Greetings and Yarr, Mr. Henderson.
I have realized I have been too confused to see the light and have recently decided to reform from my heathen ways as an atheist. I found light in the holy FSM while making a bowl of lime & shrimp ramen at approximately 1:36 AM. I recalled a thread on a forum speaking of FSM and His Noodly Appendage, and it all seemed to make sense.
I have now become a child of FSM and graciously accept His Noodly Appendage and all His glory into my life. However, I have a few questions I couldn’t find in your marvelous, eye-opening site.
1) Is an eye patch or hat required every day or just every friday? It will be hard to explain to my English teacher why I am wearing a divine head-piece every morning.
2) Are we required to wear such clothing in all posed photography? If so I will need a signed letter from the prophet speaking of His holiness and need of such headgear for my school.
3) Do I have your permission to pass out FSM pendants, rings and brochures around my school to spread the good word? I recently discovered that a fairly accurate model of His Noodlyness can be made out of 22 gauge wire and 4 beads (2 copper, 2 silver), and it gives me something to keep with me whenever I have moments of doubt or weakness.
Thank you, and may His Noodly Appendages be with you.
FSM bless,
Myranda (Yarrr)
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22 gauge you say? I’ll have to try that!
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With a 12 gauge shotgun, anything can be made to resemble the colander that the Spaghetti monster would have been drained in.
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By the way Cyka, well done on the gold medal for this epic thread.
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hehehe niiice
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Excellent message Myranda. I believe that all of those three messages should be followed, if you can. But going against the schooling system may get you expelled. I’m making one of those models right now.
A devoted Pastafarian.
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As I said before, so long as your student handbook states that religious head coverings cannot be forbidden, you should be fine.
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Please give us some pics of the pendants you make! I’d like to see them :)
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Just make sure you sit in the back of the class so they can’t get you with that whole common sense “blocking people’s view!” crap. And Yarrr! there Angryy! I hate to disagree with you, but shotgun meeting ex-husband does not make a very useful colander. It makes the noodles taste kinda funny.
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Or so I am told…. yeah….
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Myranda
Hi and a big warm welcome :)
“Do I have your permission to pass out FSM pendants, rings and brochures around my school to spread the good word?”
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I know the answer to that is “NO”…go for it :))
RAmen
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I want some too :))
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@Wench Nikkiee Oct 15th, 2007 at 1:49 am
“Do I have your permission to pass out FSM pendants”
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Oh bugger Myranda
…I read that as “do I need your permission” …oops. :))
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Maybe you could do a write-up of how it all goes?
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Good luck Myranda :)
At the very least bear in mind that you will be out of school and in the real world soon – so keep your chin up :)
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@Myranda – There should be a separation of church and state. You should not wear religious clothing to school. I am in favor of school uniforms.
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@christ4all
1: Why do you assume Myranda goes to a state school?
2: I know you’re trying to fight Atheists who use the whole “separation of church and state” argument by using it against them. There is a bit of a flaw in that though. Most of the arguments that I know of are from the US (though I’ll bet the relevant points are very similar elsewhere), so I’ll use that legal structure. The Constitution says that (well, according to Wikipedia; my old Civics book says the same stuff, I just can’t quote it) “”Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion….” Together with the Free Exercise Clause, (“…or prohibiting the free exercise thereof”)”. Congress funds schools, so it would be illegal for them to say, include “under god” in the Pledge of Allegiance, have prayer in school, advertise church groups in school, or (breaking with the school theme) put “In god we trust” on all of our money. It is also illegal for them to stop somebody from exercising their religion (provided that their activity is within other boundaries, such as not trespassing onto someone else’s private property in an effort to convert them).
3: If wearing somebody’s religious clothing is so bad, what should the kid whose religion requires him to wear pants do? Should he run around with his… well, I’ll just leave that you your imagination.
4: Are school uniforms are a horrible idea? Do they violate students’ ability to express themselves (I could get over that, but this is just the beginning)? What about the kid (like me) who was always really hot in class, even with shorts and a short sleeve shirt on? What about kids (like my sister) who were always freezing with jeans and a hooded sweatshirt on? What about the kids in between who have classes on both first and third floor (third floor being about 15^o F hotter than first)? What if somebody is allergic to the material? What if a family is financially unable to purchase a school uniform? Should the schools (already in a financial crisis, at least where I live) take on the enormous burden of clothing the entire student body, pun intended? Does anybody else love the picture/article in uncyclopedia’s entry on the Socratic Method?
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Woohoo, just converted another collegue! Aaaahhhh, that feels soooooo good, to show others the way to this wonderful faith! *sniff*
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Way to go Red :)
His Noodlyness will have a special seat reserved just for you.
RAmen
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I think the important thing to remember is that we don’t go for rules so much as guidelines.
So piratical garb is good and will help global warming but don’t feel compelled.
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The whole “Seperation of church and state” thing basically meant the government couldn’t tell you who/what to worship. They didn’t quite mean it like that.
But hey, I’m glad there isn’t much religion in my school. I personally think if there was, it would make it a big distraction and people would get pissy and riot. People can have bible studies, but that’s it. I’m fairly sure if I tried to start a FSM gospel study, it would get turned down in a heartbeat. It seems like people think Christianity is the only relgion that matters.
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@Christ4all – There should be a separation of church and state. You should not wear religious clothing to school. I am in favor of school uniforms.
Ramen! I wish we did have school uniforms sometimes for the sheer fact I wouldn’t have to stand in front of my closet for 10 minutes trying to figure out what to wear.
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But you /would/ have to spend two hours rooting through cupboards looking for your non-jean, non-cotton, non-combat black trousers. You know, those ones that have to be linen because synthetic fabrics give you a rash?
Swapsies?
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I wanna try wearing a pirate hat to school now! Maybe just on Fridays…
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This is quite a up-to-date info. I’ll share it on Digg.
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