Luna Lovegood Posted February 26, 2010 Report Share Posted February 26, 2010 The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism. Created in 2005 by Bobby Henderson, it was originally intended as a satirical protest against the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public schools. In an open letter sent to the Kansas State Board of Education, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator which closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for his "Pastafarian" theory of creation to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution. He explained that since the intelligent design movement uses ambiguous references to an unspecified "Intelligent Designer", any conceivable entity may fulfill that role, even a Flying Spaghetti Monster. After Henderson published the letter on his website, it rapidly became an internet phenomenon and a symbol for the case against intelligent design in public schools.Pastafarian beliefs—generally satires of Creationism—are presented both on Henderson's website, where he is described as a "prophet", and in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, published by Villiard Press in 2006. The central belief is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians, and Pastafarians facetiously assert that a steady decline in the number of pirates has resulted in a significant rise in global temperature. Pastafarians celebrate every Friday as a holy day; this is the holiest of Pastafarian holidays, which include Ramendan, Pastaover, and a vaguely defined holiday named "Holiday".... According to Pastafarian beliefs, pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Pastafarians. Furthermore, Pastafarians believe that pirates' image as "thieves and outcasts" is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Pastafarians, instead, believe that they were "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who distributed candy to small children, adding that modern pirates are in no way similar to "the fun-loving buccaneers from history". In addition, Pastafarians believe that ghost pirates are to be responsible for all of the mysterious lost ships and planes of the Bermuda Triangle. Pastafarians celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.The inclusion of pirates in Pastafarianism was part of Henderson's original letter to the Kansas State Board of Education, in an effort to illustrate that correlation does not imply causation. Henderson presented the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of pirates since the 1800s." A chart accompanying the letter (with numbers humorously disordered on the x-axis) shows that as the number of pirates decreased, global temperatures increased. This parodies the suggestion from some religious groups that the high numbers of disasters, famines and wars in the world is due to the lack of respect and worship towards their deity. In 2008, Henderson interpreted the growing pirate activities at the Gulf of Aden as additional support, pointing out that Somalia has "the highest number of Pirates AND the lowest Carbon emissions of any country". This thread is too discuss Pastafarionist Mythology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theseus Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Dude, I'm sad that the pirates are going. We need to recruit more to solve this "global warming" thing. Long live pirates! Long live the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Man, say it brother! Pirates are needed. I'll put the add in the paper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Those kids were smart. Extremely. Intelligent design is... things that will get me banned if I say them on YCM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Welche Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Well, I am converting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theseus Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Pirates are needed. Plus, there's a whole VILLAGE of ninja in Japan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Welche Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Pirates are needed. Plus' date=' there's a whole VILLAGE of ninja in Japan.[/quote'] Ya, but they are crappy ninjas. I would know. http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabris Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Dark: Banned forever? If not, I'll say it fer ye. As soon as I log on again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Altair Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Womi Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 This made my hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Also, you might like to look into 'Holiday' and possibly the completely unrelated subject of The Invisible Pink Unicorn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Welche Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Lol. Christians have admitted that He has bigger balls then their God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 subject of The Invisible Pink Unicorn. I was at a Catholic school and I was moved to a Protestant school. I wrote an argument against Creationism for English once and practically made everyone in the classroom an Atheist. I used Pastafarianism and the IPU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 You rock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mehmani Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 You rock. A-thang you. Off-Topic: My older sister auditioned for the part of Luna Lovegood in the HP films. She went out in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 You rock. A-thang you. Off-Topic: My older sister auditioned for the part of Luna Lovegood in the HP films. She went out in the first round. I find the letter he originally wrote thrilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 made everyone in the classroom an Atheist Uhh... please tell me I didn't read that right. Must've been some really open-minded religious folk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Welche Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 made everyone in the classroom an Atheist Uhh... please tell me I didn't read that right. Must've been some really open-minded religious folk. Or they were never religious to start? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber Altair Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Damn that guy's a great prophet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 I must say, I find it quite amusing, regardless of the fact it was made against my own religion. It was intended for the purpose of harmless amusement, amusement can cause happiness, and happiness is encouraged in my religion, and that's how I happen to see these things. He just isn't comfortable with the thought of a creator, I suppose. However, I am comfortable with people who think otherwise than me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Um, no, it was created to prove a point. Read here and you'll see: http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitus Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Still hilarious. I was laughing as I read it. So, he was making a point that they are overlooking various outlooks on Intelligent Design theories? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Yep, and also slightly that Intelligent design is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jericho Posted February 27, 2010 Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 Its a religion. Greeks have mythology. Pastafarians have religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Lovegood Posted February 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2010 It was a joke >. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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