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The '''Flying Spaghetti Monster''' is a [[parody]] 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 scientific alternative to evolution and intelligent design and argued that it too should be taught 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> on the notion of "teaching the controversy."

The '''Flying Spaghetti Monster''' is a [[parody]] 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 it too should be taught 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> on the notion of "teaching the controversy."

[[Richard Dawkins]] uses the flying spaghetti monster in his book ''[[The God Delusion]]'' attacking belief in [[God]].

[[Richard Dawkins]] uses the flying spaghetti monster in his book ''[[The God Delusion]]'' attacking belief in [[God]].

Some people use a purported belief in the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Pastafarianism as a thinly-veiled attempt to mock [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], and [[Judaism]] by elevating them to the level of [[religion]]s like Pastafarianism.

Some people use a purported belief in the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Pastafarianism as a thinly-veiled attempt to mock [[Christianity]], [[Islam]], and [[Judaism]] by reducing them to the level of invented [[religion]]s like Pastafarianism.

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