In a surprising twist to absolutely no one, a lot of people don't like when their deep-seeded beliefs are openly mocked, and few more explicitly exemplify this than those whose religions are made farce by parody religions.
Once again, I'll be focusing on Pastafarianism, though this time it's simply because they make it too easy for me. Some of the hate-mail that is sent to Mr. Bobby Henderson (founder) is published on their official website (linked below). A certain Kevin B was quoted saying "Please do not delude yourself that people of real faith are not interesting themselves in where you and the other FSM assholes live, and where your loved ones attend school or work or etcetera. I'm not making any threats of any kind, as I am a non-violent Christian. However, all of the people with my beliefs are not so willing to tolerate your silliness. My advice is to shut down this pathetic folly before people far less tolerant of your mockery of their spirituality take an active interest in your membership on a very personal level." Kevin clearly states that he isn't making a threat, that this is an advisory, but that is doubtful at best considering his first sentence. An advisory says "Be careful because you're in danger," while a threat states "You're in danger, bub, so you'd best tread lightly. In fact, don't move at all," and this letter falls firmly in the field of the latter. To be fair, Mr. Henderson did take this opportunity to simultaneously mock Kevin B and be the bigger man by making the statement that this threat isn't subtle and that he should have left an anonymous note, even going so far as to grade Kevin B's letter at a C, but meanwhile stating that he should be given the benefit of the doubt, that maybe he's just had a day of it, and that he just needs the noodly love of the FSM. As someone who delights in getting a rise out of people, I can confidently state that such is exactly what Mr. Henderson is seeking in his response. It would be repetitive to quote all the other hate-mail Mr. Henderson has received and posted, because they almost all go along the same lines. Some are more in-depth or misinterpret principles of quantum physics, but they're pretty much all the same. No other parody religion has picked up as much steam as Pastafarianism, nor has any made their hate-mail as public, but it is a reasonable assumption that all or most of them have had similar or equal backlash as Pastafarianism. https://www.spaghettimonster.org/category/hate-mail/
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Adam J Burgert
3/1/2021 06:05:22 am
I really like this topic and there is probably some very good information about this subject. I like that you focus on the religions that are not well known. Good job, I look forward to reading more.
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McKenna Unger
3/14/2021 08:08:20 pm
Hi Kian! I find this topic very interesting. I really liked that you are pointing out things many people don't seem to think about very often. Good topic Kian, I look forward to learning more.
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