Pastafarianism.

[Bilan]

I declare myself a Pastafarian, and would support others doing so.
I have come to preach.

All power to the Spaghedeity!

Flying Spaghetti Monster (also known as the Spaghedeity) is the deity of a parody religion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody_religion)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#cite_note-cepa-0) called The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and its system of beliefs, "Pastafarianism".[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#cite_note-nytimes-1) The religion was founded in 2005 by Bobby Henderson to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_evolution_hearings) to require the teaching of intelligent design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design) as an alternative to biological evolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution). Because intelligent design (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design) implies the existence of an intelligent, but not necessarily omnipotent or omniscient designer, some, like Henderson, argued that this designer could, in fact, be anything imaginable. In an open letter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_letter) sent to the education board, Henderson makes a mockery of the concept of an intelligent designer by professing belief in a supernatural (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural) creator (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creator_God) called the Flying Spaghetti Monster which resembles spaghetti and meatballs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti_and_meatballs).[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#cite_note-openletter-2) He furthermore calls for the "Pastafarian" theory of creation to be taught in science classrooms.[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastafarian#cite_note-wpost-3)



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[RHIZOMES]

Pastafarianism is reactionary! :cursing:

[Sentinel]

This should be in Religion, I don't see how Pastafarianism has less credit than, say, christian or islamic theory.. Moved.

[RedAnarchist]

Preaching? RESTRICT!:cursing:

(:D)

[Bilan]

Pastafarianism is revolutionary, but gangsta.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Excellent.

Now whenever I eat Italian, I'm consecrating myself with the blood and the body of the Spaghedeity. I figure that the blood is tomato sauce, and the body is the pasta. That's one tasty eucharist.

Rock on.

[RedAnarchist]

Excellent.

Now whenever I eat Italian, I'm consecrating myself with the blood and the body of the Spaghedeity. I figure that the blood is tomato sauce, and the body is the pasta. That's one tasty eucharist.

Rock on.

I had spaghetti for my tea a few days ago and thats what I thought as well:lol:

[Awful Reality]

Remember that in their own beginnings, most other religions were looked on as Pastafarianism, and most gods the same way as The FSM.

[Bilan]

Thankfully, this lacks the ability...

And even so, the "8 I'd really rather you didn'ts" are actually quite comical, yet progressive.
Even so, I doubt anyone would ever believe that a flying spaghetti monster would really have created the universe after "drinking heavily".

[Schrödinger's Cat]

I'm astounded by the fact you reject the true savior of the universe: the pink invisible unicorn.

[Dystisis]

Here is something I found looking over the Pastafarianist website.

Irrefutable evidence on the connection between amount of pirates and global warming:
http://www.venganza.org/piratesarecool4.gif

[Sentinel]

I doubt anyone would ever believe that a flying spaghetti monster would really have created the universe after "drinking heavily".


You have no idea what absurd bullshit some people believe exists -- the judeo-Christian God is a good example, and so is Santa Claus (in whom millions of children globally actually are fooled to believe!). Another one is the belief that aliens are visiting earth and kidnapping people.. I mean, I believe there is life on other planets but the 'UFO sightings' and rectal exam fantasies the UFO-believers want us to believe are just too hilarious. :lol:

[Black Dagger]

I declare myself a Pastafarian, and would support others doing so.
I have come to preach.

Just a verbal warning, on RL preachers are restricted - so please do not use RL as a platform for promoting your religion.

[Cult of Reason]

This is a very disturbing sight. I am shocked to see so many erstwhile Anti-Theists, HPGers and Anarchists bowing their heads down before this non-material noodly tyrant! I demand you leave those groups immediately, or renounce your theism, or I will start polls for your expulsions!

[Bilan]

Just a verbal warning, on RL preachers are restricted - so please do not use RL as a platform for promoting your religion.

Restrict me then.
I thought it was obvious I was joking, noting its a parody religion.

[RHIZOMES]

Even so, I doubt anyone would ever believe that a flying spaghetti monster would really have created the universe after "drinking heavily".

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Wouldn't surprise me.

Indeed.

Often when I look at the universe, I feel that it can only be the work of a raging drunk.

[Cult of Reason]

Wouldn't being on acid be more logical? You know, "hallucinations becoming reality" sort of thing.

Of course, that would beg the question, who created the pasta, the meatballs, the alcohol and the LSD? Or are they stale remains from an eternity, who have during that time developed intelligent life?


I am stopping before I get sucked in.

[Black Dagger]

Restrict me then.
I thought it was obvious I was joking, noting its a parody religion.

Duuuuude.

Srsly.

[al8]

I think we should ban the public flaunting of pasta, for it will be symbolic for our struggle against oppression. That means we might have to burn pastafactories for theatrics, in order to underline our message. But I do not discount that maybe the factory and the tools could be turned other use, i.e if it can be easily made un-pasta like or not have pastaic connotations.

[YeOldeCommuniste]

Heh, I think it's a pretty clever idea, and I think it puts a lot of modern religions in perspective. I've seen several cars with those FSM emblems that mock the JESUS fish ones.

[professorchaos]

I love the Pastafarian manual. Satire is always a better method of critique.

[Dyslexia! Well I Never!]

This is excellent, seeing as there are people who have a desperate need to sell their bain functions and attain happiness by the dictates of religion I'm all for one that you know it is taking the piss to start with.

It's a more truthful relationship to enter into and one can eat spaghetti bolognese and feel religiously and gastronomically satisfied!

[Orange Juche]

Satire is always a better method of critique.

Agreed. To me, it seems easier to really get to the heart of the point when it comes to satire. And its fun. So, win/win.

[Dyslexia! Well I Never!]

I just hope that no dumbass little crackpot is gonna take it seriously and somewhere there will be an enclosed compound where a gang of barely literate reprobates with an armoury force people to eat spaghetti constantly on pain of death.

Unreason can snowball until the creators are aghast at their creation I hope that the light hearted piss-take that is the heart of the pastafarianism never becomes something so sinister.

[534634634265]

i for one welcome our new pastaic overlord...
i too have seen the FSM jesus-fish!!! and lo, it was good.