The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Pastafarianism

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Pastafarianism By Cydney Farish

How Pastafarianism Started • Bobby Henderson protested the Kansas State Board of Education in a letter • Became mainstream in May 2005 when the letter was published

Pastafarian Beliefs • Invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster got wasted and created the universe • Evidence of evolution was planted by the Flying Spaghetti Monster as a test of faith • Intoxication is the reason for a flawed Earth

Beliefs Cont. • Heaven = beer volcanoes and stripper factories • Hell = stale beer and strippers with STDs

Pirates • Original Pastafarians, “divine beings” • Decline of Pirates = natural disasters • Pirate ghosts = Bermuda Triangle

Pastafarian Holidays • September 19 th – Talk Like A Pirate Day • Every Friday is a holy day • “Holiday” - around the time of Christmas, Hannakuh, etc. • “Pastover” – Passover • “Ramendan” – Ramadon • “Ramen” – amen • Celebrates the noodly appendages of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Holy Books • The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by Bobby Henderson • The Loose Canon by Solipsy

Rules • No strict rules • No rituals and prayers • Don’t take yourself or other Pastafarians too seriously • Embrace contradictions • Like beer

Pastafarians • There are millions of them • They wear pasta strainers on their heads

Holy Places • venganza. org • There isn’t an actual church, just a website • It’s kind of the best thing ever