Man’s Faith Completely Undone Due to Flying Spaghetti Monster Argument
For the auspicious 555th Pastafarian Post on DU:
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/chorusinthechaos/mans-faith-completely-undone-due-to-flying-spaghetti-monster-argument/
Mans Faith Completely Undone Due to Flying Spaghetti Monster Argument
LANCASTER, MICH. Apologetics author and speaker Daniel Lee Riley has recently abandoned his faith and 29 year-old ministry altogether due to a relentless and incredibly convincing argument from an atheist regarding the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
The conversation started quite like any other, said Riley. We talked at great length regarding the metaphysical reality of person-hood, moved to providing the Ontological proof of existence for God, and then even started speaking about the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He, of course, brought out the already well-refuted points regarding Horace, Mithra, and Osiris, drawing out their origins and similar stories later in life where they essentially mirrored Christs life and ministry only to have historical and archaeological reality brought to bear.
Riley further explained, Then I moved on to showing how the historicity of the supposed scholar was in question because nearly everyone in their field rejected their analysis because these claims were not just historically inaccurate, but altogether unfounded, and all of a sudden he blindsided me with the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I have never, ever, ever in my life encountered philosophical genius of this caliber
It left me completely undone. I mean, it was right there, in front of me the whole time. Every Friday my mom made us spaghetti and meatballs
and we prayed over the meal without even seeing the irony.