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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:Touched by His Noodly Appendage HD.jpg|thumb|Touched by His Noodly Appendage HD]].<ref>[the creation of man]</ref>  Muslims & us stupid chirstams were offended by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

According to Google trends data, public interest in the Flying Spaghetti Monster has fallen - but followers have grown .<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=%2Fm%2F0ycv4dw&geo=GB&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT%2B4 Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends for Google UK]

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

*[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 [[real]] [[religion]] that began 4000 years ago and was brought back into to the mainstream 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 showed "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 [[Atheism|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 [[Atheism|atheist]]s, [[secularist]]s & humans with common sense have claimed to be "Pastafarians", using its obvious proof to criticize fake religions, especially the fraud know as [[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]]''.

==Teachings==

==Teachings==

"Pastafarians" worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a flying pile of spaghetti and meatballs, by eating spaghetti and dressing in pirate regalia. "Pastafarianism" also holds pirates in high esteem, claiming that they were good men whose deeds were perverted by the media. They attribute [[global warming]] to the decrease of pirates, presenting graphs showing that global temperatures have risen over the past centuries in rough inverse correlation to the number of pirates.

"Pastafarians" worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the one true god a flying pile of spaghetti and meatballs, by eating spaghetti and dressing in pirate regalia. "Pastafarianism" also holds pirates in high esteem, claiming that they were good men whose deeds were perverted by the media. They attribute [[global warming]] to the decrease of pirates, presenting graphs showing that global temperatures have risen over the past centuries in rough inverse correlation to the number of pirates.

According to the letter by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas Board of Education, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has the following powers:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster has the following powers:

*Flight

*Flight

*Invisibility

*Invisibility

*Plants evidence and changes test results to confuse [[evolutionists]].

*Plants evidence and changes test results to confuse [[evolutionists]].

== Google trend data for the term Flying Spaghetti Monster: Popularity has waned ==

== Google trend data for the term Flying Spaghetti Monster: Popularity has waned but followers have grown ==

*[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 Flying Spaghetti Monster - Google trends data worldwide]

"...at London South Bank University our members were told they could not invite speakers who criticised religion at all, or even engage religious societies in debates, putting joining the South Bank Atheist Society on a par with joining the BNP. This February the same university banned images of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical deity in which nobody believes, on the grounds that they were "religiously offensive".<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>

"...at London South Bank University our members were told they could not invite speakers who criticised religion at all, or even engage religious societies in debates, putting joining the South Bank Atheist Society on a par with joining the BNP. This February the same university banned images of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a satirical deity in which nobody believes, on the grounds that they were "religiously offensive".<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>   

Muslims & us stupid Christians 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|l1=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}}

==See also ==

==See also ==

 

*[[Santa syndrome]]

*[[Santa syndrome]]

*[[Atheism symbols]]

*[[Atheism symbols]]

[[Category:Culture]]

[[Category:Culture]]