Is the belief in God the same as a belief in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Invisible Pink unicorns, or Satna Claus?

I have typed about this topic on a couple of my blogs before. But I decided to dedicate a entire blog to this issue. The main answer I plan on giving is of course, no! I will propose a few answers to this.


First, comparing God, a being that is transcendent of time, space and matter to Santa Claus, invisible pink unicorns or The Flying Spaghetti monster is silly! It's silly for the reason I just said at the beginning of this sentence. God is an eternal, immaterial, omnipresent being. It's perfectly reasonable to argue that this being created the universe. It's perfectly reasonable to argue that this being is the best explainable for why everything exists rather than nothing. God can be the best answer for these things. Yet comparing that, to something like Santa Claus, invisible pink unicorns, or the Flying Spaghetti monster is completely absurd! Why, there are some major philosophical problems when trying to compare these things to God. Besides, if the Flying Spaghetti monster did have the characteristics of God, then the Flying Spaghetti monster would be God. It would only just be called something different.

I think this is the first mistake the Atheist or skeptic could make when trying to argue for this statement. It is a mistake because it assumes so much. You simply can't belittle what God really is, and compare it to something you please.

I want to know though. Are there good reasons to believe in the Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns or even Santa Claus? People, when mature and grown up don't hold these beliefs obviously for good reasons. It's simply silly to believe in such things. Now, I know some would like to think it's just as silly to believe in God, but think about it. People don't hold these beliefs for good reasons. But why isn't this the case for God? People have good reasons to believe in God. Personal experiences, philosophical reasons, theological reasons and maybe even scientific reasons. But are there philosophical, scientific, or theological reasons to believe in The Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns or Santa Claus? I certainly hope you all can see how the belief in God has more to offer. It certainly has more weight, if you will.

I also want to know. Are there arguments for the existence of The Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns, or Santa Claus? There are for God. Whether you think these arguments fail or that these arguments are bad, is not the point. At least there are arguments offered for the existence of God. This is something that is at least debatable. But none of this, is the case for the Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns or Santa Claus.

Does the Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns or Santa Claus have a holy book or text? Does this text contain fulfilled prophecies? Is this text based on truth with true stories and true events? Again, whether you think what the Bible has to offer is good enough is not the issue. At least we can clearly see it has something to offer over the Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns or Santa Claus!

People can just make up anything in there mind. Any creature or deity. But this doesn't have to be so for God. This argument fails because it assumes God is just made up, like Santa Claus, etc. But of course this is something you can't be too sure of. The belief in the Judeo-Christian God is a very historical belief too. And most importantly, it based on truth. The Jews were not a myth making people. They deeply believed that the events in the Bible did come from God. But of course, yet again, The Flying Spaghetti monster, invisible pink unicorns and Santa Claus doesn't even come close to this.

Lastly, here is something interesting to think about when it comes to Santa Claus. Did you guys know that almost every big fairy tale, has a true origin? Santa Claus comes from a real man named St. Nicholas who used to ride into towns giving gifts to children. The person Christians worship was a real historical man who claimed to be God and proved it by rising from the dead. All of this is rooted in history, and is based on truth. Plus, there is actually evidence AGAINST the existence of Santa Claus. None of this is a problem for Christianity.

While I am ranting on about this. I figure I would install a final paragraph to this blog. Usually Atheists will try to make it seem like the belief in God is childish, like the belief in Santa Claus. Aside from all the good reasons to believe in God and not to believe in Santa Claus, people usually stop believing in Santa Claus before the age of 18. But did you know a lot of people start believing in God after the age of 18?

Conclusion: This argument is quite silly indeed. There are plenty of good reasons to believe in God over The Flying Spaghetti Monster, invisible pink unicorns or Santa Claus.