‘Strainer’ things have happened

[Goofyernmost]

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."--Albert Einstein

A great quote. Science and religion need not be polar opposites. I believe science gives us a view on how the universe works, but does not preclude the idea that there is a greater force at work.

As to this fellow wearing the strainer on his head to promote the the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster...um....

If he seriously believes the The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a serious "religion", he is far off base. Personally, I am willing to accept the "Pastafarian" movement as being a "light-hearted rib-poking" of those who push religious beliefs to such extremes as to try and legal force them on others. After all, the whole thing started as a response to those who were pushing to have "intelligent design" being taught in place of or along side the theory of evolution. As long as it isn't the wholesale mockery of those who hold a religious belief, that's alright. However, I'm not sure that is why this fellow decided to wear the colander. I fear that it is less about "religious freedom" and the so-called "freedom FROM religion".

He also could be, in medical terms... Nuts!

[YANXWIN]

Ding Ding Ding Ding!!!!! We have a winner.

[WEDFan]

I'm pretty sure no one in the Church of the FSM truly believes the tenets of their "religion," but they need to say they do in order to continue to use it as an argument against legislating to eneact other people's religios beliefs into laws that all must obey. I'm not sure that "light hearted rib poking" is really right, either, even though I have seen that description before. It seems to me that they are serious about opposing religious-based laws, but are using absudity as their primary weapon. In that light, wearing a colander is certainly absurd, and it garnered additional press attention. That doesn't seem like "nuts" to me. I'm not sure how effective it all is, but I'm pretty sure underneath it all they are serious.