FSM’s religious scripture is written by people with a political agenda who stole liberally from previously existing religions. This is acknowledged by its own followers. Some say that this means it is not divinely inspired. But why not? If the presence of a political agenda excludes the possibility of divine revelation, does this not negate the holy literature of almost every other major religion?
I had another of my nightmares. This one was worse than usual.
It started in the kitchen in my house, where there were some dirty dishes on the counter. Someone was there with me (I don’t recall who exactly). I decided to put the dishes into the dishwasher. I went to put a glass into the top rack, and it turned out to be half full of water. So that water spilled missed the dishwasher, and went onto the floor. Augh!
It woke me up. Terrible!
In a forum today, a troll had a genuinely interesting question:
What if vegetables had feelings or felt pain? How would the vegans cope?
I know, huh? Makes you think. Of course they’d cope somehow, right? You can’t eat rocks.
But the answer to me was immediately obvious. Most people can’t imagine not eating meat. So the question can be stated just as easily like this:
What if the animals you ate felt pain. How would you cope?
Easy answer, right? You have options! You could lie to yourself about the pain they feel, in which case you’d probably enjoy reading books by other people who deny the pain of animals and watch TV pundits go on about how scientists lie about animal pain. Or maybe you genuinely wouldn’t care, because you’re just insensitive. If you’re strong, you might accept that a bit of suffering is necessary and that your survival is more important than the suffering of animals. Weaker people might not be able to face that suffering, so they would avoid thinking about it, and accept the Bible’s excuse that god put them here for our amusement, clinging to a convenient lie, while others face the problem and live with it.
Which brings me to my question for you:
What if you knew that you were going to die some day. How would you cope?
Would you face the problem and live with it, or would you cling to a convenient lie?
Be here 
now