It's pointing out how rediculous other religions are.

Yes, Christianity does help some people live happier lives. They also believe in absolute bullshit and have to follow all sorts of rules to be a "good" Christian. I've seen religion also screw up a lot of peoples lives.

The only religion I really know of that is purely helpful in living a better life is Buddhism. Now, I don't know everything about all religions, so this is merely my opinion and you're free to disagree with me. However, in Buddhism, you do not have to believe in a God, you do not have to submit to his Will. You don't have to worship prophets.

Religion might have some good elements but it also has some very, very bad ones. A LOT of wars have been over religion. A LOT of people have died in the name of religion. A LOT of people have killed in the name of religion. Is it really worth it?

I guess what I'm pretty much trying to say is that religion is the best example of the phrase "Ignorance is Bliss." Yeah, I could live my life believing in a God for absolutely no reason in the hopes that when I die I'll be a lot better off than I was in my life, that I'll be "reborn" into a happier life. As long as I do what the Church says I should do.

I'd rather not be ignorant and not be happy.

Well of course, Religion though has caused so many wars because of how long it has been around, the basis of religion has been around for as long as mankind can date back. Causing wars because of it is just human nature playing out it's course and using that as an excuse because they don't like somebody who is different.

You're killing each other fighting over whose imaginary friend has the bigger ethereal penis.

Over your groin. Fit the meatballs to just go over your testicles. Tight.

So what exactly does this flying spaghetti mean again?

Go read the Wikipedia article on it, it explains it pretty well.

Basically, it's a clever mockery of religion.

Oh, well then I'm not in favor of it :-/

It's no more absurd than the Christian religion.

If you say so.

The only difference is time and the number of "followers."

An invisible old dude I guess inspires people than an invisible mound of spaghetti.

I think that has something to do with the anthropic principle or something. God didn't create man in his image, man created God in their image.

I'm pretty sure Genesis said that God created Man in His image.

Troof!

http://scarletwords.com/wp/images/20...lcat_bible.jpg

Quoting myself for context for the below quotes (King James Bible):

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...:3;&version=9;

=-O uh oh.

I'm thinking I misunderstood what you said, with the Bible quotes, but I'm not sure. It could be interpreted both ways, depending on if you Believe or not:

If you're a believer, God created man in His image.

If you're not, you're more likely to think that man created God in their image so they could identify with him and feel special.

Is that what you were saying?

That is what I was saying, yes. As I believe "God" is a man-made idea, I believe man made "God" in their image, not the other way around.

Oh, well then I would agree with you. ^_^