For years, I have been forced to call myself a Taoist, noting that the rabid believers of God (also known as Allah) stare down my back everywhere I go, demanding that I follow one of their churches. I remember a particular fellow: Anwell, who demanded that I join the Christian faith.
But being an Atheist for years, I could not accept the notion of this perfect deity who demands that we believe in him or go to some horrible afterlife. I remained a steadfast Atheist, and pitied the Christians for their insanity.
In high school, which was not long ago, I overheard one of my classmates speaking of an ‘invisible pink unicorn,’ and a larger group scoffing at the idea of a ‘flying spaghetti monster.’
I had heard that these were the hopes for people like me who wanted to counter those blasted Christians, but I had no idea how to find them.
Then I overheard my roommate, who is of the Jewish faith, listening to a song… A song depicting the fight between these two deities on Youtube.
And I realized that it wasn’t a mere talk of legend. I realized that such a movement was truly going on!
Filled with excitement, I scampered to the computer and did some research. Soon, I learned of Pastafarianism, and I must say that I applaud your work here. I am considering joining the Pastafarian faith, and, out of curiosity, I must ask you: Are you aware of how many Pastafarians have actually joined the faith (roughly, of course), or is this movement still fairly unknown?
RAmen
With deep respect,
Zhang
@ Seeker of Truth
Count us nonagenarians in as well.
PS. Is “plegerism” anything like plagiarism?
@ Peter Popoff
Yes? Did you want me?
Welcome to the fold, er, pirate ship, Zhang. Enjoy beer and strippers and keep a sharp eye out for ninjas. Belief in the afterlife is about to get a whole lot more enjoyable.
RAmen
@Cottura 5 Minuti
Yeah the periodic table cought on, I’m Vanadium not too sure what that is but oh well.
I have counted…1,652,987,456.25
But what do you move onto once you exhaust the elements. Loads of messages on here get well above the early hundreds.
Compounds, and if we ever manage to run out of them…we’ll just find a Pastafarian scientist to make us some more.
how bout pasta?
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I call, penne. I call linguni!
@PacificPam–in that case, I call ravioli and rigatoni.
I call angel hair and fettuccini so, probably spelt wrong, but anyway.
And if we run out of noodles, we can start calling specific pasta dishes, like lasagne or spaghetti bolognase (sp?).
I don’t see any reason why not.
Can’t think of a more relevant current thread than the membership numbers one - apologies it isn’t too relevant but thought you might be interested in this one - might get a few more members coming along… http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5izIdAiH7TCkYQq8AvK6KbH480paAD8SUOUQG1
hahahahahahaah…what happens when all the italian dishes are done?
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will it be the end of the world and we will have to go to a cave?
@PacificPam
“what happens when all the italian dishes are done?”
Ok, so we will first finish off the elements, then the compounds (which should take a while considering all the slight alterations you can make to proteins and nucleic acids), then Italian dishes. After that we can start calling jokes. Theres this one guy, Pluto (maybe you’ve heard of him?), who has a never ending supply of jokes that should last us until the ADD kicks in and we move to a new thread (and thus calling elements again).
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By the way, for my joke I call the New Jersey Devils (honestly could you ask for a funnier joke?).
@Jennyanydots
I checked out your link. It was pretty cool. Did anyone else notice that the acronym for the “American Academy of Religion” is “AAR” and that their website is “aarweb” something or other? It would appear that a major organization is finally recognizing, nay, encouraging a connection between pirates and religion. With the American Academy of Religion’s support I think it’s safe to say that we’ve gone mainstream!
I wonder if we can get any conference procedings?
I wonder if Bobby will make priests and priestesses…like the IPU
@El Peatieablo - Pluto? nope, never heard of him….hahahahaahaha I have asked him where the hell does he gets all those jokes…no answer.
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Can you tell the New Jersey Joke…I don’t know it.
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I love the Hind Lick one!
@PacificPam (I’m trying to post the end of the URL to a wikipedia article, I hope it works)
wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_Devils
It’s a hockey team that I hate (they beat the Detroit Red Wings in the playoffs when I was really little and I never forgave them). Also, their logo is a wrench- not a wench, a wrench. That’s almost as bad as the Colorado Avalanche (I hate them too) with their giant foot logo.
You hate the Avalanche? (Well of course you do because you’re a Red Wings fan!) I was a big fan until Patrick Roy retired… The WALL!!!! Personally, I’m a Sabres fan…