My Discussion on Intelligent Design

[Hokie]

I most limp noodlely believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster version of ID:

http://tinyurl.com/b8kl6

[GOPFighter]

1. Well, since I personally met and talked to...

...the Flying Spaghetti Monster in Wakarusa, Indiana, back in '89 (his holiness was getting his RV repaired), I have to say he (that's a genderless "he") made a good case for his creation story, but in the end my skepticism was not overcome. However, "he" did give me a great recipe for marinara sauce.

[LisaLynne]

2. You were hallucinating.

The fundies in Wakarusa would never let the Flying Spaghetti Monster buy property there. Trust me. Maybe in the suburbs of Indy, but not Wakarusa.

[GOPFighter]

3. He (and that's a genderless "he") was only there for a few days

while his RV was being repaired (he spent the nights in a Motel 6 in South Bend).

Admittedly we got a lot of hostile stares, me being from the "city" and he (that's a genderless "he") trying hard not to be mistaken for an Italian meal. Since I was raised nearby in a fundy church, I was able to keep the locals at bay by quoting Bible verses, and humming "We Shall Gather at the River" (all four verses).

Your skepticism of my story bespeaks a vast knowledge of Indiana religious geography.

[LisaLynne]

4. Oh, well, if you were in an RV, that changes everything.

You were in disguise, to a point.

Your skepticism of my story bespeaks a vast knowledge of Indiana religious geography.

Make that an UNFORTUNATE knowledge of Indiana religious geography. ;)

[onager]

5. Yes, and we Californians get blamed for...

...the Rev. Jim Jones, because he ended up there. Just like so much of our riff-raff and generally trashy people--the Reagans, Schwarzeneggar, etc.

But Jones got his start and had his biggest success in Indianapolis.

Then there's lovely Cincinnatti, which spawned Charles (F'ing) Keating and his Morality Police. Keating went to jail, just like his nemesis Larry Flynt. But his descendants are still there and doing interesting things like shutting down art exhibits and prosecuting parents for taking naked pictures of their toddlers.

[salvorhardin]

6. Was Elvis with him?

I'd think that if Elvis was going to travel to Indiana in an RV it wouldn't be with anyone else than a flying spaghetti monster. Ergo, Elvis must have been there else LisaLynne is correct. You were hallucinating. Or Elvis was hallucinating you, in which case maybe you wouldn't have seen him. It's a mystery!

[GOPFighter]

7. Elvis

I didn't mention Elvis because when you are in the presence of the flying spaghetti monster, he (and that's a genderless he) commands your complete attention. Then again, I may have been hallucinating. If I'm lucky the last 27 years have been a hallucination and Jimmy Carter is really the President.

[Jokerman]

8. A flying spaghetti monster impersonator?

You can't shake a stick in some parts of Indiana without hitting an Elvis impersonator. (Actually, in SOME parts of Indiana "shaking a stick" is considered a type of perverse sexual behavior and as such a violation of "god's law", but I digress.)

The demand for Elvis impersonators dropped significantly after they imploded the Market Square Elvis shrine so maybe some of them have become Flying Spaghetti Monster Impersonators.

BTW, I am a lifelong resident of the Hoser State so any sympathy is greatly appreciated.

[GOPFighter]

9. I sympathize

I grew up in northern Indiana. When I go back it's like traveling to a different country. Like the Amish, they want to live in a world without change. Unlike the Amish, they want to force the rest of the country to do the same.

[Brewman_Jax]

10. It was the Great Kitty Cat

who coughed us into existance, like coughing up hairballs.

I know, because the cat told me so. :P