The Flying Spaghetti Monster

This is my favorite religion, because unlike others, it exposes its arbitrary nature - on purpose.

All religions are arbitrary, lack evidence and make dangerous claims, but this one does it to mock religion.

Enjoy!  Here's the link just in case your browser does not support iFrames: http://vimeo.com/31543194

<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31543194?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/31543194">Spaghetti, Wenches & Metaphysics: Episode 1—The FSM</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user8922858">Matt Tillman</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>

Proving a Negative

Christians, as a whole, seem to believe that since scientists can not prove the nonexistence of God, then the only other option is that God must exist.  They try to shift the burden of proof from themselves to the rest of humanity.

There are two things going on here.

1. Nobody can prove that something does not exist.
2. The default conclusion is not that because something can not be proven that it must be true.  It is also not natural that just because someone believes in this mysterious, invisible, undetectable thing that their beliefs must therefore be respected.