest in? Aye, there's the rub. What would Voltaire do?


~sapphoq