In praise of an alternate creation theory at Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Leslie Scrivener has written an excellent article, In praise of an alternate creation theory, in the Toronto Star.

From the department of one scientific theory is as good as another, comes the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

The theory goes like this: the Earth and all living things were created by a Supreme Being, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and though there are no witnesses to creation, there are written accounts of it.

In time, men and women heard of the spaghetti monster and came to worship him. And as the word spread, a gospel was written and churches were established in his name.

And artists, inspired by his word, drew his image â€“ a tangled mass of pasta, with two generous meatballs, and googly eyes protruding from stalks.

Since the Flying Spaghetti Monster was revealed in 2005, millions have seen his image or read about him and his teachings, on the Internet site www.venganza.org and also in a book published last year, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

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Read the article HERE.

Purchase the Gospel

An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny. -- Scientific American

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241 The atheist revolutionary Jan 18th, 2007 at 2:53 am

FSM saved me from being misguided by evolution
242 Shinysheep Jan 23rd, 2007 at 7:27 pm

Ah.

I love this article.

As i get the Toronto Star, I clipped it out. It now resides in my copy of the gospel. I intend to use it for a art project. Our teacher wants us to bring in a newspaper article, and do something with the topic of said arrticle, and our creativitity.

The FSM has blessed me. I may do art in his honour, and get marks!

RAmen.
243 Leporidae Jan 23rd, 2007 at 7:31 pm

@Shinysheep Go with God Shinysheep. Not some stupid fucking monster that doesn’t even exsist.
244 Pixel Pete Jan 23rd, 2007 at 7:35 pm

@Leporidae
You’re not Penne I can tell that much. Are you thelaughingman or maybe the FSM sent me a real gift and you’re mr. frodo. Lemme know whichi one!
RAmen
245 N. E. Otherguy Jan 25th, 2007 at 8:44 am

Where can I find more on the FSM vs SPAM “feud” or the FSM vs IPU “feud”

RAmen
246 Jingles Jan 26th, 2007 at 12:10 am

Probably the forums… (take a look around the tool bar up the top, i think the link is in worship)
247 Leporidae Jan 26th, 2007 at 1:45 am

@Leporidae (impersonator troll) Jan 23rd, 2007 at 7:31 pm
@Shinysheep Go with God Shinysheep. Not some stupid fucking monster that doesnâ€™t even exsist.
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Not mine. Not even a good impersonation. Sad child!