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

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

The Eight “I’d Really Rather You Didn’ts” 1.Act holier-than-thou to those that choose not to believe in me 2.Use my existence to oppress, subjugate, and/or be mean to others 3.Judge people for the way they look 4.Indulge in conduct that offends yourself 5.Challenge the bigoted, misogynist, hateful ideas of others on an empty stomach 6.Build Multimillion-dollar churches/temples/mosques/shrines in my honor 7.Go around telling people I talk to you, you’re not that interesting 8.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 Pastafarianism Pastover Ramendan Holiday Mainstream Religions Passover/Easter Ramadan Christmas

Religion In the US

Controversy Dog tags Pirate regalia Pasta Strainer en.wikipedia.org

The Cultural Phenomenon Thousands of followers – Mainly located on college campuses and in Europe Arts – Many renditions of the FSM created

Appearances In Television & Literature Futurama The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins Atheist Universe by David Mills

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 December Henderson, Bobby. The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster December —. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. New York: Villard, Peralta, Eyder. Austrian Man Wins Right To Wear Pasta Strainer In License Photo. 13 July December 2011.