https://freethinker.co.uk/2022/12/religious-privilege-2-0-pastafarians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=religious-privilege-2-0-pastafarians The magazine of freethought, open enquiry and irreverence Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://freethinker.co.uk/2022/12/religious-privilege-2-0-pastafarians/#comment-94 Tue, 27 Dec 2022 21:09:17 +0000 https://freethinker.co.uk/?p=7741#comment-94 The weak spot of Pastafarianism, and simultaneously the strong one too, is that it cannot be mocked or insulted. Contrary to other religions Pastafarians will never be angry over cartoons, ridicule or critical comments. So there is no need to defend their social image. That means the state will feel no urge to defend them or to accord them the status of an official religion. Only real religions can be insulted, mocked or ridiculed. Which says a lot about the vulnerability of these believe systems. They are so intrinsically weak that the state juridical apparatus has to defend them.

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