God, FSM, and IPU
don't you think a lot of people in the world are believing in absurd thing like God, the creator of the universe?they have their absurd argument to prove that God (what i mean by God with capital G is the creator God, as in Abrahamic religion) exists.
example for my childhood: "look at the trees, the animals, the world. those are the proof that God exists." being a little child i am, i believed that.
but now, i question all those concepts. i began doing so in my univ year. having access to the net and buddhism books. originally, i picked up buddhism thinking that it's like what my parents do, praying to the buddha and chinese gods. i just wanted to know, who are those gods, why do we pray to them, and how to pray to them. i didn't know anything about it.
but i was so surprised at what buddhism teach. i thought it is a praying to gods religion, just like other religions i know. hell, it's totally different. the basic concept and all are just so different. and it works like science. experience it and prove it, then you'll know. this is the closest to the ideal religion for me. closest, because i still have my doubt on buddhism. doubt is good though. "Dubium sapientiae initium", that's according to Descartes.
back to the topic.
why do many people still believe in this absurd things? it is as absurd as the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) and Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU).
let's see, according to FSM belief:
"An invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe, starting with a mountain, trees and a midgid." essentially the same as 7 days universe creation thing.
"All evidence pointing toward evolution was intentionally planted by the Flying Spaghetti Monster." for those who don't believe in evolution. btw, this argument is really used by the intelligent design supporter.
"Pastafarian heaven includes at least one beer volcano and one stripper factory." yeah, the heaven of all men. if those "holy" books were written in this age, that's more or less how heaven will be described. i want beautiful babes in heaven too.
and according to IPU, whose goddess is paradoxically both invisible and pink (hahaha..):
"Invisible Pink Unicorns are beings of great spiritual power. We know this because they are capable of being invisible and pink at the same time. Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them." --Steve Eley
direct quote from Wikipedia:
"It is common when discussing the Invisible Pink Unicorn to point out that because she is invisible, no one can prove she does not exist. This is a parody of similar theistic claims about God, i.e. that because God is omnipresent, inability to detect him does not reduce his believability. The IPU serves as a parodic demonstration that utilising a lack of evidence as proof of a deity's nature is ultimately absurd; that by this logic the IPU is just as credible as God."
and how about the $1,000,000 challenge from BoingBoing.net: "We are willing to pay any individual $1,000,000 if they can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster." prove that if you can.
so, after all of these, do you still think the same? do you think you belief is as absurd as these 2 parody religions? think about it, carefully...
if you think it is absurd, welcome to a new world. a world of self discovery.
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