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The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Roam Yocham Comp App 1 Per. 3. The Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Spaghedeity Extremely modest Created the world! Wrote the 8 I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts Pirates are His chosen people. http://www.venganza.org. Pastafarianism .
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The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster Roam Yocham Comp App 1 Per. 3
The Flying Spaghetti Monster • The Spaghedeity • Extremely modest • Created the world! • Wrote the 8 I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts • Pirates are His chosen people http://www.venganza.org
Pastafarianism • It’s not a joke, it’s a legitimate religion • The letter that started it all: • Written by Bobby Henderson in 2005 • Response to the Kansas School Board’s proposition • Argued that his beliefs should be taught alongside those of others
Pastafarianism (cont.) • General Beliefs: • Pirates=Holiest of the Holy • Friday is a Religious Holiday • Do not take themselves too seriously http://www.venganza.org
The Eight “I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts” • Act holier-than-thou to those that choose not to believe in me • Use my existence to oppress, subjugate, and/or be mean to others • Judge people for the way they look • Indulge in conduct that offends yourself • Challenge the bigoted, misogynist, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach • Build Multimillion-dollar churches/temples/mosques/shrines in my honor • Go around telling people I talk to you, you’re not that interesting • Choose not to practice safe sex
Pirates • The original Pastafarians • Amount of pirates is directly related to global warming • Honored on Halloween and Talk Like a Pirate Day, among others
Holidays Other Holidays • Halloween • International Talk Like a Pirate Day • Friday http://www.venganza.org
Controversy • Dog tags • Pirate regalia • Pasta Strainer http://en.wikipedia.org http://www.npr.org
The Cultural Phenomenon • Thousands of followers • Mainly located on college campuses and in Europe • Arts • Many renditions of the FSM created http://www.venganza.org http://en.wikipedia.org
Appearances In Television & Literature • Futurama • The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins • Atheist Universe by David Mills http://www.venganza.org http://www.superstarsofscience.com http://en.wikipedia.org
Scientific Thumbs Ups! • Andrew D Pohlman, RN • Guy Davies PhD Computer Science, Royal Institute of Technology • Dmitry Kaplan, PhD • Tom Durkin, PhD • Charles E. Lance, PhD, Professor of Psychology • Jeff Young, PhD • Gerard S. Harbison, Professor of Chemistry, UNL, Lincoln, Nebraska • Jobst Meyer, PhD, Professor of Behavioral Genetics • Dr Mark Hutchinson (Adelaide, South Australia) • Roy Smith, PhD • Simon Harrison Chen, Lic. (London, UK) • Gwendolynn Sue Daniels, PhD • S. Bilson-Thompson, PhD (Australia) • Daniel M. Gallagher, M.A., Educator • Matthew L. Scully, Aerospace engineer • Craig Behnke, PhD • Alison Bernstein • G.S. Barkin, PhD, Asst. Professor of Anthropology • Gregory Sword, PhD • Chris Westbury, PhD • Rev. E. Wayne Ross, PhD
Works Cited • Flying Spaghetti Monster. 2012. 15 December 2011. • Henderson, Bobby. The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. 2012. 15 December 2011. • —. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. New York: Villard, 2006. • Peralta, Eyder. Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo. 13 July 2011. 19 December 2011.