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| − | "Pastafarianism" | + | The '''Flying Spaghetti Monster''' is the "god" in "'''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>. |
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| + | 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 atheists have also mentioned it, such as [[Richard Dawkins]] in his book ''[[The God Delusion]]'' ''(sic)''. | ||
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| + | ==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. | ||
| − | + | According to the letter by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas Board of Education, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has the following powers: | |
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| − | According to the letter by Bobby Henderson, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has the following powers: | ||
*Flight | *Flight | ||
*Invisibility | *Invisibility | ||
*Can travel through solid matter | *Can travel through solid matter | ||
*Can create and alter anything | *Can create and alter anything | ||
| − | *Plants evidence and changes test results to confuse [[evolutionists]] | + | *Plants evidence and changes test results to confuse [[evolutionists]]. |
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| + | =Logical Shortcomings= | ||
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| + | Unlike Christianity, the religion of Pastafarians falls apart under any sort of inspection. The pirates, who they elevate to near godhood beside their flying bowl of pasta, have been proven to historically be a violent, bloodthirsty group, not the child-loving persecuted pacifists the Pastafarians believe them to be. Also, the very idea that pirate population could affect carbon emissions is absurd; pirates declined due to public resentment and more efficient naval operations. It belongs with discarded, poorly-backed theories like global warming. | ||
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Revision as of 00:03, December 4, 2009
The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the "god" in "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[1].
Since then, many atheists and secularists have claimed to be "Pastafarians", implicitly using its obvious shortcomings to criticize actual religions, especially Christianity. More prominent atheists have also mentioned it, such as Richard Dawkins in his book The God Delusion (sic).
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.
According to the letter by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas Board of Education, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has the following powers:
- Flight
- Invisibility
- Can travel through solid matter
- Can create and alter anything
- Plants evidence and changes test results to confuse evolutionists.
Logical Shortcomings
Unlike Christianity, the religion of Pastafarians falls apart under any sort of inspection. The pirates, who they elevate to near godhood beside their flying bowl of pasta, have been proven to historically be a violent, bloodthirsty group, not the child-loving persecuted pacifists the Pastafarians believe them to be. Also, the very idea that pirate population could affect carbon emissions is absurd; pirates declined due to public resentment and more efficient naval operations. It belongs with discarded, poorly-backed theories like global warming.