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Wounded King
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Message 49 of 112 (466740)
05-16-2008 6:16 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by helenavm
05-16-2008 4:16 PM


Some beliefs DO seem to ring more true than others. If this were not the case, why are there so many believers in God/Allah/Jehovah etc. and no long lasting and widespread cults to the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
To be fair to the Flying Spaghetti Monster (blessed be his noodliness) he has only had 3 years to build up a following since going public, despite rumours of underground Pastafarian cults over previous centuries. When you compare that to the ~2000 years for Jesus and considerably more for Jehovah I'd say the FSM isn't making a bad showing. I certainly don't see why longevity should be seen as proof of veracity.
TTFN,
WK

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