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All of the below text was taken from Wikipedia.com
All of the below text was taken from Wikipedia.com
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (also known as the FSM) is the deity of a parody religion called The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and its system of beliefs, "Pastafarianism".The religion was founded in 2005 by Bobby Henderson to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. Intelligent design implies the existence of an intelligent but not necessarily omnipotent or omniscient designer, thus some, like Henderson, argue that this designer could be anything imaginable.
In an open letter sent to the education board, Henderson parodies the concept of an intelligent designer by professing belief in a supernatural creator called the Flying Spaghetti Monster which resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
He furthermore calls for the "Pastafarian" theory of creation to be taught in science classrooms.
Due to its recent popularity and media exposure, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used by atheists, agnostics (known by Pastafarians as "spagnostics"), and others as a modern version of Russell's teapot and the Invisible Pink Unicorn.
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Read the Open Letter To Kansas School Board from Bobby Henderson.
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You may be asking me "Zach... Why do you care about this?" "How did this grab your attention?"
According to the Pastafarian belief system, pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Pastafarians. Their image as "thieves and outcasts" is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Pastafarianism says that they were in fact "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who distributed candy to small children, and adds that modern pirates are in no way similar to "the fun-loving buccaneers from history." Pastafarians celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.
The inclusion of pirates in Pastafarianism was part of Henderson's original letter to the Kansas School Board. It illustrated that correlation does not imply causation. Henderson put forth the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of pirates since the 1800s." A chart accompanying the letter shows that as the number of pirates decreased, global temperatures increased.
The reason all this caught my attention is because someone made a comment about my photo of me as a pirate. Alexander Delapenha said "ahh the traditional pastafarian garb. praise his noodely appendage" I had no idea what to make of it and frankly I just forgot all about it. That is, until I found a video about pirates on youtube and someone commented about a "noodely appendage" again. I was like, what in the world are these people talking about??? That's where Wikipedia came in and hence this blog!
That's the best part! Read below:
According to the Pastafarian belief system, pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Pastafarians. Their image as "thieves and outcasts" is misinformation spread by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Pastafarianism says that they were in fact "peace-loving explorers and spreaders of good will" who distributed candy to small children, and adds that modern pirates are in no way similar to "the fun-loving buccaneers from history." Pastafarians celebrate International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19.
The inclusion of pirates in Pastafarianism was part of Henderson's original letter to the Kansas School Board. It illustrated that correlation does not imply causation. Henderson put forth the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the shrinking numbers of pirates since the 1800s." A chart accompanying the letter shows that as the number of pirates decreased, global temperatures increased.
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The reason all this caught my attention is because someone made a comment about my photo of me as a pirate. Alexander Delapenha said "ahh the traditional pastafarian garb. praise his noodely appendage" I had no idea what to make of it and frankly I just forgot all about it. That is, until I found a video about pirates on youtube and someone commented about a "noodely appendage" again. I was like, what in the world are these people talking about??? That's where Wikipedia came in and hence this blog!
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