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They performed their first marriage ceremony (Australia, I think) this past weekend.

Love their "The Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts" version of the commandments:
http://flyingspaghettimonster.wikia.com ... ou_Didn'ts


Oh, go ahead and get offended now.

Guitar Mike ... I had to look because of the Title. You certainly seem to have your fingers on the "pulse" of the ways of this world ... I have to admit. There will most certainly be those who may be offended but personally I find it all rather revealing, understandable and even predictable. I thank you for sharing it.

Athiests try so hard not to be religious that they become a religion instead?

"Atheists try so hard not to be religious that they become a religion instead?" ....... So right on.

"Love their "The Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts" version of the commandments:"

Really? They should be called the "eight standard atheist bitches" or "eight atheist whines" as they are professed at most every opportunity. I didn't see anything new in that list of old standbys that atheists haven't brought up before. Even a good many churches today have a "Believe whatever you wish to believe" attitude. The devil does have a sense of humor.

schmedidiah wrote:Athiests try so hard not to be religious that they become a religion instead?

not so much so, as atheists believe in no higher power or being that is to be worshipped.

noun re·li·gion \ri-ˈli-jən\

: the belief in a god or in a group of gods
: an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or a group of gods

personally, as an atheist i take no exception and i have ZERO problem w what anyone chooses to believe. just don't ram your views down my throat or the throats of others and we're good.

unlike the many christians who must spread "the word", i'm not threatened or bugged by anyone's views until they start pushing it on me and others. and that's exactly how 99% of the atheists i know feel about it.

i feel no need to convert you to my way of thinking.... but that's not the approach many "true believers". nope...only THEY have the answer.

but, i gotta give you guys credit...cos' you get to have the ultimate last word, and THE perfect walkoff....

"well, that's fine if you don't want to accept christ as your savior....but understand you WILL be burning in hell!!!"

"whoa, and for how long?"

"oh, that'd be for EEEEEEEEEETERNITY!"

but to be a true atheist, you first have to prove God does not exist?.. there is no way to prove that, so at best all atheists are only agnostic?..

Dayne Nobody IV wrote:but to be a true atheist, you first have to prove God does not exist?.. there is no way to prove that, so at best all atheists are only agnostic?..

where in the world did you get that nonsense, dayne?

i don't have to "prove" anything to "believe" something. same as you or anyone else that "believes" in god's existence.

belief...or "faith" does not require "proof".

and w/o 'proof'....i've never claimed to KNOW that god doesn't exist. but face it, there are plenty here who will tell you they KNOW he/she/it does based solely on their faith. and that's absolutely fine and dandy in my book. i have zero problem w that.

even The Amazing Randi has doubts about himself being a true atheist, he at least admits he can not prove God does not exist.. that's at least trying to be honest with himself..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5naMKpP7kI

and i have doubts about anyone...believer or atheist who claims to KNOW.

I knew for sure that some people would get all uppity anti-atheist about it!

Now go back to that link and substitute 'God' (or whatever name you use) wherever it says 'my' or 'My Noodly Goodness'. Still think it's 'atheist'? Then you're as blind as your faith makes you.

I think the flying spaghetti monster is delicious with meatballs and lots of garlic.

GuitarMikeB wrote:They performed their first marriage ceremony (Australia, I think) this past weekend.

Love their "The Eight I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts" version of the commandments:
http://flyingspaghettimonster.wikia.com ... ou_Didn'ts


Oh, go ahead and get offended now.

The Book of Jubilees narrates the genesis of angels on the first day of Creation and the story of how a group of fallen angels mated with mortal females, giving rise to a race of giants known as the Nephilim, and then to their descendants, the Elioud. The Ethiopian version states that the "angels" were in fact the disobedient offspring of Seth (Deqiqa Set), while the "mortal females" were daughters of Cain.[18] This is also the view held by Simeon bar Yochai, Clementine literature, Sextus Julius Africanus, Ephrem the Syrian, Augustine of Hippo, and John Chrysostom among many other early authorities. Their hybrid children, the Nephilim in existence during the time of Noah, were wiped out by the great flood. However, Jubilees also states that God granted ten percent of the disembodied spirits of the Nephilim to try to lead mankind astray after the flood.

Jubilees makes an incestuous reference regarding the son of Adam and Eve, Cain, and his wife. In chapter iv (1–12) (Cain and Abel), it mentions that Cain took his sister Awan to be his wife and Enoch was their child. It also mentions that Seth (another son of Adam and Eve) married his sister Azura.[19]

According to this book, Hebrew is the language of Heaven, and was originally spoken by all creatures in the Garden, animals and man; however, the animals lost their power of speech when Adam and Eve were expelled. Following the Deluge, the earth was apportioned into three divisions for the three sons of Noah, and his sixteen grandsons. After the destruction of the tower of Babel, their families were scattered to their respective allotments, and Hebrew was forgotten, until Abraham was taught it by the angels.

Jubilees also contains a few scattered allusions to the Messianic kingdom. Robert Henry Charles wrote in 1913: "This kingdom was to be ruled over by a Messiah sprung, not from Levi – that is, from the Maccabean family – as some of his contemporaries expected – but from Judah. This kingdom would be gradually realized on earth, and the transformation of physical nature would go hand in hand with the ethical transformation of man until there was a new heaven and a new earth. Thus, finally, all sin and pain would disappear and men would live to the age of 1,000 years in happiness and peace, and after death enjoy a blessed immortality in the spirit world."[3]

Jubilees insists (in Chapter 6) on a 364-day year made up of four quarters of 13 weeks each, rather than a year of 12 lunar months, which it says is off by 10 days per year. It also insists on a "Double Sabbath" each year being counted as only one day to arrive at this computation.

Jubilees 7:20–29 is possibly an early reference to the Noahide laws

i ate a monster sized portion of pasta last night. does that count?

full disclosure: technically it wasn't spaghetti, but in fact linguine. w fried calamari on top in a red sauce. that's what i was worshiping last night. pure heaven!