YouTube – Doug Stanhope – Would you Believe.

Just got done watching this and I have to say Bill Maher is a bit full of himself, I’ll grant you that. Now let’s move on.

This movie is great, but a bit to much of “preaching to the choir” and not a very good movie to help convert your crazy friend who still believes in eating zombie flesh as the only way to escape burning alive for eternity. I mean seriously the best and most important thing in this film that we can actually use in real life to explain the insanity of religion, is the fact that 16% of Americans are non-religious. WOW. That gives hope if it weren’t for the fact that that same 16% happen to be the most apathetic, and/or least likely to start a crusade. Maybe I should start the 16% club, and rally the troops.

So my question. How do you convert/explain to people that Jesus, is a fairy tale, and that 99% 100% of the Bible, Koran, Torah, or otherwise, is make believe? When will sanity triumph over ignorance? Stories are nice, they can illustrate good ideas, and can provide direction, but they are just stories. Anyone have a good way they like to convince folks that living life is possible with out mysticism? I mean Scientology and Mormons do it themselves just by Tom Cruises actions alone, but the other 3 are hard nuts to crack.

When in India the land of 10000 gods, I was shocked to hear so many people say that being Hindu was not a religion, but a way of life/philosophy with lot’s of good stories. I like that. Good stories, some crazy people and a god for any occasion, all minus the “you believe me or burn in hell” mentality. Oh and less bombs.

For now I’ll go on supporting the FSM, and living a peaceful pastafarian lifestyle.

cheers, ryan

Related articles by Zemanta

• How can you know God is a FSM (venganza.org)
• In Defense Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster (andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com)
• Cults, Occults and Religions – Buddhism (codybateman.org)

I figure this might get me some hate mail, i hope. But it’s just such a great pic, and sentiment.