# Og vs Flying Spaghetti Monster **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 29, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465 "2006-03-29T21:30:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/1 "2006-03-29T21:30:25Z")
Will the adherents of Pastafarianism > **[Flying Spaghetti Monster](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monsterism)** > > The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism, a parodic new religious movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion. The parody originated in opposition to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools in the United States. According to adherents, Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a "real, legitimate religion, as much as any other"; it has received some limited recognition as suc T... and us Og-lers end up with a Holy War? Wil Church of the Sub-Genius take sides? ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/2 "2006-03-29T23:32:53Z")
The spirit of the FSM lives in the heart of all right thinking people. The others are merely posers and satirical affectations. ---
**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/3 "2006-03-29T23:42:39Z")
Death to any follow of Og who converts to the false religion of the apostate pasta moster. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/4 "2006-03-30T00:08:36Z")
So…wouldn’t it be cool if God finally came to us in his true form and he did bear a striking resemblance to a [bunch of spaghetti](http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/index.html)? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/5 "2006-03-30T01:18:12Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] So…wouldn’t it be cool if God finally came to us in his true form and he did bear a striking resemblance to a [bunch of spaghetti](http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/index.html)? [/QUOTE] It would be so uncool if God turned out to be Cthulu. I think Og would “Smash” the FSM but only if he was prepared. Now the [IPU](http://www.invisiblepinkunicorn.com/) would handle Og easily, Og would never see Her coming and that Horn if very dangerous. I don’t think she would do well vs. the FSM however. What would the Horn do to Spaghetti, once she charged and struck the FSM would strangle her. Jim {I ran the simulation 100 times, Og beats FSM 69% of the time, IPU beats OG 88% of the time and FSM beats IPU 64% of the time\*} \* Please note I am full of crap, I ran no simulations ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/6 "2006-03-30T02:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=astro] The spirit of the FSM lives in the heart of all right thinking people. The others are merely posers and satirical affectations. [/QUOTE] And Chuck Norris. Chuck would win. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/7 "2006-03-30T03:47:55Z")
Og has great power, but generally only in his own domain (the SDMB-verse). Whereas the FSM made us _all_. _Our Father, who art in pesto Alfredo be thy name Thy kingdom come, Al dente done, on forks as it is on chopsticks Give us this plate with garlic bread be sure to give us napkins As we give napkins to those who impress us And lead me not to Olive Garden but delivery from Carraba’s. For thine is the garlic, the marinara and the oregano Forever and ever RAMEN_ ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/8 "2006-03-30T04:18:41Z")
[QUOTE=Inigo Montoya] So…wouldn’t it be cool if God finally came to us in his true form and he did bear a striking resemblance to a [bunch of spaghetti](http://www.cthulhu.org/cthulhu/index.html)? [/QUOTE] Yep. [![](http://www.vestaldesign.com/vestalblog/uploaded_images/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage-720112.jpg) ](http://www.vestaldesign.com/vestalblog/uploaded_images/Touched_by_His_Noodly_Appendage-720112.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/9 "2006-03-30T04:22:00Z")
Bah! Og, Flying Spaghetti Monsters… Godzilla could beat both of them up before he even got in his car to drive to Tokyo to level it for the day. Of course, even Godzilla knows not to displease the Great Green Arkleseizure, lest he bring about The Coming Of The Great White Handkerchief… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/10 "2006-03-30T04:26:07Z")
Og is the og of oggs. Og is the og of the FSM and the IPU. (Whatever happened to the IPU anyway?) Like Zeus among the olympians Og need nearly stretch his smashing hands and all the lesser comic deities will be smashed like a glass at a Jewish wedding. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/11 "2006-03-30T14:07:30Z")
[QUOTE=Larry Borgia] Og is the og of oggs. Og is the og of the FSM and the IPU. (Whatever happened to the IPU anyway?) Like Zeus among the olympians Og need nearly stretch his smashing hands and all the lesser comic deities will be smashed like a glass at a Jewish wedding. [/QUOTE] Poor IPU is already being forgotten for the trendy newcomer FSM. She was a rather nice diety, but she is already going the way of Hermes and Odin and Lugh. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/12 "2006-03-30T14:17:12Z")
All this FSM-vs-Og-vs-IPU stuff is bollocks. I believe in the One True Whatever, and that all of these pseudowhatevers are simply manifistations of Their Whatevery Whateverness. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/13 "2006-03-30T14:24:51Z")
Tch. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/14 "2006-03-30T15:49:52Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] Poor IPU is already being forgotten for the trendy newcomer FSM. She was a rather nice diety, but she is already going the way of Hermes and Odin and Lugh. Jim [/QUOTE] Anybody who’s read American Gods knows - this can’t end well. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/15 "2006-03-30T16:09:58Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingRamenMonster] Tch. [/QUOTE] And is it a coincidence that Stanisclw Lem was just in the news? Ijon Tichy indeed. ---
**Author:** ![mrklutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ebca7d/32.png) [@mrklutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrklutz)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/16 "2006-03-30T17:25:48Z")
Well, Og would smash the FSM, true. But really, what would that accomplish? Have you ever really smashed spaghetti? That’d just spread it around. I think after any initial conflict, the two would settle into a noodly, tomato-y, smashy, but relatively harmonious coexistence. Beautiful prayer, btw, **Amazon Floozy Goddess**. Truly inspiring. In fact, I think it’s inspiring me to go to lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/17 "2006-03-30T20:46:24Z")
[QUOTE=Unintentionally Blank] Anybody who’s read American Gods knows - this can’t end well. [/QUOTE] Exactly what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/18 "2006-03-30T21:14:24Z")
Ditto, ditto, ditto. I say we write it anyways. 😃 Set the stage! Out of the wings lumbers Og the Almighty, ready to smash, and in the opposite corner the Flying Spaghetti Monster floats with his noodly appendage… ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/19 "2006-03-31T00:32:07Z")
Thou shalt have no Og but Og. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2006, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465/20 "2006-03-31T03:23:59Z")
I’m deeply disappointed in the FSM needing delicate little eye stalks like some pansy-ass crustacean when it already has a pair of massive red glowering meatballs that could clearly serve as glowering, pitiless compound eyes around which spaghetti tentacles snap menacingly. Og takes no form comprehensible to puny mortal minds, but if He did, I suspect He would manifest Himself as an immense steaming mug of chocolate flavored Ovaltine. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/og-vs-flying-spaghetti-monster/350465.md?page=2)