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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson

cereny's review against another edition

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5.0

Günlük hayatta görmeye alışık olduğumuz, dini ve tanrıyı kanıtlama amacıyla söylenen şeyleri ve çok daha fazlasını kendi tanrısı olan Uçan Spagetti Canavarı'na uyarlıyor yazar. Okurken gülmekten kırılmamak elde değil. Hayatınızda bir kez de olsa din fanatiği birisiyle münakaşaya girdiyseniz sizin de mutlaka çok güleceğiniz yerler olacaktır. Özellikle sayfa 89'da bulunan Bobby Büyük Soruları Yanıtlıyor bölümü efsane bu konuda.

Referansları anlamak zor olabilir. Şahsen kitabı taaa lisede almış ama şakaları anlayamadığım için bırakmıştım. Kitabı yıllar sonra elime aldığımda neden o zamanlar anlamadığımı çok iyi görüyorum. Anlaması zor bir kitap ama konuları biliyorsanız yeterince okuması çok kolay.

Kitabı almayacaksanız ya da karar veremediyseniz, kitapçıda rast gelirseniz mutlaka sayfa 89'daki Bobby Büyük Soruları Yanıtlıyor ve 104'deki Yapmamanızı Tercih Ederim bölümlerini okuyun. Bu "dinin" sayfa 104'de geçen kuralları, şu zamana kadar karşılaştığım her dinden büyük bir farkla çok daha insancıl ve eşitlikçi. Bunun farkında olmak da insanı bir nebze üzüyor.

Yazarın 200 sayfa troll bir eser ortaya çıkaracak kadar "peygamber" sabrına sahip olduğunu düşünüyorum. Ama müteşekkirim çünkü karnım ağırana kadar güldüm. Lakin kanıtlamaları yaparken kullandığı maddeleri bırakmasını umuyorum (!)

Bu eserin çevirisini görmek yeterince zorken bir de iyi çevrilmiş olması nerdeyse imkansız gibi gözüküyordu okumadan önce. Ama yayın evini ve çevirmenleri tebrik etmek lazım her şeyiyle gayet güzel olmuş kitap.

İyi okumalar!

overheat4600's review against another edition

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5.0

This book is great! Well, the first third is, the middle third is good, the last third disappointed me a little bit. But the first part, oh my! It's laugh out loud funny in places. And it finally explains why humans have a vestigial extension of the spine, and it's not because of some ancient "tail"...

I was tricked by the cover however. The book is paperback, with a picture of the orange hardcover on the front. Plus the paper feels really cheap. But the content makes up for the material.

sumayyah_t's review against another edition

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3.0

Funny (in a tongue-in-cheek kind of way) book about the excesses of religion and religious views. If you are easily offended, do not read this book.

kotka's review against another edition

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3.0

It's got some funny moments.

pezfilledcookies's review against another edition

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5.0

From now on my god of choice is The Flying Spaghetti Monster. He sounds bitchin'! Bobby Henderson is a genius, the topic of FSM is both hilarious and a huge punch to the face of organized religion. I laughed out loud in so many occasions while reading this, even in public! This book, be it fiction or nonfiction, is a work of art. Thank you to everyone that contributed to writing it, it is fantastic!
If you find organized religion as humorous and silly as I do, this book is going to kill you with laughter!!

vinnl's review against another edition

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3.0

Love the idea behind the FSM, the book is funny at times, could use more coherence. I also think it pretty much misses the point in that it sometimes focuses too much in providing silly theories on why FSM is real as opposed to campaigning against unreasonable practises by e.g. proponents of teaching intelligent design at schools, by parodying it, which in the end is the origin of the FSM movement.

elpida_niki's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

4.0

In the begging, it was awesome. But while it continued to be as it is, it eventually lost a valid amount of it's awesomeness... But I'm not disappointed!! Definitely worth reading!!

gidge2010's review against another edition

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funny reflective

4.25

julissadantes's review against another edition

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4.0

3.7 is the real rating here. This was by far one of the most funny to read book I've read, but after the first half of the book everything was too repetitive and tiresome.

It was funny to see the pictures, the logics, and the side notes, nothing was a waste, this is a cool book to read if you are feeling down or great because it will brighten your mood.

booksandkittie's review against another edition

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3.0

As a penguin-enthusiast I find this offensive. :'D