Our God is More Fun than Your God!

Posted by: sponyak | July 8, 2010

Our God is More Fun than Your God!

Gods throughout history have been so serious, so dour… the equivalent of cosmic sourpusses. Yahweh, Allah, all those Dudes… they’re so easily offended!

Dionysus was a lot of fun, I suppose- as was Mbombo (AKA Bumba), the African god who vomited out the universe.

But no gods compare to the Flying Spaghetti Monster! It is unoffendable, unless one chooses to break atheism’s lone commandment:

DON’T BE AN A-HOLE.

Here is a tribute, courtesy of the Cleveland Freethinkers group. Incredibly, the omnipotent FSM makes an appearance in the video, long before It conceived of Itself! Now that IS a miracle.

Posted in atheists, cleveland freethinkers, freethinkers, intelligent design, religion | Tags: atheism, atheists, cleveland freethinkers, gods, religious dogma

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What the heck is wrong with you people?
By: JohnP on July 8, 2010
at 6:30 pm

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