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Romans 1:21-23...and spaghetti carbonara.
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He has a colander on his head.
Why would anyone actually want to do that?
Tasteless at best. It's a mockery sure, but it's a mockery of the people who elected him in the first place.Pastafarian politician takes oath of office wearing colander on his head - NY Daily News
FSM Bless America... Thoughts?
Tasteless at best. It's a mockery sure, but it's a mockery of the people who elected him in the first place.
Sure, but a yarmulke doesn't call into question one's respect for the office one is being sworn into.Had he been wearing a yarmulke, nobody would've batted an eye.
Then again, according to the article, nobody did anyway. Score one for religious neutrality.
Pastafarian politician takes oath of office wearing colander on his head - NY Daily News
FSM Bless America... Thoughts?
You still don't get it. And after joining a forum dedicated to the man who's hanging on that 'instrument of torture and execution.As opposed to an instrument of torture and execution around his neck?
As opposed to an instrument of torture and execution around his neck?
Personally, I think this "Pastafarian", "Flying Spaghetti Monster" garbage is mean-spirited, adolescent childish nonsense in the extreme.
All it amounts to is a way for atheists to mock Christians and other people of faith for having that faith. Say what you will about people who have faith, at least that faith gives them some kind of a code, a moral guideline to live their lives by and govern their behavior. The best of the people of faith sincerely try to live their lives in a way that they believe is pleasing to God and hopefully in kindness and service to their fellow man.
Guys like this individual claiming that "Pastafarianism" is his religion have no religious code---they don't believe in a higher power; nothing about any of this has anything to do with worship of a deity or of service to humankind. All it amounts to is a sneering, sarcastic way of saying to religious people, "You believe in a bunch of stupid hogwash that doesn't exist, and it offends me; so I can do that, too: here, watch!"
I'd have more respect for people like this guy if they'd just drop all of the mockery and fake religion and come right out and say what they actually do believe in, whether anybody likes it or not. But no, instead we get a vaudeville show with the clown saying, "Look at me---aren't I funny and witty? Ha, ha, ha."
No, he's not funny. He's sophomoric, disrespectful, and certainly nobody that I would seriously vote for to put into any sort of public office; AFAIC, I wouldn't trust this guy with a job of shoveling up elephant dung at the zoo.
Sure, but a yarmulke doesn't call into question one's respect for the office one is being sworn into.
And we all know the FSM is political in nature.
Just goes to show he holds the office in contempt and mocks the religious constituents his office will serve.
He's a great example that atheism doesn't instill character.
You still don't get it. And after joining a forum dedicated to the man who's hanging on that 'instrument of torture and execution.
Because it's a jokeI don't see how a colander does, either.
Now, a clown outfit and a seltzer bottle, on the other hand, would've been disrespectful... not entirely inaccurate, but disrespectful.
Sure, but I was speaking of pastsfarianism(?) as a whole.What public declaration of faith by a political figure isn't political in nature?
If someone who was being sworn into an elected government office, was wearing one of these on the top of their head for the express purpose of mocking other religions or non religious ,I would think it was just as immature and tasteless.
Because it's a joke
Sure, but I was speaking of pastsfarianism(?) as a whole.
The point is not government or religion. The point is him taking his job seriously.You and I can say it's a joke and treat it as one, but the United States government does not, cannot, must not ever dismiss or devalue the religious beliefs of any of its citizens on the grounds that their beliefs "are a joke."
And that's the point.
So it's a religion that's heavily enmeshed in politics -- what, we've never seen this before?