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They do affect you. They affect everyone.

I find this a hilarious demonstration of the absurdity of religions and always viewed it as a deeply satirical movement. Kind of like when Sacha Baron Cohen stirs up a hornets' nest while never leaving character. But sometimes it is almost too convincing, therefore my question: how serious are you (or the other pastafarians in that documentary), really?

At one of the-topier western University i've been taught early on, not to bother with Chinese publications since they most often are irreplicable. What's your take on that? On the other hand, i've once witnessed how the results of a research project from my peers have been published about a week before they could submit it. The paper was an almost word-by-word replica of their manuscript. It seems our computer systems are (a.o.) under constant attack from east asian perpetrators; is your government encouraging (or even funding) to steal data?

Assuming you pay taxes in the U.S. you are most definitely affected, because religious institutions are the biggest recipients of your government’s pandemic relief efforts. If you are a parent, teachers can indoctrinate your kids with nonsense from their religious textbooks instead of teaching real science and history. What about the whole anti-abortion movement where even doctors put their beliefs above the hippocratic oath. Politicians have to swear on the bible during inauguration, you really think their actions in office are free from religious bias? And all the discrimination and atrocities committed under the pretense of religious freedom. What about terrorism? This is only the U.S., other countries have it even worse. Closed shops on a Sunday should be the least of your worries.