Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster("FSM") is a parody religion invented in 2005. Although the Flying Spaghetti Monster is used by atheists, such as Richard Dawkins^{[Citation Needed]}, as a modern version of Russell's teapot, the original point was a more limited critique of Intelligent Design and the notion of "teaching the controversy" by constructing a clearly ridiculous theological system and then demanding that it get equal time.. The Discovery Institute has argued that the FSM is an attempt to mock "traditional religion." Indeed, self-professed believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster have called themselves "Pastafarians" A book was released in 2006, to explain most of the religion. The religion itself is anti-dogmatic, much unlike most western religions.