I was planning a mildly amusing joke about “Pastaeidolia,” hoping that Phil would forgive me, after seeing this map of the Paris subway system (via Bioephemera).
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I mean, the resemblance is unmistakable, no?
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There’s no way that can simply be a coincidence.
But then I stumbled across the Flying Spaghetti Monster page at CreationWiki: The Encyclopedia of Creation Science. This is my new candidate for Funniest Page on the Internet. Marvel as they explain, with helpful charts and a compelling level of earnestness, why the FSM does not, in fact, deserve the same amount of respect as one should show to Creation Science.
| Flying Spaghetti Monster | Evolution | Intelligent Design | Creationism |
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| Intended as parody | Intended as science | Intended as science | Intended as a scientific model of intelligent design |
| Creator (the Flying Spaghetti Monster itself) assumed to exist and identified | Creator assumed not to exist | Creator (designer) inferred from the evidence but not identified | Creator assumed to exist and specifically identified |
| Evidence for evolution claimed to be planted by the creator | Evidence for evolution is not to be questioned | Evidence for evolution challenged with academic arguments | Evidence for evolution challenged with academic arguments |
| Creator makes things appear older than they are as a test of faith | Accepts uniformitarian ages | Generally accepts uniformitarian ages | Rejects uniformitarian ages as based on unprovable presuppositions |
| Has no genuine support in the scientific community | Has the support of the vast majority of scientists | Has the support of (at least) thousands of scientists | Has the support of (at least) thousands of scientists |
| Has no supporting evidence | Has supporting evidence that is highly contested | Has supporting evidence | Has supporting evidence |
Against professionals like that, we amateur humorists stand little chance.
Please see the real thing at http://www.venganza.org/
A script to randomize the columns would be nice…
When I want my crazy creationist nonsense I go to Conservapedia.
Just read their very short paragraph on volcanoes…
http://www.conservapedia.com/Post-Diluvian_Diasporas
http://creationwiki.org/Cosmic_chronology :
“Although these astrophysical measurements might be accurate we must understand that God created the universe in a manner that simply defies naturalistic explanation.”
EXACTLY, WHICH UNIVERSE IS THAT??
Although I supposedly just had lunch, I now have a hankering for spaghetti and meatballs with a rich marinara sauce and a nice cianti.