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I was invited by a friend to a religious organisation, which shell remain nameless, for an event. At the end, I spoke to someone, who shell too remain nameless. I must clearly stress the nameless part, cause I received a phone call after I left, saying I must seek permission using pictures or the name of the organisation, go figure.
Anyway, basically, it's a one way street, I was bombarded with sentences dotted with "Yah exactly! Correct,...I know I know", "You are in a very dangerous stage...", "You go and study...", "I no need to prove to you", "No no you don't understand", "No, no, you see huh..."
Long story short, let me spare you the painful details, anyway I was issued a challenge before I left. Apparently, to not believe in a religion, I must study the religion thoroughly, just to make sure it's not true. Kind of like an insurance. Or else it is "very dangerous". So to make a start, I've decided to start with a simple one. The Church of the Flying Spaghtetti Monster.
You can see for yourself that this is a very far reaching and deep teaching, I'll probably take a long time to study it thoroughly. After this, I plan to study the invisible pink unicorn.
Anyway, basically, it's a one way street, I was bombarded with sentences dotted with "Yah exactly! Correct,...I know I know", "You are in a very dangerous stage...", "You go and study...", "I no need to prove to you", "No no you don't understand", "No, no, you see huh..."
Long story short, let me spare you the painful details, anyway I was issued a challenge before I left. Apparently, to not believe in a religion, I must study the religion thoroughly, just to make sure it's not true. Kind of like an insurance. Or else it is "very dangerous". So to make a start, I've decided to start with a simple one. The Church of the Flying Spaghtetti Monster.
"Some find that hard to believe, so it may be helpful to tell you a little more about our beliefs. We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. We tend to be very secretive, as many people claim our beliefs are not substantiated by observable evidence. What these people donÂt understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease."
You can see for yourself that this is a very far reaching and deep teaching, I'll probably take a long time to study it thoroughly. After this, I plan to study the invisible pink unicorn.
