tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post4128769191741953736..comments2023-10-09T04:11:47.358-07:00Comments on Not A Potted Plant: Cumberland County Bows To The InevitableBurt Likkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16060980744675990412noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-13068952444207150982008-03-24T14:23:00.000-07:002008-03-24T14:23:00.000-07:00"there is no supernatural force which directly int..."there is no supernatural force which directly interferes with human affairs."<BR/><BR/>thank you, karl smith, for that wonderful and noncontroversial statement of exactly what almost everyone *really* means when they call themselves atheists or agnostics. the perfect middle ground between dogmatic idiots of both religious and anti-religious types. and it really is what a 'parody religion' like FSM or Discordianism really represents for its 'faithful!'alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770910568858631132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-48995345286896963062008-03-23T17:27:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:27:00.000-07:00[Updated with fewer meaning-altering typos!]I thin...[Updated with fewer meaning-altering typos!]<BR/><BR/>I think there is a legitimate argument as well, beyond "sheer sophomoric awesomeness." I think for many, the FSM is a representation of their belief that, in fact, there is no supernatural force which directly interferes with human affairs. Just as the Old-White-Man-with-Beard-in-Flowing-Robe serves as a representation of "God" to many, the FSM, cheese be upon him, represents a contrary theological position. In sum, I believe there is a very solid logical, theological, and legal foundation that a representation of the FSM, cheese be upon him, deserves equal access with other religious iconography.Karl Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718050091013713562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-83698977180329401712008-03-23T17:26:00.000-07:002008-03-23T17:26:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Karl Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718050091013713562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-79367633913736193432008-03-23T13:42:00.000-07:002008-03-23T13:42:00.000-07:00This makes me happy in a way I can't quite express...This makes me happy in a way I can't quite express or explain.Michael Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217493579132625169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13589532.post-35839482031224230202008-03-23T09:41:00.000-07:002008-03-23T09:41:00.000-07:00Yeah I found this last night. HI-larious. And th...Yeah I found this last night. HI-larious. And there's something comforting about typing the words, "His Noodly Appendage"...<BR/><BR/>Too funny.Stew Magoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11444981095583374975noreply@blogger.com