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Reyginus:
Come on, are you not happy? These guys inspired a lot of persons and would still inspire more. You just can't hate on them. Pop Champagne or Palm Wine.

swaggzo:

.....FROM BIRTH.
LORD KNOWS HOW SMELLY THEY FATTY ASSS CAN BE MOST TIMES!

swaggzo:

I'M GAY.

DeepSight:
just as you know very well I am no Christian.

DeepSight:
Good point. However the sickness of creating a "church" of Flying spaghetti monsters for the purpose of jocularly mocking a church of an alleged human sacrifice for the atonement of sins - and incorporating same, does transcend all levels of sickness.

Reyginus:
That it's right because it's right?

Reyginus:
By now you should know I don't let people escape so easily. Tell me, why do you like it?

CoolUsername:
BLASPHEMY!!!

Lord FSM isn't intimidated by homosexuality, His Noodliness accepts all!

Reyginus:
Because it isn't wrong? What is this?

Reyginus:
Tell me why you think what they are doing is right?

johnydon22:
^^^ It is a religion, sick i agree but as sick as others

Reyginus:
Wiegraf why do you think they are doing the right thing?

ABC: Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster: 'Noodly knot' tied in religion's first legal wedding

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has held its first legally recognised marriage, with the offbeat movement hailing the New Zealand ceremony as a world-first milestone toward acceptance.

Church adherents call themselves pastafarians, wear colanders on their heads, revere pirates and believe the world was created by a deity made of spaghetti.

But while they have a love of pasta-based puns and celebrate holidays such as "Talk Like a Pirate Day", followers insist their religion is no joke.

New Zealand officials agreed, and gave Wellington-based pastafarian Karen Martyn the legal right to conduct marriages last month after ruling the church was based on genuine philosophical convictions.

Ms Martyn conducted her inaugural wedding as an ordained "ministeroni" on Saturday, when Toby Ricketts and Marianna Young became the first couple in the world to "tie the noodly knot" in a legally recognised ceremony.

"It's a formal recognition that we are a church and that's just great," Ms Martyn said ahead of the ceremony.

She said many more weddings were planned, including same-sex unions, which were legalised in New Zealand in 2013.

"I've had people from Russia, from Germany, from Denmark, from all over contacting me and wanting me to marry them in the church because of our non-discriminatory philosophy.

"We will marry any consenting legal adults who meet the legal requirement."

Church arose as protest against 'intelligent design' in schools

The wedding took place on a charter vessel decorated as a pirate ship at the South Island town of Akaroa, with guests dressed in costume.

Mr Ricketts, a filmmaker who discovered pastafarianism while making a documentary about religion, said he knew some people may not take the marriage seriously.

"That's kind of what attracted us to it," he said. "We were never planning to get married and have a conventional wedding, but this allowed us to do it in a way that we're comfortable … our families are 100 per cent behind us."

Pastafarianism first appeared in a 2005 open letter written by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas Board of Education in protest over its decision to teach intelligent design — a form of creationism promoted by Christian fundamentalists — in schools.

Mr Henderson, 36, a self-described "hammock enthusiast" and computer nerd from Oregon, is regarded as the prophet of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM).

He argued that believing a pasta god made the universe was no less valid than intelligent design as both theories had no scientific merit.

"New Zealand is one of the few places that has formally recognised us," he said.


But not all are happy with the decision, including Professor Peter Lineham, a religious history specialist at New Zealand's Massey University.

"I am not at all convinced there's a genuine statement of values (in the church)," he told Fairfax New Zealand when the original decision was handed down.

Ms Martyn disputes that view, saying a strong belief system underpinned FSM.

"We are anti-discrimination on any basis for any reason, and we truly believe there should be a complete separation of church and state," she said.

"We believe in challenging ourselves and other religions and challenging cultural superstitions … we're very serious about our beliefs."

In November American woman Lindsay Miller, who identifies as a member of FSM, won the right to wear a colander in her driver's licence photo.

But in December, the church's application for incorporation as a not-for-profit organisation was rejected by the South Australian commissioner for corporate affairs.

FSM is planning to launch an appeal to that decision in the District Court.

Key points:

NZ ruled in March that the church was based on genuine philosophical convictions
Wedding marks world's first legal marriage by a pastafarian ministeroni
FSM's prophet argues that believing a pasta god made the universe is no less valid than Christianity's intelligent design

Reyginus:
You think what they are doing is right?

Reyginus:
What happened?

Ayomikun37:
This is a question that has always bothered me ever since the advent of my atheism... Is the universe really all about the physical alone? Is it possible that everything can be explained through empirical and physical means? Is MIND a product of MATTER or is it the other way round? Which sounds more probable? How reasonable and credible is the materialistic position? What do you think of Robert Lanza's concept of Biocentric Universe which holds that [size=16]Consciousness "creates" the universe and not the other way round?[/size] How credible do you think this is? Does it contain any element of truth? WHAT DO YOU THINK?

Reyginus:
Come on, even when it's obvious I'm from Greece? My reputation should throw enough wine to last you nine lifetimes.

Reyginus:
I pledge my Allegiance to Poseidon and I Came with some Seamen.

Asatartanin:
Yes, I'm here. Non christian

sonOfLucifer:
Nice shirt though.

Image123:
Do you also doubt the flood? Answer the simple question plainly. i do not know about any planet krypton or its facts.

Image123:
Good to see you realize only kids believe in superman, and that old people believe the Bible.

Image123:
The only area giving you jerks is the educated part. When i refer to most educated, i was referring to the size or percentage, not necessarily to the height of education. i do not have statistics on educated people and their faiths. It is however common knowledge that universities, colleges and schools are littered with theists both as teachers and as students. in very day life, we meet successful people, CEOs, top level managers, Drs etc that are theists, whether christian or otherwise.

Image123:
It is with this COMMONSENSE that i repeat that most educated men believe in the Bible.

Image123:
Samson was a superhuman because he was UNCOMMONly empowered by God's Holy Spirit for the deliverance of Israel. He was a miracle, just like the dividing of the Red Sea, or the disappearance of kidney problem and HIV, to the glory of God. Superman is an entertainer, for children cartoons.

TheHarbinger:
You're somehow correct. The soul; the collection of the mind, will, emotions...


Your mind has a voice, it is the voice reading this words to you. The voice of your thoughts and imagination. The center of your creativity and genius.

The real you, the immaterial you, has a soul.

sonOfLucifer:
You tried go? Or you suck at that too.

TheHarbinger:
what do you think a soul is?

Reyginus:
I mean my idea of who is corrupt is not who stole more but whose actions and words are more immoral. Corruption is bigger than stealing.

PastorAIO:
Can you make another daft statement that is even stupider than this one? If you can I'll give you a prize.