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November 17, 2007January 15, 2019

Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Pastafarians

Religious scholars mull Flying Spaghetti Monster
by Justin Pope
November 16, 2007

(AP) — When some of the world’s leading religious scholars gather in San Diego this weekend, pasta will be on the intellectual menu. They’ll be talking about a satirical pseudo-deity called the Flying Spaghetti Monster, whose growing pop culture fame gets laughs but also raises serious questions about the essence of religion.

The appearance of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the agenda of the American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting gives a kind of scholarly imprimatur to a phenomenon that first emerged in 2005, during the debate in Kansas over whether intelligent design should be taught in public school sciences classes.

Supporters of intelligent design hold that the order and complexity of the universe is so great that science alone cannot explain it. The concept’s critics see it as faith masquerading as science. Continue reading “Flying Spaghetti Monster and the Pastafarians”

November 14, 2007January 15, 2019

In the Don’t Use Your Brains Department

Submitted by Peter Markus: An out of focus, wind blown blue piece of paper, lint or maybe even a feather dangling in front of security camera lens is declared a ghost by the locals and the media at this “haunted gas station. No arrests were made.

Parma, Ohio, November 11, 2007:

September 21, 2007January 15, 2019

God Responds

‘God’ apparently responds to lawsuit
by Nate Jenkins
Associated Press
September 21, 2007

Lincoln, Neb. — A legislator who filed a lawsuit against God has gotten something he might not have expected: a response. One of two court filings from “God” came Wednesday under otherworldly circumstances, according to John Friend, clerk of the Douglas County District Court in Omaha.
“This one miraculously appeared on the counter. It just all of a sudden was here – poof!” Friend said.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers of Omaha sued God last week, seeking a permanent injunction against the Almighty for making terroristic threats, inspiring fear and causing “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.”

Chambers, a self-proclaimed agnostic who often criticizes Christians, said his filing was triggered by a federal lawsuit he considers frivolous. He said he’s trying to makes the point that anybody can sue anybody.

Not so, says “God.” His response argues that the defendant is immune from some earthly laws and the court lacks jurisdiction. Continue reading “God Responds”

September 18, 2007January 15, 2019

God Sued. Response Awaited.

Editor’s Note: Perhaps a restraining order would be prudent…

Nebraska State Senator Sues God
by Nate Jenkins

Lincoln, Neb. (AP) — The defendant in a state senator’s lawsuit is accused of causing untold death and horror and threatening to cause more still. He can be sued in Douglas County, the legislator claims, because He’s everywhere.

State Sen. Ernie Chambers sued God last week. Angered by another lawsuit he considers frivolous, Chambers says he’s trying to make the point that anybody can file a lawsuit against anybody.

Chambers says in his lawsuit that God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents, inspired fear and caused “widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth’s inhabitants.” Continue reading “God Sued. Response Awaited.”

July 28, 2007January 15, 2019

Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour

A documentary by Max Blumenthal about the Christians United for Israel’s (CUFI) annual Washington-Israel Summit held on July 16, 2007. Founded by San Antonio-based megachurch pastor John Hagee, this year’s CUFI conference featured Senator Tom DeLay, Senator Joseph Lieberman, and other key Washington power-players. According to Blumenthal:

I have covered the Christian right intensely for over four years. During this time, I attended dozens of Christian right conferences, regularly monitored movement publications and radio shows, and interviewed scores of its key leaders. I have never witnessed any spectacle as politically extreme, outrageous, or bizarre as the one Christians United for Israel produced last week in Washington. See for yourself.

Rapture Ready: The Unauthorized Christians United for Israel Tour from huffpost and Vimeo.

Read more from Max Blumenthal here.
Videography by Thomas Shomaker
Thanks Toni Dalton