Atheists are christians

[The Magic Pudding]

Triangles, they can do all manner of once considered impossible things.
I tried to keep 'em quiet but they wouldn't listen.

[statichaos]

Evil is cool. As are stockings.

Evil is boring at best, and annoying at worst.

Depends on what you call evil.  Some things that religions call evil are actually quite fun.

I agree.  However, I'm talking about what I call evil, not what religions call evil. 

[Amicale]

Evil is cool. As are stockings.

Evil is boring at best, and annoying at worst.

Depends on what you call evil.  Some things that religions call evil are actually quite fun.

From Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut.

*snip for brevity*

I love Vonnegut.   Thanks for sharing that one.

And yes, in my own life I've discovered that according to most religious people/religious belief systems, my very life itself is sinful, immoral, and evil in more ways than one. Yet, oddly, there are parts of it I wouldn't trade for the world. Parts I consider very fun. Downright precious to me, even. One of them is currently sitting slumped over sideways on the couch, napping with her barbie doll and my cat.

[statichaos]

And yes, in my own life I've discovered that according to most religious people/religious belief systems, my very life itself is sinful, immoral, and evil in more ways than one. Yet, oddly, there are parts of it I wouldn't trade for the world. Parts I consider very fun. Downright precious to me, even.

Same here.  Our concepts of good and evil exist only within the mind (even for those who follow a particular religious path, who are doing their best to interpret what they have learned from the texts and teachings), and the best that we can do is to follow them with reason, compassion, and common sense.  Mormons would consider my alcohol intake to be evil, and yet I only consider it to be so if it has a negative impact on others.  Catholics (at least those in the religious hierarchy, if not the laity)  consider my use of birth control to be evil, and yet I consider it to be a good considering that it allows intimacy between me and my wife without danger of conceiving a child that we couldn't possibly care for in our current financial circumstances.  Some consider my marijuana use to be evil, but it relieves symptoms that negatively affect my quality of life. 

As I don't have sacred scriptures to fall back on--though I do find some comfort and inspiration in passages from many of them--I have to take what I consider to be good and evil on a case by case basis.  I can't even lay claim to a consistent morality, only an intuitive insight tempered by what I see as reason and practicality.  I can say that it's seemed to work so far.

[xSilverPhinx]

Atheists are christians because both believe that forms are given to us. For christians, forms are given magically. For atheists forms are there all along - just like magic..

You've got it all wrong. All atheists, Christians, Muslims and everybody else are actually Flying Spaghetti Monsterists because everybody eats spaghetti. Spaghetti is magic because I say so with religious authority, thereofre I can basically twist the meaning of anything to suit anything I want it to.

[Sandra Craft]

You've got it all wrong. All atheists, Christians, Muslims and everybody else are actually Flying Spaghetti Monsterists because everybody eats spaghetti. Spaghetti is magic because I say so with religious authority, thereofre I can basically twist the meaning of anything to suit anything I want it to.

Works for me.  Ramen!

[xSilverPhinx]

You've got it all wrong. All atheists, Christians, Muslims and everybody else are actually Flying Spaghetti Monsterists because everybody eats spaghetti. Spaghetti is magic because I say so with religious authority, thereofre I can basically twist the meaning of anything to suit anything I want it to.

Works for me.  Ramen!

Doubtless all these kitchen utensils popping all over HAF have something to do with it. To the trained eye it would be quite obvious that we're all in fact closeted FSMists and not Christians. So there!

[Amicale]

You've got it all wrong. All atheists, Christians, Muslims and everybody else are actually Flying Spaghetti Monsterists because everybody eats spaghetti. Spaghetti is magic because I say so with religious authority, thereofre I can basically twist the meaning of anything to suit anything I want it to.

Works for me.  Ramen!

Doubtless all these kitchen utensils popping all over HAF have something to do with it. To the trained eye it would be quite obvious that we're all in fact closeted FSMists and not Christians. So there!

If I had to pick a religious outlook, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is indeed a tasty deity. Ceiling Cat is also purrrfect, in his own way. In the end, I think Frisbeeterianism has its advantages too -- it's the belief that when you die, your soul gets stuck up on a roof.

[xSilverPhinx]

Frisbeeterianism has its advantages too -- it's the belief that when you die, your soul gets stuck up on a roof.

LOL

And if it goes over your neighbours wall and gets stuck somewhere on his roof or lawn, it would make for a good Frisbeeterianism Good Samaritan story.

I almost feel inspired to write some Frisbee scripture. 

[Amicale]

Frisbeeterianism has its advantages too -- it's the belief that when you die, your soul gets stuck up on a roof.

LOL

And if it goes over your neighbours wall and gets stuck somewhere on his roof or lawn, it would make for a good Frisbeeterianism Good Samaritan story.

I almost feel inspired to write some Frisbee scripture.  

O Great and Mighty Frisbee in the sky
To you we throw our frisbees high
Please hear our cry, be not aloof
And guide our frisbees to the roof.
Wheeeee! (a good substitute for amen)

[The Magic Pudding]

Frisbeeterianism has its advantages too -- it's the belief that when you die, your soul gets stuck up on a roof.

LOL

And if it goes over your neighbours wall and gets stuck somewhere on his roof or lawn, it would make for a good Frisbeeterianism Good Samaritan story.

I almost feel inspired to write some Frisbee scripture. 

Hmmm interesting.
So the bull dog preventing you being recovered is obviously a suburban manifestation of the archetypal Cerberus.

[xSilverPhinx]

Hmmm interesting.
So the bull dog preventing you being recovered is obviously a suburban manifestation of the archetypal Cerberus.

Yes, though in my case it's three dogs than one three headed dog, that can act upon three different decisions at the same time, try beating that. 

Cerberus would be a push-over in a the Frisbee-worship ritual. 



http://www.flickr.com/photos/mturnau/5780994738/lightbox/

O Great and Mighty Frisbee in the sky
To you we throw our frisbees high
Please hear our cry, be not aloof
And guide our frisbees to the roof.
Wheeeee! (a good substitute for amen)

That's really good Wheeeee!

[pytheas]

all spaghetti are actually noodles
I know I will become chinese

[Hector Valdez]

I like Rice pasta, meself. Unfortunately, the rice is to the FSM what Satan is to the Christ. An ANTI-PASTA...

[DeterminedJuliet]

O Great and Mighty Frisbee in the sky
To you we throw our frisbees high
Please hear our cry, be not aloof
And guide our frisbees to the roof.
Wheeeee! (a good substitute for amen)

This is the best thing ever.