Invisible Pink Unicorn

The Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU) is the goddess of a satiric parody religion aimed at theistic beliefs, revolving around the notion that she takes the form of a unicorn that is paradoxically both invisible and pink.

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Goddess - Satiric - Parody religion - Theistic - Unicorn - Paradoxically - Invisible - Pink

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It is accepted that there are no actual believers in this mock goddess, but it has become popular, especially on atheist web sites and on-line discussion forums, to feign belief in her for the sake of humor and as a form of critique or satire of theistic belief. These professions of faith also make the point that it is difficult to refute avowals of belief in phenomena outside human perception.

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The IPU is usually used to highlight the perceived logical shakiness or arbitrariness of supernatural beliefs — by, for example, replacing the word "God" in any theistic statement with "Invisible Pink Unicorn". A quote from the alt.atheism FAQ sums up their use of the Invisible Pink Unicorn:

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Supernatural - FAQ

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:The point of this silliness is to prod the theist into remembering that their preaching is likely to be viewed by atheists as having all the credibility and seriousness of preaching about the IPU...

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