umm u have GOT to be kidding

umm u have GOT to be kidding. wow. im a christian and im not gonna bash this but wow…u have to have alot of faith to believe in this type of thing. i sure as heck dont. food is food is food. i like spaghetti. i just dont worship it. lol
-mickchick

126 Responses to “umm u have GOT to be kidding”


  1. 1 GoDamn Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    Food is food? Like , who has a cannibalistic ritual where they drink wine that is actually the blood of their saviour and eat bread that is his flesh? Lets see, could it be… CHRISTIANS?

  2. 2 kelly Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:49 am

    thank you for not bashing us? i personally feel it takes a lot (that is two words, by the way) of faith to believe that a bearded guy up in the clouds is watching over our every mood, but hey, to each his own, right?

  3. 3 kelly Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:50 am

    sorry, that should have been “move” not “mood”

  4. 4 Pirates Evolve Too Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:59 am

    Mickchick,
    .
    Woah, there! Food is food, but Spaghetti is food AND God. Please, don’t be disrespectful to the creator of the universe. Spaghetti is the stuff of life and had the FSM not given us His body, we would not be able to indulge in and enjoy His noodliness is the multitude of ways we are able: with the holy saints of pesto, marinara, His spiciness arrabiata, the patron saint of dairy, Parmigiano Reggiano, and the earthly saint of Caesar Salad, along with the favorite of alcohol-loving Pastafarians, the creamy saint Vodka sauce.
    .
    Spaghetti is not just food, it is the foundation on which food is built. So before you sit down to your next plate of spaghetti, Michchick, remember to bow your head, remove your pirate hat and say, “RAmen.”
    .
    RAmen,
    .
    P.E.T.

  5. 5 Cap'nUberbob Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:00 am

    No, we are not kidding. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is THE CREATOR! There is no doubt about that, and you cannot prove otherwise.

    -Cap’nUberbob

  6. 6 villafandan Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:06 am

    you’re right, the dust man, rib woman & talking snake story makes much more sense.

  7. 7 Elvish Pirate Monarch Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:14 am

    I really wish there was a device you could give to people that would let them detect sarcasm and parody…

  8. 8 Dennis Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:23 am

    Mickchick. While you eat spaghetti, try to work on your grammar. It’s horrible.

  9. 9 JBENDER23 Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:37 am

    It has nothing to do with faith. We’re completely against faith. There’s no faith necessary, we have proof. (And yes, we are kidding. Jeez, lighten up.)

  10. 10 Wench Sophie Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:50 am

    But we don’t believe it! Duh! None of us actually believe this! We are all satirical, sarcastic, slightly snarky atheists and agnostics!

  11. 11 ET, the Extra Terrestrial Feb 14th, 2008 at 10:12 am

    No more than you need to believe in a dead man coming back to life.

  12. 12 beeble Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:05 am

    Do these people even bother reading the open letter anymore?

  13. 13 Benji Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:07 am

    Well, another person who clearly do not understand the meaning of the word : Ironic.
    .
    It’s fine, however, at least he seems relax. Have a nice day folk, and think about us when you eat spaghetti next time. Oh and by the way, you say that you like spaghetti… Would it be a timid approach of somebody who is afraid to get out of the closet? If you ever change your mind, the FSM will welcome you!
    .
    Benji

  14. 14 mikeb Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Mickchick,

    Yes, I agree spaghetti is good, I eat a lot of it. It also takes a lot of faith to believe in your religion too. So in that regard we are very similiar. All religions except for a few require a lot of faith in the doctrine that they preach. No one is asking you to worship the FSM, but please take the time to read the website, to see what we are actually about. You might agree, you seem like an open-minded person.

  15. 15 Fusillier Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    Hey!!! A christian who isn’t going to bash us :) woohoo, break out the grog there’ll be some pillaging tonight!!!

  16. 16 Squingleberg Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:47 am

    Wow, despite his lack of punctuation, he acutally have a kind hatemale! I never thought I would see the day. Oh, MickChick, we don’t need faith because we have evidence! See the Evidence tab above.

  17. 17 Chris (Not that guy) Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:06 pm

    Apparently you are bashing it…”Food is food is food” well a man is a man is a man…not some figure who is a god-send…how do you like it? Besides what makes on religion better than any other?

  18. 18 Rubik's cube is GOD Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

    umm u have GOT to be kidding. wow. im a pastafarian and im not gonna bash this (god) but wow…u have to have alot of faith to believe in this type of thing (god, virgin births). i sure as heck dont. Imaginary magic people is Imaginary magic people is Imaginary magic people. i like Imaginary magic people. i just dont worship them. lol
    -Rubik’s cube is GOD

    Why food is food is food? Why not just food is food? Why don’t you type out the word “you”? Alot is two words, a lot. Capitilize your “i”s and the first word in each sentence, and get some damn apostrophes.

    As far as hate mail goes, I rate this a 4/10. Try again.

  19. 19 przxqgl Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    and jeezis is just jeezis… i like the guy, but i don’t worship him… 8/

  20. 20 Toby Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    No. We are not kidding. And you’re right: it does take a lot of faith to believe in the FSM. But you only have enough faith to believe that an invisible sky-daddy impregnated a Palestinian girl with the savior of all mankind. Don’t I feel silly.

  21. 21 C. Felix Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Wow. Grammar and spelling must not be a strong point of the Christian faith.

  22. 22 BlackBard Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    Dear mickchick,
    .
    Pastafarians do not worship spaghetti, we worship The Flying Spaghetti Monster. Just a clarification.
    .
    You said, “im not gonna bash this…” But, then you end up laughing at it (lol). Well, I find the idea of a man in the sky who loves me, but will condemn me to eternal burning in hell if I don’t love and worship him a little funny, too. Our heaven is way better than what you think yours is. Does your heaven have a beer volcano? A stripper factory? No? Too bad.
    .
    RAmen

  23. 23 Captain W Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:43 pm

    “food is food is food.”- Brilliant observation!
    .
    I like the emphasis on GOT. Can I emphasis something… SATIRE

  24. 24 NintFJr Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Yes, it’s rather absurd to believe that god is a complex carbohydrate, but that thing about him being a cantankerous old fart in a bathrobe who got pissed at his son and killed him, that makes perfect sense.

  25. 25 Kender Feb 14th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

    Don’t be mistaken McChick. I don’t believe that a single one of us here worships the delicious pasta entree known as spaghetti, but rather a Omni-sentient being that tends to portray itself as a being composed of delicious pasta noodles and meatballs.

    I can understand the confuse you must have it seems to be common with most people who are unfamiliar with pastafarianism. No harm no foul though.

    Pasta be with you
    Ramen.

  26. 26 Ace Rancid Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    I thought you said you weren’t going to bash this, Mr. Hypocrite?

  27. 27 CapnSkittle Feb 14th, 2008 at 1:56 pm

    I’m getting tired of slow clapping the people who don’t get it.
    -emotear-

  28. 28 Gnocci Man Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    Yeesh… how many times do we have to tell them to read the open letter? It’s not as if this is particularly difficult to understand or anything.

  29. 29 scurvy jen Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:14 pm

    for the love of spaghetti will someone please buy a dictionary and look up the meaning of satire before they post on this site!

  30. 30 Mariner Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:29 pm

    “u have to have alot of faith to believe in this type of thing. i sure as heck dont.”
    ~
    My new all-time favorite quote by someone claiming to be a christian

  31. 31 Etay Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:31 pm

    I have nothing bad to say about this hatemail.
    Damn.

  32. 32 Spayder26 Feb 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pm

    hahahahahahha! this makes me lol!

  33. 33 Spartan Feb 14th, 2008 at 4:19 pm

    And you don’t need a large amount of faith to believe that an all powerful bearded old man living in the sky with winged people created the world over a period of six days, and then rested on the seventh? Or that he created a man from dirt and created a woman from one of the man’s ribs, and that they lived a nude life in a garden with talking snakes without venom that convinced the woman to eat a fruit from a tree the sky man said was forbidden? That event caused the sky man to curse the snake to slither and the woman to have pain in childbirth along with having to be subordinate to man, while the man has to work for the rest of his life? The eating of the fruit also brought sin to humanity so just because the first woman ate a fruit we have to burn in a fiery world after death? Then the sky man told a nice man to build an ark and have his family and a male and female of each species in the world live on it while he destroyed the world with a flood because all the other humans were being mean? And then because that plan failed a virgin gave birth to the son of the sky man who was nailed to a cross and died to take away our sins, later being resurrected and rising to heaven? And that he will stay there until it is time for him to return to make a kingdom for the sky man? That only those who worship this sky man will enter heaven for eternity and won’t burn for eternity even though the sky man has offered no real evidence for his existence and the people that try to prove him real use bad logical arguments and try to use anything in the world to prove their book is right while ignoring evidence against that position? Also when we are developing many laws and theories about how the world works based on substantial evidence found from observations of the world and extensive experimentation? That story sounds about as likely as a Flying Spaghetti Monster creating the world to me. There are two more things I have to say. Is your caps lock and both of your shift keys broken? The word got was in all caps though, so maybe your computer got a virus. Also, what is this world coming to? Nobody understands satire anymore, and, even worse, the rest of the world seems to have forgotten either how to scroll down a page.

    May you be touched by His noodly appendage,
    Spartan

  34. 34 Jake Feb 14th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Well actually, I would think that you would need even more faith to worship and everlasting and incomprehensible being. Spaghetti is something we can see, relate to, and comprehend.

  35. 35 Mr. Vet Dawg Feb 14th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

    Well I love this site and full support the FSM movement. I do have a important question tho:

    I love eating Spaghetti & Meatballs…now am I doing something in praise when I do this or is this rather sacreligious?

    I am quite concerned. Please show me the way.

    Love, Peace & Meatball Grease

    - Vet Diggity Dawg

  36. 36 Forde Feb 14th, 2008 at 5:34 pm

    Somewhere out there, your English teacher is crying.

  37. 37 Paula Feb 14th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    Anyone bothering to write hate mail against this man, should spend his time looking at the library for those things with pages named BOOKS.
    Anyone is free to adopt any kind of religion, as long as you don’t try to impose it to others I’ve got no problem there. But that is precisely the problem! All major religions impose its laws. When you get married by the cristian church, you have the obligation to baptise your children, make them do or educate them to do the first communion etc etc.
    In Catholic countries, Religion is taught at schools, there’s no getting away from it. That is enough of a crime but seriosly, teaching Religion at science class? that is too much! there’s absolutely no proof that what the bible says is true and science is all about proving your hypothesis!
    So yeah, I agree with this guy, the onew who wrote the original letter, if such abstract non-proved things as the creationist ideas are taught at schools, I want this one, and the one saying that teh universe comes from the vomit of a leprechaun taught as well.

    PS, sorry the gramar and spelling, english is not my first language

  38. 38 loohcsnuf Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:01 pm

    You have GOT to be kidding. Wow. I’m a pastafarian and I’m not gonna bash Christianity, but wow… you have to have a lot of faith to believe in this type of thing. I sure as heck don’t. People is people is people. I like people. I just don’t worship it.
    -loohcsnuf

    P.S. Work on your spelling and grammar, perhaps then you might have a bit better luck in persuading people to your false idea of “the truth.”

  39. 39 One who has been touched Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:22 pm

    No kidding. Me, My husband and my children have all been touched by his noodlness. A great weight has been lifted. I feel free and I look forward to meeting Him one day at the base of the beer volcano.

  40. 40 pastastic Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    you also have to have alot of faith to belive in a magic giant from space and his hybrid human/superbeing carpenter of a son who dies 2000 years ago, i guess religion is just crazy like that sometimes

  41. 41 Bill Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:30 pm

    Yes. We are. What’s your excuse?

  42. 42 Screwdriver Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:41 pm

    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

    That makes perfect sense…

  43. 43 Screwdriver Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:42 pm

    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree.

    Yeh.. That makes perfect sense..

  44. 44 Screwdriver Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree..

    Makes loads of sense..

  45. 45 MeatySauce Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    I sure as heck do. Why shouldn’t I? Is it because my God is less believable than an old bearded white man floating around in the clouds surrounded by humans with wings and gold rings surrounding their heads? Is His Noodliness less realistic than, say… transubstantiation? Now there’s something that grabs you by the horns!
    My God, the one true God (meaty be the sauce), loves me (and you), AND he is delicious with more than a hint of garlic.

  46. 46 Screwdriver Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:45 pm

    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree..

  47. 47 Screwdriver Feb 14th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Christianity: The belief that a cosmic jewish zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree

  48. 48 CookieDuster Feb 14th, 2008 at 7:10 pm

    “im a Christian?” This I find hard to understand. Is this a reference to the Instant Messaging all the kids are doing? Sorry, no need for me to message a Christian.

  49. 49 St John the Blasphemist Feb 14th, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Just like you have to have a lot of faith to believe in talking snakes, talking burning bushes, flying horses, and any big invisible monster. So who’s kidding who?
    .
    St John the Blasphemist
    Saint of Spaghedeity Worship

  50. 50 Corey Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    I continue to say that any Christian who points out the fact that we worship a form of food seriously needs to reexamine the whole communion thing.

  51. 51 Gary Feb 14th, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Mickchick - I like fairy tales as much as the next person, but I don’t worship one. A dead guy is a dead guy is a dead guy. I like dead folks as much as the next guy, too, but I don’t worship one…

  52. 52 martmar Feb 14th, 2008 at 9:06 pm

    u have to have a lot of fate a white wizrd from lord of the rings created the world

  53. 53 MV Feb 14th, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    Mickchick, do they teach Christians how to do research? Guess not because if you knew how to, all you would have to do is click “About” and see why FSM came about. In a nutshell, it is not to teach Intelligent Design in Science class because it is not science. If they do want to teach it then they would have to teach FSM. Why? Because FSM is just as likely as Christian God. You can not prove nor disprove either. That is why it should be kept at church or religious studies and not science. Understand?
    RAmen!
    PS. FSM loves all and accepts all religions. Also we have never killed anyone in the name of the FSM. You can’t say that about Christianity!

  54. 54 Alocai Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:18 pm

    Yes, it takes faith.
    You didn’t bash, so, i’ll only unload with one barrel,please explain why it’s easier to believe in a big beardy man in the sky? And, umm, doesn’t Christianity encourage faith?

  55. 55 JP Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:35 pm

    Wow. You must be pretty stupid.

  56. 56 Jonathan Feb 14th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

    You, like most of those in your faith, appear to have totally missed the point.

    The FSM loves you, even if you have yet to discover his noodliness for yourself.

  57. 57 Mattus Feb 15th, 2008 at 1:11 am

    There are those that believe bread and wine become actual body and blood of that Christ fella.

    They got it all wrong as bread and wine are nothing but a good accompanyment to a nice pasta dish. Hence the obvious superiority of the Spaghedeity ( sauce be upon him ).

    You just don’t get it. Lighten up and have a little fun!

    Yaaarrr Pastafari!

  58. 58 Mattus Feb 15th, 2008 at 1:15 am

    There are some that believe that bread and wine become the flesh and blood of some Jesus fella.

    They got it all wrong. Bread and wine are nothing but a good accompanyment to a decent pasta dish. Hence the superiority of the Spaghedeity.

    Anyway, you just don’t get it. Lighten up and have some fun!

    Yaaaarrrr Pastafari!!

  59. 59 Von Haus Feb 15th, 2008 at 1:40 am

    i’m glad that you like spaghetti, it is your first step on the road to forgiveness.yes we do have a lot of faith, it comes from knowing we are correct, food is pasta is god.

  60. 60 I. Mand Feb 15th, 2008 at 2:01 am

    Umm, I think u GOT to be kidding. wow. Im a pastafarian and Im not gonna bash christianity but wow… U have to have a lot of faith to believe in all that cr*p in the bible. I sure as heck dont. Without food, everyone on this planet would die. I like spaghetti too. I worship it. Rofl Mao.

    P.S.: Have you ever heard of irony?

  61. 61 One Eyed Jack Feb 15th, 2008 at 2:18 am

    Mickchick,
    .
    That loud, “whoosh”, would be the point flying over your head.
    .
    OEJ

  62. 62 Lazlow Feb 15th, 2008 at 2:43 am

    “umm u have GOT to be kidding.”
    .
    Sure!
    .
    “wow.”
    .
    Great!
    .
    “im a christian and im not gonna bash this but wow…”
    .
    Good for you! You’re a horrible speller, though!
    .
    “u have to have alot of faith to believe in this type of thing.”
    .
    Have you seen all the evidence and academic endorsements?
    .
    “i sure as heck dont.”
    .
    What’s a “dont”?
    .
    “food is food is food.”
    .
    Food is indeed food.
    .
    “i like spaghetti.”
    .
    Me too!
    .
    “i just dont worship it.”
    .
    Why not worship food that gives life instead of a deity that demands it for the sole purpose that he’s jealous and insecure?
    .
    “lol”
    .
    Read your post, huh?
    .
    “-mickchick”
    .
    -Lazlow

  63. 63 FSM Gospel according to John Feb 15th, 2008 at 3:22 am

    It’s not supposed to be a serious religion, it’s just supposed to be a point that if it is so ridicuolus,then how come the idea of your god isnt as silly???

  64. 64 Lynn Feb 15th, 2008 at 5:00 am

    It’s called a SHIFT key, people!!!

  65. 65 memoid Feb 15th, 2008 at 5:05 am

    note to admin (bob) can we please please PLEASE somehow setup a system for asking the age of these hatemail senders? I know theres no way of being sure they enter their correct age… but its still better than nothing. Its just that there are SOO many of these “I can’t believe you believe this crap” type of hatemail, and I find it so hard to believe that so many cant believe that we believe this crap! I mean if the poster is 12, then its cool, i’ll let it go.. But otherwise… man I’m scared…

  66. 66 Francesc Feb 15th, 2008 at 5:15 am

    Food is food and a man is a man, not a god. And a book is a book, not the Truth and god’s words.

    I can’t see why our beliefs implies more faith than yours, but in case they do, you should remind that faith is a capital virtue in christian’s belief, so we are closer to heaven than you - hehe

    May His noodly appendage touch you

  67. 67 JTown Barrett Feb 15th, 2008 at 6:55 am

    Umm… Wow. Do any Christains know the meaning of the word “satire”?

  68. 68 All Free Do Feb 15th, 2008 at 7:42 am

    why not? it’s delicious!

  69. 69 Scotty B Feb 15th, 2008 at 9:17 am

    “food is food is food”

    Except when its the blood and flesh of Christ, am I right?

  70. 70 Thinking Man Feb 15th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    mickchick, yes, it’s a parody, tongue is firmly in cheek!

    RAmen

  71. 71 .......shut it Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:06 am

    …..I worship it.

  72. 72 Dragon Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:12 am

    Some people will just never understand. Ah well, back to believing there was a man before said man created man, eh?

  73. 73 alf Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:35 am

    dude if u have nothing nice to say dont say anything at all.
    fsm rocks
    ramen

  74. 74 alf Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:36 am

    if u aint got nothin nice to say dont say anything at all
    fsm rocks
    ramen

  75. 75 Landlubber Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:57 am

    No. We’re super… super… serious.

  76. 76 Infant Pillager Feb 15th, 2008 at 12:03 pm

    you sir, are an idiot.

  77. 77 Udon Rock Feb 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pm

    What? Kidding? How dare you belittle our love for the Lord and Dinner! You don’t see me laughing at your god do you? Well I’m not, because it’s not funny to be nailed to a piece of wood by Romans…..Ok, it is a little funny, but I’m still not laughing! May you receive ten thousand lashes with a wet noodle! May your sauce be thin and flavorless for all eternity! May pirates park their ship your foot and drink all your booze! You are dead to me mickchick….you hurt my spirit….

  78. 78 Black Moustache the Pirate Feb 15th, 2008 at 8:52 pm

    Soooo…..pretty much our god is completly ridiculous and we need tons of faith to follow Him……so whats the difference here?!

  79. 79 Cody (Lord of Numa) Feb 15th, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Hm…

    As a former Christian, I really need to say this: Christianity takes A LOT of faith. This is the reason that I am not a Christian. I am too much of a skeptic and a cynic to believe in such things. Faith is not something I know. I have no faith in humanity and no faith in the supernatural.

    Possibly biggest (and most dismissed) question asked about Christianity is:

    If your God exists, and is, indeed, a God of mercy and love who loves ALL of creation and is empathetic to the sufferings of man, and who wants the pains of the world to vanish, then why does everything still suck?

    I hear Christians say that they see God everywhere, in the beauty of the world and in the wonders of creation. I see nothing but pain and misery. I see the suffering of innocent people. This leads me to believe that one of two options is true:
    1) There is no God (or, at least, any God who actively influences the world - deism not ruled out here)
    2) There is a God, but he sure as hell does not love us.

    Either way, I find no reason to worship and/or have faith in some supernatural being who thinks he can rule my life.

    to God:

    Happiness or GTFO!

  80. 80 Brother Boyardee Feb 15th, 2008 at 10:58 pm

    > u have to have alot of faith to believe in this type of thing

    That’s the nicest thing I have heard a christian say in a long time. Thank you and may His Noodly Goodness bless you.

  81. 81 mvemba Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the FSM movement is nonsense. Scientific research clearly shows that spaghetti evolved from dumplings. No wait–spaghetti and dumplings share a common ancestor. We found a fossilized noodle under a rock (or could it be a string?) and ran it through our computer. The computer says its 3 quinitillion years old. Even though none of us were here 3 quintillion years ago-I’ll believe the computer. I will now put an FSM emblem on my car w/ litle legs underneath-LOL
    Evolution at its best.

    This just in–10 foofillion year old lo mein fossil found in China!!!

    more proof of the spaghetti evolution

    GOD IS REAL! Mankind from Apes is not

  82. 82 mvemba Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the FSM movement is nonsense. Scientific research clearly shows that spaghetti evolved from dumplings. No wait–spaghetti and dumplings share a common ancestor. We found a fossilized noodle under a rock (or could it be a string?) and ran it through our computer. The computer says its 3 quinitillion years old. Even though none of us were here 3 quintillion years ago-I’ll believe the computer. I will now put an FSM emblem on my car w/ litle legs underneath-LOL
    Evolution at its best.

    This just in–10 foofillion year old lo mein fossil found in China!!!LOL

    more proof of the spaghetti evolution

    GOD IS REAL! Mankind from Apes is not

  83. 83 Francisco Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:21 pm

    As a Christian I see how many other Christians can see this as ridiculous and/or Blasphemous, but unlike most Christians I do not. I believe that how or what someone worships is not the problem, it’s how we treat other people. Although I do not believe in the FSM, I wouldn’t condemn someone to hell because they do, after all one of my best friends is a Pastafarian, and he is one of the best people I know. I believe that if most christians would stop bitching about God being taken out of schools, and used that energy for something more productive (i.e. the homeless or sick) alot more could get done.

  84. 84 Schmeeges Feb 16th, 2008 at 1:39 am

    To Elvish Pirate Monarch

    (…I really wish there was a device you could give to people that would let them detect sarcasm and parody…)

    unfortunately, there is a device, but it can’t be given, only inherited —it’s called intelligence

    the next best thing is simple instruction via jokes/wordplays etc….it took several seasons for Alice to understand the concept (Vicar of Dibley fans will know what I mean), but once the light goes on…it’s like not being able to unsee Jesus in the snow once you’ve seen him.

  85. 85 The Indexer Feb 16th, 2008 at 10:31 am

    Micknick we are an organized relIgion that, contrary to the rest, endorse rational thought, scientific understanding, etc. We are also very proud to say that we are so open minded that given enough evidence we are more than willing to embrace it and rewrite our sacred scriptures. They are sacred only as long as they are useful to us. We reject dogma. In fact that it was agreed that our service be performed on friday and that it should include beer and pasta. I wonder how many pastafarians would believe this is dogmatic? In fact most of them follow this sacrament without realizing they are doing exactly what His Noodliness has asked to do BUT without dogma. Then end up happy, and full (or Whole)

    What can be said about Christianity? Well, in many websites it has been summarized as follows:

    Christianity:

    The belief that some cosmic Jewish Zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat form a magical tree. Makes perfect sense!
    (please if anyone knows who wrote this please let me know so I can properly quote him/her)

  86. 86 Red Dutch Pasta Wench Feb 16th, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Francisco, now I like your attitude brother :) The FSM is pretty cool about people not believing in him.
    May pasta be with you ;P

  87. 87 mentos Feb 16th, 2008 at 2:09 pm

    I actually like this hate mail.

  88. 88 BlackBard Feb 16th, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    Francisco wrote in part:
    .
    “As a Christian I see how many other Christians can see this as ridiculous and/or Blasphemous, but unlike most Christians I do not. I believe that how or what someone worships is not the problem, it’s how we treat other people. Although I do not believe in the FSM, I wouldn’t condemn someone to hell because they do…”
    .
    I appreciate the sentiment, but, unfortunately, it is not in line with Christian doctrine, according to which, it is by “grace,” not “works,” that salvation can be achieved. I also realize that there are many others who share your view, but you should understand that your religion does condemn everyone who does not believe in Jesus and your god. Further, mere belief is not enough for salvation. One must also be forgiven for a sin that one did not commit, ie “original sin.”
    .
    We Pastararians do not believe as you do. We believe that is is how we live our lives that determines where we will go (heaven vs hell), not what we believe about the nature of a god, be it the FSM or any other deity. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster tells us the FSM does not care if we believe in Him or not. He is not that vain.
    .
    It sounds like you may be more of a Pastafarian than you might think. Maybe you should reconsider you beliefs, in light of how you feel about the official position of your present religion. Who knows, you might be touched by His Noodly Appendage and changed forever.
    .
    RAmen

  89. 89 clarification Feb 16th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

    Only some christians believe that communion is literally the body and blood of Christ. Most believe it is a representation and is just a ceremonial thing.
    I believe all religious options should be explored. Live life and love!

  90. 90 Spaghetti Dragon Feb 17th, 2008 at 12:07 am

    Yes, food is food and food is INDEED food is food. And why not worship food? Better than someone who will make you burn for eternity if you don’t believe in him because he’s very insecure.

    And who said that spaghetti was created before him? Perhaps he nibbled on his appendages while trying to pass college (which he created) and thought that it tasted pretty good. So he gave us a physical manifestation of himself in which we enjoy so very much.

    Spaghetti is easier to eat for religious purposes than stale bread and someone’s blood.
    RAmen!

  91. 91 Rubik's Cube is GOD Feb 17th, 2008 at 12:30 am

    Yes, food is food and food is INDEED food is food.

  92. 92 Wench Nikkiee Feb 17th, 2008 at 2:39 am

    mvemba Feb 15th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
    “The Flying Spaghetti Monster and the FSM movement is nonsense.”
    .
    Hey mvemba the FSM is legit and therefore so are we! Even Jesus acknowledges His Noodlyness, the FSM.
    .
    Signs from God (s)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1ZIMcTlW0
    RAmen

  93. 93 Eynalis Feb 17th, 2008 at 5:54 am

    Wait wait wait,
    YOU belive in a man, who walked on water, turned water into wine, died, came back to life, and THIS is nonsense?! Hah. I mean, the fact that a spirit with no image create dthe world, is that ok? WE don’t trouble YOU by beliving our belives, then why you christians have to ruin everything!? You don’t see us killing others just because they are other relgions(like you do), you don’t see us throw our money for a HUGE cathedral. What kind of damage did FSM do to the world? Not a thing. And christainizm? WAY too much damage. The crusade, for example. And lets not talk about Hitler. If you will look at this “Testment” of yours well, you will see how much bullshit can be in a single, forsaken book. We didn’t do anything. Each other religion has done enough damage. We didn’t. And we don’t want to. All the other relgions want to control the world. We don’t. We want to leave in peace, without being distrubbed by your religion nonsence. But, I guess that you christains just can’t take it, then someone got a better idea then this lousy thing you call god. So are we kidding? Nah-ah. Are you kidding? Yes. You know what I have to tell you and your christ? Go to eat vegtables in hell. Because of your punny “lets see how quickly we can kill all pirates in this world” of yours, the world will turn to hell. Hell, I tell you, HELL. now if FSM distrubs you, why did you enter here? Now please, let us live our lives, with our faith. Oh, and when you reach hell and eat vegtables, while we are drinking bear infromt of a strip factory, remeber this post of yours. Remember, that not a single war was caused by FSM. Remember all the wars that started by Christ, and his followers.

  94. 94 Amy Feb 17th, 2008 at 11:50 am

    Wait. So there are people stupid enough to believe that Pastafarianism is an actual religion? I…am utterly flabbergasted. This is why I don’t talk to people and hide in my little hole in the wall. They’re just too retarded to handle.

  95. 95 Jake Feb 17th, 2008 at 1:10 pm

    Congradulations, the test results came back, it ends up that your gay. And in better news you also have AIDs

  96. 96 Em Feb 17th, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    Go Francisco!

  97. 97 An Evil Unknown Unseen Killer :-[ Feb 17th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

    Could you be possibly sent to hell if you don’t even believe there is one?? I don’t. I’m someone who is Absent-brained(It’s not absent - it was never there :) )

  98. 98 RamblinEvilMushroom Feb 17th, 2008 at 10:11 pm

    I just wish we would be insulted with proper spelling…. That would make me happy.

    RaMEN!

  99. 99 The Wiener Thief. Feb 18th, 2008 at 2:08 am

    I like spaghetti. Does the FSM condone smoking weed? I smoke a lot of weed. Does the FSM smoke weed? Does the FSM smoke shwagg, or does he smoke some dank stuff? Let me know mangs. In FSM I trust.

  100. 100 Bo Johansson Feb 18th, 2008 at 10:57 am

    HELP (for the second time)!

    Sorry, this is really off-topic but I don’t know how to get help here. I already posted this request for help in another posting, I now am doing it again, getting a bit desperate.

    I joined the forum but apparently I forgot to activate my account. Solution according to the FAQ: contact the forum adm. How? In order to send them mail I have to log in which I obviously can’t. I can’t reregister since my email “is already used”. What to do? Catch 22 comes to mind…

  101. 101 Cap'n Ollie Feb 19th, 2008 at 7:29 am

    @Bo Johansson-
    When it says contact the forum admin, i believe it means via email.
    Try looking around for some of the admins’ email addresses.

  102. 102 Ramen_loving_brittni Feb 19th, 2008 at 7:34 am

    hm… this is good quality hate mail. I only wish she would accept our noodle god… but to each his own!

    RAmen

  103. 103 Pirates Evolve Too Feb 19th, 2008 at 11:09 am

    Hey Mvemba,
    .
    Are you for real? I consider myself pretty good at deciphering between sarcasm and seriousness…but either you are an extremely dry person or extremely misinformed. I’m banking on misinformed. If this is the case, listen carefully. We (the scientific community) DO NOT just put things into computers and wait for a date. There are decades of research, sampling methodology, sample preparation and quantum mechanics that go into determining how old a particular piece of bone, wood or stone is. Do you understand what radioactive decay is? It is the absolutely regular (like a ticking clock) decay of an unstable isotope (variation of an element based on atomic weight) into a stable isotope. This regularity is measured in terms of a “half-life” which is the amount of time it takes for the total amount of unstable isotopes to reach stability, it then taken another half life for the remaining half to reach stability, another half life for the remaining quarter of unstable isotopes to reach stability, etc. This regularity has been empirically measured by counting the number of alpha or beta emissions in a given time and then extrapolating this count into time (just like when you take your pulse and count for ten seconds then multiply by six to get how many beats per second). This can be done for numerous isotopes including Carbon 14, Argon 39/40 and Uranium. Similar strategies but with different methodologies exist in the form of Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) dating and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) which can work on tooth enamel and quartz sand grains, respectively.
    .
    Listen, Mvemba, we don’t have to live billions of years to be able to accurately date artifacts and objects to that time period. The same principles that govern your TV, your ipod and most modern technology govern the principles of dating methodology; deny your TV works if you want to deny that dating is accurate. Given, as dates become older they become less reliable in terms of accuracy but if you ever actually read an academic article where these dates are published, you will also see increasing margins of error for these older dates. This is how we determine if dates are reliable…based on the possibility of contamination and the specific expected versus given isotope counts.
    .
    If your post was actually dry sarcasm, then I’m sorry, if it was serious, then I certainly hope you learned something.
    .
    P.E.T.

  104. 104 Dewi Feb 19th, 2008 at 9:57 pm

    Lol indeed you are so right pastafarianism is so silly lol lol…….lol.

  105. 105 Bo Johansson Feb 20th, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Thanks for answering Cap’n Ollie.

    The only moderator that has a mail-button is Capellini (if there are any others please let me know) but I have to be logged in to mail her. And since I can’t log I can’t mail her… I am probably a member of around 50 different forums and this has never happened before. The only solution seems to reregister with another nick and e-mail and I would rather not.

    Apparently someone is moderating these comments - can’t you please help me in some way?

  106. 106 PoJo Feb 21st, 2008 at 4:10 am

    You’re right, sir, we are crazy. A food god is preposterous, but a woman being created from a man’s rib is perfectly acceptable.

  107. 107 Thoreau Feb 22nd, 2008 at 8:31 am

    I have a question: I make lasagna for my students, as a teaching tool. Sort of. Could I be considered a Pastafarian if I don’t actually make spaghetti, but instead use lasagna noodles? Would this be considered blasphemy or am I guilty of heterodoxy? Do I need to start making lasagna out of spaghetti noodles in order to worship properly?

  108. 108 Ramenlover Feb 22nd, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Thanks for being nice about your disbelief. :) We get a lot of mean, abusive people here. This is refreshing.

  109. 109 Dylan Smith Feb 23rd, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    In my opinion… You have to have just as much faith to believe in all the bullshit that Christians believe.

  110. 110 Damita Feb 24th, 2008 at 3:12 am

    Yes, dear henderob, I do believe the author of the site is kidding. And if you had SOME common sense, you would, too.

  111. 111 Red DutchPasta Wench Feb 27th, 2008 at 2:32 am

    Ehm, Damita, the publisher and author og the site Henderob (or Bobby Henderson), yhe writer of this piece of common un-sense signed at the bottom of the piece.
    *
    Bobby, maybe it’s an idea to make this more clear??

  112. 112 Bo Johansson Feb 27th, 2008 at 3:45 pm

    Thanks for answering Cap’n Ollie.

    The only moderator that has a mail-button is Capellini (if there are any others please let me know) but I have to be logged in to mail her. And since I can’t log I can’t mail her… I am probably a member of around 50 different forums and this has never happened before. The only solution seems to reregister with another nick and e-mail and I would rather not.

    Apparently someone is moderating these comments - can’t you please help me in some way?

  113. 113 CER WILL Feb 27th, 2008 at 9:29 pm

    WOW IF WANT TO THINK THE THERE IS A GOD WHICH IS MADE FROM FOOD IM GOONA BELEAVE IT, ITS FAR BETTER THEN GETING YOUR RELIGION CRAMED DOWN YOUR THROAT BY SOME OLD DRUNKEN MINISTER WHO LIKES SPENDING TIME WITH THE YOUNG QUIR GROUP!!!!!!!11

  114. 114 James D King of Pirates Feb 28th, 2008 at 8:39 am

    So instead of spaghetti you worship a really old pervert? I am not talking priests here either. The guy supposed watches you constantly throughout the course of your life, likes to populate the world with 1 family, and will torture you eternally for not worshiping him. 3 Fetishes there I will describe and how FSM does not have them:
    1) Watching you known as voyeurism, FSM likes to give you private time whenever you are naked or doing something he would rather not see, whereas the Christian God will watch you constantly throughout your life, non stop to see if you ever stop worshiping him.
    2) Incest, twice recorded in the bible, he has forced one family to get it on repeatedly in order to make more children, (Adam and eve, Noah) whereas the FSM made a lot of midgets and they grew taller over time.
    3) Sado masochism, the enjoyment of the torture of others or yourself. The worst a pastafarian gets is Stale Beer and strippers with VD and even then its only if you were a total jack ass belief is not even mandatory for our heaven. What do you get for screwing up even once in your faith? An eternity of torment while your god watches you to make sure you stay there, so who is better? Your god probably has even more weird fetishes if you read the whole bible. (Like the whole snuff fetish thing)
    I hope you all enjoyed this commentary of a dirty old man, verses the FSM.
    RAmen
    James D King of Pirates

  115. 115 Bo Johansson Mar 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 am

    The only moderator that has a mail-button is Capellini (if there are any others please let me know) but I have to be logged in to mail her. And since I can’t log I can’t mail her… The only solution seems to reregister with another nick and e-mail and I would rather not.

    Apparently someone is moderating these comments - can’t you please help me in some way?

  116. 116 Vera Mar 23rd, 2008 at 9:25 pm

    You’ve got to have a lot of faith to believe in an invisible man in the sky who created us just for the hell of it.

  117. 117 Cap'n Wolf Mar 30th, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    Vera is right.

    And don’t forget what George Carlin says.

    The invisible man has a list of stuff he wants us not to do, and if we do it, he sends us to suffer for eternity. But he loves us. *rolls eyes*

  118. 118 higgy Mar 31st, 2008 at 10:07 am

    PoJo, that’s a great point :D

  119. 119 Michael Apr 8th, 2008 at 6:52 pm

    Hey Just to tell u guys pasta was created by man

  120. 120 chaos Apr 13th, 2008 at 3:26 am

    Michael, so was God. Pasta, on the other hand, is an actual thing created by man, whereas God is a large group of thoughts created by man.
    If you’re going to have God crammed down your throat, wouldn’t you rather it be a tasty God with parmesan sauce? RAmen

  121. 121 thisurbanjungle Apr 21st, 2008 at 10:39 am

    lol! This is good for laughs! Sure won’t be funny for long though!
    Some people are soooo…. open minded that their brains fall out!

    “…a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing!”

  122. 122 Anon Apr 21st, 2008 at 4:37 pm

    Wow, He doesn’t get it does he?

  123. 123 Earthbreaker Apr 22nd, 2008 at 5:21 pm

    Liar! You bashed it! YOU BASHED IT!

    And yes you do worship it! Your omnipotent God exists within everything including Spaghetti! Even carbonara!

  124. 124 WTF ARE YOU GUYS THINKING! Apr 25th, 2008 at 8:38 am

    WOW U GUYS R LOSERS

  125. 125 WTF ARE YOU GUYS THINKING! Apr 25th, 2008 at 8:39 am

    u guys are fucking crazy

  126. 126 the random frog Jun 9th, 2008 at 2:53 pm

    you don’t have enough faith to believe in an omniscient invisible creator. god will not be pleased.

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