The mainstream media is finally coming to terms with the truth of His Lord, the Creator.
One woman even wrote in to say that she had “conceived the spirit of our Divine Lord,” the Flying Spaghetti Monster, while eating alone at the Olive Garden.
“I heard singing, and tomato sauce rained from the sky, and I saw angel hair pasta flying about with little farfalle wings and playing harps,” she wrote. “It was beautiful.” The Spaghetti Monster, she went on, impregnated her and told her, “You shall name Him … Prego … and He shall bring in a new era of love.”
39 Comments
Bayesian Bouffant, FCD · 30 August 2005
Ed Darrell · 30 August 2005
But, is Phillip Johnson laughing?
Is the Kansas SBOE desperately trying to get theologians to answer the challenge?
IAMB, FCD · 30 August 2005
Ric · 30 August 2005
Hey, could somebody post the email addys of the conversatives on the Kansas board of education. I seriously intend to write them and demand that they teach about the FSM.
IAMB, FCD · 30 August 2005
Raging Bee · 30 August 2005
Don't forget Tom Robbins' theory that mankind was invented by water as a means of transporting itself from place to place.
Ginger Yellow · 30 August 2005
"But has anyone ever converted to a parody religion?"
Clearly the author is not a Discordian. Except that, of course, she is a genuine certified pope of Eris.
natural cynic · 30 August 2005
"You shall name Him ... Prego ... and He shall bring in a new era of love."
How dare she!!!!!
His real name is Ragu.
Schismatic witch.
Bob Davis · 30 August 2005
Parody? What parody? The flying spaghetti monster is no parody - although he does have good press. And its adherents I'm sure are quite serious. Pasta is serious business in this country, and some European ones too. And I quote, "And they shall eat of the fruit of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and they shall have filled bellies and feel full and satisfied." Truer words I know not.
IAMB, FCD · 30 August 2005
Any excuse to dress like a pirate and run around sayig "Arr, ye scurvy dogs" is good enough for me- serious business or not. In honor of the FSM I've penned a short psalm, for a parody deity requires parody scripture as well.
IAMB, FCD · 30 August 2005
That should be "saying", not "sayig".
Arrrr!
grphxpro · 30 August 2005
It's about time FSM got some mainstream media coverage. As a Pastafarian and follower of the One True Religion, I am appalled at the constant persecution and censorship of Flying Spaghetti Monserists. You can't even see full frontal noodlety on TV except late at night on cable. It is disgusting! How can we spread His sauce and teach the pastaversy under such oppression?!?!
Tom Allen · 30 August 2005
Of course, you realize that if we theologically disagree on whether His Name is Prego or Ragu, something like this (heavily plagiarized) conversation will take place.
REG:
Listen. If you really wanted to join the F.S.M., you'd have to really hate the IDers.
BRIAN:
I do!
REG:
Oh, yeah? How much?
BRIAN:
A lot!
REG:
Right. You're in. Listen. The only people we hate more than the IDers are the fucking Spaghetti-Flying Monsterians.
F.S.M.:
Yeah...
JUDITH:
Splitters.
F.S.M.:
Splitters...
FRANCIS:
And the Intelligent-Falling Spaghetti Monsterites.
F.S.M.:
Yeah. Oh, yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
LORETTA:
And the Flying Spaghetti Monsterians.
F.S.M.:
Yeah. Splitters. Splitters...
REG:
What?
LORETTA:
The Flying Spaghetti Monsterians. Splitters.
REG:
We're the Flying Spaghetti Monsterians!
LORETTA:
Oh. I thought we were the Spaghettian Fliers.
REG:
Flying Spaghettarians! C-huh.
FRANCIS:
Whatever happened to the Spaghettian Fliers, Reg?
REG:
He's over there.
F.S.M.:
Splitter!
grphxpro · 30 August 2005
That settles it. Now that PT features fisking of creationists, FSM discussions, and Monty Python references, I really don't need to visit any other blogs. Yep, its all right here. I'm gonna set my firewall to block everything else.
grphxpro · 30 August 2005
... except Pharyngula of course.
minimalist · 30 August 2005
A pasta-related religious experience in the Olive Garden? Surely you jest. Olive Garden is to Italian food what Taco Bell is to Mexican.
Unless... surely not...
... Perhaps this is the first sign of the wily ways of the dreaded Anti-Flying Spaghetti Monster! The Great Deceiver, Bringer of Botulism, Intestinal Malefactor! Saints preserve us, the end is nigh!
Do not be fooled! His lies are too many be counted, like flakes of Parmesan upon a mountain of unholy arrabiatta! (Okay, I got nothin'.)
roger tang · 30 August 2005
No, the name of the Great Deceiver is Chefboy Ardeee....
W.S.Wilson · 30 August 2005
RE: Scientology as a parody religion
Years ago a friend of mine who was a scholar of obscure SciFi said that L. Ron Hubbard early in his career had written a story in which the VILLAIN had invented a bogus religion to gull and exploit people. I've never been able to chase down a confirmation of this. Does anyone have a clue?
Mona · 30 August 2005
W. S. Wilson, the best place online to learn all about Hubbard and Scientology is here
BlastfromthePast · 30 August 2005
Must you engage in blasphemy? Is this really necessary?
Tent O Field · 30 August 2005
I have always found that using Hubbard's first name, Lafayette, is a sure-fire way to annoy scientologists. As creationists are calling scientists "Darwinists" these days, perhaps "Behemoths" could be a useful name for IDers.
Ed Darrell · 30 August 2005
You know, some IDists won't be able to tell where the parody starts or ends . . . watch Dembski's blog!
Bayesian Bouffant, FCD · 30 August 2005
'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank · 30 August 2005
'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank · 30 August 2005
Joseph O'Donnell · 30 August 2005
Bless us all with your noodly appendage.
bill · 30 August 2005
OK, let's try to wind up this thread.
How does ID differ from FSM?
It seems to me that they are the same except that FSM has the meatballs to name the [choral_moment] Designer. [/choral_moment]
One could argue that ID is serious, but seriously...
Check out the FSM website and what do they have: pictures, t-shirts, mugs, car stuff and a theory.
Check out the ID website and what do they have: *crickets chirping*
I'd say that all things considered, being even stephen, in a gould sort of way, that FSM has a slight edge over ID.
R:amen
John Wilkins · 30 August 2005
The Messiah's name is Al Dente, and there's an end to it!
kay · 30 August 2005
Well, to be fair, they have some of the t-shirts, mugs and car stuff.
H. Humbert · 31 August 2005
The evidence for design is everywhere. Noodly strands of DNA, galaxies that spiral like glistening pasta, life itself originating in a bubbling primordial marinara sauce! It all points to the divine strand of the great Flying Spaghetti Monster.
None are so blind as those who will not see.
jay boilswater · 31 August 2005
NYT wrote:
But has anyone ever converted to a parody religion?
Ay! AAAAAAARRRRRRRRR! Tis becoming a parody society, methinks, so all seems shipshape and proper.
What think ye, Polly?
AAwk, Know what I mean? [nudge,nudge]"Dubloons" Arrk!
ts (not Tim) · 31 August 2005
Rusty Catheter · 31 August 2005
Where's the Ecclectic Assembly of the Products of All Grains? They have kick-arse pasta-and-beer nights.
Rustopher.
steve · 31 August 2005
And at Pasta and Beer night, you literally eat the Body of FSM.
rdog29 · 31 August 2005
Hey Blast -
Lighten up and get a fucking life. (sorry for the F-bomb everyone, but this jackass deserves it.)
Bob Davis · 31 August 2005
This is getting out of hand. FSMs are everywhere and nowhere and on T-shirts too. That's enough evidence for me. ID is nowhere and nowhere and there are no good T-shirts. That's also enough evidence for me.
Bayesian Bouffant, FCD · 31 August 2005
Bayesian Bouffant, FCD · 31 August 2005
Check out this album:
Spaghetti Theory
A Google search turns up many other instances of spaghetti theory. String theory still beats spaghetti theory by 770,000 to 178 in a googlefight
Henry J · 1 September 2005
Pasta la vista!
Henry