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Pastafarian Wins Right To Wear Colander In License Photo
gregmon writes "An Austrian follower of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has finally won the right to don the religious headgear of his choosing (a spaghetti strainer) in his driving license photo. After a three year battle with the un-enlightened Austrian authorities, Niko Aim can now wear his colander in all official photos."
What makes that joke so funny is that it's only a tiny bit of an exaggeration. My grandmother, a Southern Baptist, told me once that my great aunt was always hounding her, telling her she was going to hell because she wore pants. It's amazing that so few people who profess to be Christians miss the whole point of their own religion, which is you are forgiven! The only catch is, you have to forgive others as well. IMO those who preach fire and brimstone are sadly misguided.
I'm pleased that more and more Christians are ignoring denominations. The church I attend is nondenominational and has become one of the biggest churches in Springfield (although the fact that the head preacher could have been a stand-up comedian surely has something to do with it).
I just woke up and am only on my second cup of coffee, so I first read rge headline as "Rastafarian" rather than "Pastafarian" (and I missed the "in Australia), and the first thing that came to mind was, if I'm supposed to have freedom of religion, why can't I smoke pot as a sacrament? I agree with the Rastafarians that pot is indeed a sacrament; it does bring the religious person closer to God. Why do I not have the right to adopt a native religion and eat peyote or psilocybin? Why weren't Catholics and many other Christians allowed to drink real wine during prohibition when they performed communion?
As to the pastafarians, at first I thought since this "religion" is an athiest joke on the religious it isn't a real religion, but then I thought of L. Ron Hubbard. If Scientology can be a religion, surely Pastafarianism can be, too.
Someone above mentioned gay marriage, I wonder why government has anything to do with marriage at all? Why should a single parent of one child pay more in taxes than a childless married couple who earn the same amount of income? Marriage itself is a religious rite, and government should stay the hell out. I shouldn't have to get a license to get married, and a judge shouldn't have the authority to marry anyone.
To those Christians who bash gays, I'll quote someone they should be acquainted with: "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone". You sin enough yourself to worry about anybody else's sins. Fellow Christians, please mind your own fucking business. If God wants an athiest to find him, the athiest will find him.
And you Jehova's Witnesses, GET OFF MY LAWN!
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I have distant relatives in Colorado Springs who are some nutty Christian sect. When my daughter was about 14 or 15 my wife and I drove her out West for a visit on our way to California (rte.66 from Chicago).
My daughter had her hair cut short at the time and was wearing shorts. Not crazy short-shorts, just regular shorts.
One of the first things they said to her is that she was endangering her eternal soul by wearing shorts. Then they asked her if she was a lesbian because she had short hair. Made my kid cry. My wife had to keep me from breaking furniture, and needless to say we don't have much truck with that branch of the family tree any more.
Are Christians required to be judgmental assholes?
You are welcome on my lawn.
Are Christians required to be judgmental assholes?
That was part of what I was speaking about. Christians, in fact, are prohibited from being judgemental assholes! To the judgemental part, "judge not, lest you be judged yourself." as to the asshole part, "treat others as you would want to be treated." I'm sure those "Christian" relatives of yours wouldn't want anybody treating them like that.
My former girlfriend was a bible thumper, once in anger I told her she should stop thumping it and read the damned thing once in a while. The trouble with most Christians is they don't read their bibles and completely ignore what Christ taught.
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