Pastafarian

Confirmation bias (also called confirmatory bias or myside bias) is a tendency of people to favor information that confirms their beliefs or hypotheses. People display this bias when they gather or remember information selectively, or when they interpret it in a biased way. The effect is stronger for emotionally charged issues and for deeply entrenched beliefs. For example, in reading about gun control, people usually prefer sources that affirm their existing attitudes. They also tend to interpret ambiguous evidence as supporting their existing position. Biased search, interpretation and memory have been invoked to explain attitude polarization (when a disagreement becomes more extreme even though the different parties are exposed to the same evidence), belief perseverance (when beliefs persist after the evidence for them is shown to be false), the irrational primacy effect (a greater reliance on information encountered early in a series) and illusory correlation (when people falsely perceive an association between two events or situations).

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What are your thoughts? Think it may be a tad plausible that you have done with with your beliefs?

Doesn't that seem a little silly? That's like a predestination for humans to fight one-another.

And why don't I have this telepathic power to talk to imaginary friends? Am I insane? Or are they insane?

Jesus, Jesus, could you tell me what the problem is

With the world and all the people in it?

Because I’ve been hearing stories about the end of the world

But I’m in love with a girl and I don’t wanna leave her

And the television screams such hideous things

They’re talking about the war on the radio

They say the whole thing’s gonna blow

And we will all be left alone

No we’ll be dead and we won’t know what hit us

Jesus, Jesus, if you’re up there won’t you hear me

‘Cause I’ve been wondering if you’re listening for quite a while

And Jesus, Jesus, it’s such a pretty place we live in

And I know we fuc*ed it up, please be kind

Don’t let us go out like the dinosaurs

Or blown to bits in a third world war

There are a hundred different things I’d still like to do

I’d like to climb to the top of the Eiffel Tower

Look up from the ground at a meteor shower

And maybe even raise a family

Jesus, Jesus, there are those that say they love you

But they have treated me so d*mn mean

And I know you said ‘forgive them for they know not what they do’

But sometimes I think they do

And I think about you

If all the heathens burn in hell, do all their children burn as well?

What about the Muslims and the gays and the unwed mothers?

What about me and all my friends?

Are we all sinners if we sin?

Does it even matter in the end if we’re unhappy?

Jesus, Jesus, I’m still looking for answers

Though I know that I won’t find them here tonight

But Jesus, Jesus, could you call me if you have the time?

And maybe we could meet for coffee and work it out

And maybe then I’ll understand what it’s all about

She swears 100% she is a virgin, her family is Christian and she's always lived by the Bible. I think she's been chosen by God to carry his son!!

Wait, you don't believe me?? WHYYYYYYY????

God creates man>Man Sins (Sin was also created by God, we didn't create ourselves did we?)>Optional saving from God's "son" Jesus.

How does this make sense? God would know what man would do prior to our creation. God knew that Jesus would be resurrected, so Jesus never died. Therefore, this seems like a crummy family business that just uses the stupidity of others to keep buying a product they don't need.

Is it a product of laziness, in your opinion?

Let's take a poll.

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Thanks!

"And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and with all their soul, but that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman."

2 Chronicles 15: 12-13

The typical theist response to atheist formula:

1. Initial answer. (Usually not based on factual evidence)

2. What the Bible says about the topic. (AKA How to be a good person for dummies)

3. Explanation of why the particular question or statement goes against what their church has taught them. Usually stating how wrong you are and how you'll end up going to 'hell' for being such a terrible person.

4. Biblical scripture taken out of context that supports their individual opinion of the initial question.

(Optional: Sources: Usually the Bible or Jesus himself, or the really great answers come from pastors.)

I ask because many Christians dislike the idea of both groups IMO, which is the lesser 'evil'?

Also, why is all this thanking of god happening when people pass tests, get a job, survive a car crash, eat a meal, before a sporting event...etc.

Come on people, do you think a good 'god' would really answer your self-centered prayers before he takes care of all the bigger stuff that happens?

There are one-million new cases of skin cancer every year in the US...so what gives?

Since metaphorically that would mean he lost faith in himself?

Like they personally have the magical powers to call upon the almighty magical skyman to remove the 'demons' from you to relieve your sickness?

Hilarious.

FSM can save your soul and all you non-believers are going to ruin the world!!

Let his noodly appendages into your heart.

rAmen

He has blessed my soul, He has saved my soul. Thank you Flying Spaghetti Monster for being so merciful and just. Pastafarianism has saved me!

“Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones.”

― Marcus Aurelius

Would a vow of silence appease you? Or would the silent treatment be worse than the criticism?