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[[File:FSM anti.svg.png|thumbnail|250px|right|At London South Bank University, images of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have been banned.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>  Muslims were offended by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>   

[[File:FSM anti.svg.png|thumbnail|250px|right|At London South Bank University, images of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have been banned.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>  Muslims were offended by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>   

 

According to Google trends data, public interest in the Flying Spaghetti Monster has fallen - as has interest in evolutionary ideas.<ref>*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0ycv4dw Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends data worldwide]

According to Google trends data, public interest in the Flying Spaghetti Monster has fallen - as has interest in evolutionary ideas.<ref>*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0ycv4dw Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends data worldwide]

*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0ycv4dw&geo=US&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends data for the United States]

*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F0ycv4dw&geo=US&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends data for the United States]

*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Jesus%2C%20Charles%20Darwin&cmpt=q&tz= Worldwide online interest in Jesus vs. worldwide online interest in Charles Darwin]

*[http://www.google.com/trends/explore#q=Jesus%2C%20Charles%20Darwin&cmpt=q&tz= Worldwide online interest in Jesus vs. worldwide online interest in Charles Darwin]

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-public-tiring-of-hearing.html How stale and boring is evolutionary indoctrination? Is the public fooled or are they suspicious? What is the trend?]</ref> Meanwhile, [[global creationism]] is growing.]]

*[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/is-public-tiring-of-hearing.html How stale and boring is evolutionary indoctrination? Is the public fooled or are they suspicious? What is the trend?]</ref> Meanwhile, [[global creationism]] is growing.]]

The '''Flying Spaghetti Monster''' is the deity of "'''Pastafarianism'''", a [[parody]] [[religion]] that began as a critique of the Kansas Board of Education's decision to allow the teaching of [[intelligent design]] in public schools.  Arguing that intelligent design was a thinly-veiled attempt to bring [[religion]] into the classroom, Bobby Henderson constructed "Pastafarianism" as a new theological system and argued that, if schools wished to "teach the controversy," they should teach "Pastafarianism" alongside evolution and  intelligent design<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/27/AR2005082700019.html?nav=most_emailed Verbatim: Noodle This, Kansas - Washington Post]</ref>.

The '''Flying Spaghetti Monster''' is the deity of "'''Pastafarianism'''", a [[parody]] [[religion]] that began as a critique of the Kansas Board of Education's decision to allow the teaching of [[intelligent design]] in public schools.  Arguing that intelligent design was a thinly-veiled attempt to bring [[religion]] into the classroom, Bobby Henderson constructed "Pastafarianism" as a new theological system and argued that, if schools wished to "teach the controversy," they should teach "Pastafarianism" alongside evolution and  intelligent design.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/27/AR2005082700019.html?nav=most_emailed Verbatim: Noodle This, Kansas - Washington Post]</ref>

Since then, many [[atheist]]s and [[secularist]]s have claimed to be "Pastafarians", implicitly using its obvious shortcomings to criticize actual religions, especially [[Christianity]].  More prominent [[Atheism|atheists]]/[[agnosticism|agnostics]] have also mentioned it, such as [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] in his book ''[[The God Delusion]]''.

Since then, many [[atheist]]s and [[secularist]]s have claimed to be "Pastafarians", implicitly using its obvious shortcomings to criticize actual religions, especially [[Christianity]].  More prominent [[Atheism|atheists]]/[[agnosticism|agnostics]] have also mentioned it, such as [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] in his book ''[[The God Delusion]]''.

Muslims were offended by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>   

Muslims were offended by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.<ref>[http://coelsblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/11/why-are-british-student-unions-imposing-islamic-rules/ Why are British Student Unions imposing Islamic rules?]</ref>   

See also: [[British atheism#Signs pointing towards a dramatic decline of British atheism in the 21st century|Desecularization of Britain in the 21st century]]

{{See also|British atheism#Signs pointing towards a dramatic decline of British atheism in the 21st century|l1=Desecularization of Britain in the 21st century}}

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== External Links ==

== External links ==

[http://www.venganza.org/ Official Website of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]

* [http://www.venganza.org/ Official Website of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster]

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