# ID2: the Flying Spaghetti Monster

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 29, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124 "2005-08-29T17:22:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/1 "2005-08-29T17:22:33Z")

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Just read [this rip](http://www.venganza.org/) on Intelligent Design. I haven’t laughed so hard in some time. The replies and comments are … well, look for yourself and enjoy 🙂

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### Author: ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/2 "2005-08-29T17:39:20Z")

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I agree. The FSM proposal is sort of squishy, but the replies are superb:

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> One of the hardest things to do as a scientist is to put my personal beliefs aside when discussing matters of science. So as a professional, I have to say that both forms of Intelligent Design - ID and ID-FSM are equally valid and if intelligent design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory.

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### Author: ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/3 "2005-08-29T17:43:50Z")

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He’s [no match](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=331955) for Og, however.

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### Author: ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/4 "2005-08-29T19:00:25Z")

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[-url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=330353](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=330353)”]It’s been done.

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### Author: ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/5 "2005-08-29T19:27:17Z")

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This has been a cliche on Fark for awhile, and I still haven’t gotten sick of it. The “Touched By His Noodly Appendage” image is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

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### Author: ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [August 29, 2005, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id2-the-flying-spaghetti-monster/319124/6 "2005-08-29T23:05:15Z")

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> [@bouv](#):
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> [It’s been done.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=330353)

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Ah well, it’s just as good now as it was then.