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Today I am amazed at how little it takes for civilized behavior to break down into chaos and anarchy. It makes me wonder what it would have been like if all of those Y2K predictions had actually happened.Also I feel depressed. Its been a long time since I felt this way so it pretty much sucks.
Here's something stupid but kind of funny that hopefully anyone religious who reads this won't be offended by. If you read the FAQ you'll see the guy isn't against religion or even teaching 'intelligent creationism' in school, just not in science class.Kind of funny to me just because, although it is an exaggeration, its a good way to show religious people how atheists view religion. If you truly don't believe in god, a lot of religious beliefs sound equally outlandish.
A: ...So last night I had the start of what I imagine would have been a really hot sex dream...
posted by Evil Genius @ 3:12 PM
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heh, nice blog, I like the CPO robot that runs on Linux...
this morning i was dreaming about remembering to think of a dream to tell you about so you could draw, but during this mornings dream i was remembering other dreams, thinking up new ones, and evaluating all of them! wack!
All praise "HIM" the flying spaghetti monster! AARRGGHH!!! Hahaha!
I think you missed the point of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism. It is not making fun of religion. It is just saying that if you want to teach ideas that are not supported by science in science class, then why stop at just one? People like Bush are justifying teaching intelligent design in bio class because "people should hear different ideas". Where, if you're going to include ideas that aren't supported by scientific proof, then there are a lot of ideas to include...
After the original letter to the Kansas school board was posted, people ran with the joke and started doing stuff just to be funny that no longer related to the issue of intelligent design, and I can see how that could be offensive. But it's a shame that the jokes are distracting from the original point. If you teach Intelligent Design, then why not teach Flying Spaghetti Monsterism? The thing about religion is that it can't be proved, it's a matter of faith, so people can believe in any old crazy thing -- and they do, there are all sorts of wacky beliefs out there.
While philosophy of science is fascinating stuff, and there are parallels you can draw to religion, there's also a huge difference. And this difference between science and philosophy is why science works. To be science, your idea has to be testable. You have to be able to make predictions that distinguish your idea from others, and then see if those predictions are right. This is something that evolution has done millions of times over, so powerfully that it is a fundamental part of our understanding of every aspect of biology, from curing disease to maintaining ecosystems. Intelligent design, like the Yoruba belief that the universe was created by a five-toed chicken, or Flying Spaghetti monsterism, has made no successful predictions, and if given a place in science class, it should receive equal weight with these other equally unscientific philosophies.
I think this was the original point, the rest of the humor aside.
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