Last updated 7/2008
Q: Who are you?
A: My name is Bobby Henderson. I’m 27. I grew up in Oregon and move around a lot. I have a physics degree and have successfully avoided a “real” job for years.
Q: Did you really send the Open Letter to the Kansas School Board?
A: Yes. But, I received no replies until after I posted the website online and the School Board started getting lots of emails about it. You can read some of the responses I received here.
Q: Are you an atheist / heathen / what?
A: I don’t have a problem with religion. What I have a problem with is religion posing as science. Teach Creationism in school, fine, but don’t teach it in a science classroom. And don’t change the definition of science so that you can teach these things. That’s retarded.
Supernatural explanations are by definition not science, so why would you teach them in a science classroom?
Religion, itself, isn’t bad. But it isn’t necessarily good, either. There are plenty of good Christians (and Muslims, and Buddhists, and Hindus), and plenty of bad ones.
Dogma is bad for everyone.
Q: You are making God angry.
A: I doubt it. If there’s a God, and he’s intelligent, then I would guess he has a sense of humor. And how do you know He is NOT a Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Q: Do you make money off this?
A: Yes. The Church makes money off T-shirts, car emblems, book sales, and occasionally donations. We are saving a lot of money and pretty soon here we’ll buy our first Pirate Ship which will serve as a floating church, open to all Believers.
Q: Your graph is messed up.
A: No, it’s not. The X-axis doesn’t have to represent time. And the data points don’t need to be in order. A graph is just a collection of data points, I can display them however I want. It might not be what you’re used to, but it’s not messed up. Please stop writing me emails about it (well over 200 at this point).
Q: There are more pirates now than ever. Look at the South Pacific. And song-downloading pirates, and blah blah blah.
A: Real pirates use swords (cutlasses, actually). Those “pirates” in the south pacific are guys with machine guns, cruising around in power-boats. They’re not pirates. And the song-downloading “pirates” are smelly nerds, and therefore not real pirates.
Q: Your grammar/spelling/etc is bad.
A: Yah.
Q: You’re wrong. It’s actually a linguini / mashed potato / dinosaur / elephant / whatever monster.
A: Maybe He just disguises Himself as those things. Also, you’re not funny.
Q: Can I reprint your letter?
A: Yes. Send me a link, please.
Q: Acceptible use of content?
A: It’s ok with me if you’re using the FSM images/content as long as it’s not for profit, and you’re doing it to further the Cause of the church. I.e. printing out FSM propaganda materials and distributing them is ok (and encouraged). Making FSM t-shirts, selling FSM merchandise, etc. is NOT OK.
Q: What blogging/cms software are you using?
A: The recently redesigned site is built on the Wordpress platform with the K2 template.
Q: How many members are there?
A: I don’t know. There are no membership records as such, so I can only guess based on the amount of traffic the site receives, etc. Traffic to date (September 2006) is somewhere in the vicinity of 350 million hits, and around 15 million unique visitors. Google returns close to 2 million results for the phrase “flying spaghetti monster“. So, who knows – your guess is as good as mine.
Q: Why Pirates?
A: We believe that humans evolved from pirates. Consider that humans share around 95% DNA with monkeys, and more than 99.9% DNA with pirates.
Q: Interview requests
A: I’m happy to answer your questions. I recommend you just send me your questions in an email with a subject that I’ll notice, like “INTERVIEW QUESTIONS”. You don’t need to ask permission or set up an interview for some future time, just send me the questions. Thanks.
Q: Website statistics
A: Somewhere around 10k-40k visitors per day, and somewhere around 500k-1million hits a day. Hits are extremely high because lots of people hotlink images,etc from the site. Which is fine w/me.
Emails – depends, but 50 per day is not uncommon. I have 13,839 unread emails right now (9/25/06). I’ll get to as many as I can.
Q: Why is there an FSM banner on my MySpace profile?
A: It’s a virus/worm that WAS NOT CREATED BY ME. I had nothing to do with it. I’m sorry – it caused everyone a lot of problems, and I do not approve of this sort of thing. You can remove it by following the directions here.
More questions? Ask me below, or email me at bobby.henderson@gmail.com
That’s Ok Booty, I’m not sticking around. It’s 9pm here and I’m ready for the land of nod. I’m trying to take care of some work, as well as remove my teeth from a pseudo science debate I latched onto. So been burning the candle down a bit.
Oh, and your day will be OK…..information from the future you know.
Catch you on the roundabout. :)
Hello Isaac. Please don’t walk on Mummy’s computer, otherwise she won’t be able to talk to all her pirate friends. Big smile from Nikkiee :)))
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:)
Sleep well!
I just got “The God Delusion” through the post – squeeeeeeee!
I really, really want to read it, but it is a bit difficult when you have a four year old who doesn’t know he is supposed to spend all day in front of the TV!
Roll on bedtime!
Nice to know I am going to have a nice day :)
I’m off to play pirates!
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Oh, and Isaac says Hi to you too, but he is quite enjoying his mountaineering thanks and doesn’t feel the need to stop just yet (I think he is practising so he can climb the beer volcano!)
It’s a pisser when you can’t threaten the little buggers with hell when they are naughty I can tell you ;)
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I’ve just about finished a theology degree because i’ve been searching for something. I thought I was getting somewhere on my journey, then I came here.
I have a love off all things piratical, pasta and a deep dislike of creationism. I have found what I am looking for. I have found my Shangri-La. Thankyou Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Pasta be upon you all.
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Welcome aboard Oz! Grab some grog, clap on a piratey hat, and let’s pillage the high seas!
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Btw, out of curiosity, does your name indicate an upbringing down under?
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@Pint ‘o Harveys Jan 10th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
“I can safely say that this site has truly opened my eyes to the glory of Him of the easily digestible carbohydrates. And meatballs. O how I am changed.”
Welcome to you too Pint ‘o Harveys. What Jingles said in above post.
Appologies if you got a bit ignored back there. Two Wenches talking! You understand, I’m sure. :)
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I am a new convert, and have a question, I hope this is the right place to ask it.
Is Pastafarianism recognized legally as a religion?
If not, is there any plans to get it recognized?
I’m just itching to sue someone for not letting me wear an eye-patch!!(over my third one, of coarse.)
Thanks and RAmen!!
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Dear Bobby Henderson,
I want to thank you so much for showing me the way. I am totally dedicated to FSM. This has freed me to be myself. The moral laws of Christians has held me back for years. I admit I haven’t read the gospel you wrote yet, but this new religion does not have moral laws like the others. So i am free now to do the things I always wanted to do without feeling any guilt. When my wife and kids get out of line, I can now do what is needed without any worries. I didn’t see any laws on marriage either. I have been dating another woman and told my wife she just has to deal with it. This has changed my life so much. Thank you so much Bobby you are my savior my Lord. I do have one question for you. Do you condone murder? I really don’t want to sin in this matter and I could not find any information on this. Could you please let me know?
Thanks Again
Dave
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Hello.
I just finished sending the links to this site to some friends I think would enjoy it.
I had a Q after reading the FAQ.
I’ll quote what I read first.
“Q: Acceptible use of content?
A: It’s ok with me if you’re using the FSM images/content as long as it’s not for profit, and you’re doing it to further the Cause of the church. I.e. printing out FSM propaganda materials and distributing them is ok (and encouraged). Making FSM t-shirts, selling FSM merchandise, etc. is NOT OK.”
The bit I have a Q about is the last statement. I do screen printing in my basement for my own amusement. A friends father lives in a rather ritzy right wing area and has a flag pole. He has inquired about my ability to print a flag of the pirate fish emblem. It would require a rather large screen, so has not been done yet.
The Q.
If I send you one, would you give me proper permission to print ONE for my friends dad? I ask out of respect. In all actuality I could print one up and the chances of you finding out are minimal, I just thought this would be the nice thing to do. There is no plan of a print date as of now, it really comes down to me getting off my ass and getting the supplies together to do it. Also, NO profit would be seen from this. It just sounds like a fun idea.
So, if you would like one, let me know. At most I will print three. One for my friend, one for me, and one for you.
Yes I did just contradict my statements by saying I would print ONE and then stating I would print three.
Yours.
-C-
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@Dave Jan 14th, 2007 at 9:46 am
You’re a bit late Dave, we’ve all heard your wank before.
It’s a shame you have already passed your genes on. I do have sympathy for your kids though. So hard for them to break out of that indoctrination when they get older.
So sad they will have been taught that only the bible can teach morals. Many such people end up in jail for some nasty crimes once they grow up, realise what a lot of crap their parents and church (how much do you pay them a week BTW?) have forced down their throat, and have no comprehension of how to know right or wrong without a book.
You are a very sad oxygen thief. People like you shouldn’t be alowed to have children.
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@Dave
Just goes to show what these Fund a Mentalist evangelical xtians are really like underneath their pretend high moral ground.
Gurrh….where is a bucket?
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I bet Dave terrifies his kids, with stories of how they’ll burn forever in a lake of fire, every time they do the slightest thing he doesn’t like! What an arrogant pig!!
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Noodly shit dick piss
Are you all complete retards or is this some funny joke
how the fuck can and noodle doodle twat face be god
REJECTS
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You must be sooooooo sad to believe this shit
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Oxygen thief alert. What’s really sad is your total ignorance reguarding the site.
Never mind I’m sure you’ll grow up one day.
RAmen
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Someone didn’t seal the ships timbers properly again. The bugs are crawling out of their crevices everywhere.
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thanks effing, i haven’t laughed so much in a long while. nice to have someone to play with on here again, (you even have command of the caps lock – truly a prince among hate-mongers).
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in answer to your queries, no, we’re not all complete retards. some of us are only half way there.
is this a funny joke? (i’ve added the question mark for you, sometimes they follow a question. you can get an adult to explain) ~ well i laugh quite a lot, so yes it’s funny. A joke? well, you have to make your own mind up there.
As for the FSM being a noodly master, try looking up the gospel, it’s all there. including the beer volcano and stripper factory. that’ll explain “how the fuck…”
REJECTS…. hmm, i’ve pondered this one. i think you’ve got the wrong tense. it should be “rejecters”. yes i do reject most religions, on the grounds they are false, fallacies, untruths or down right lies…
and finally, nope i’m not sad at all, i laugh lots. admittedly with the help of people like you. so thanks!
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are we seeing a resurgence in mindless, hateful drivel? *sniff*…brings a tear to the eye…
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Don’t you hate the drive by posting though? they never stay and play anymore. was a time when you could get days of fun from one fundi, nowadays they barely last more than a post….
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One minute wonders spider?
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Maybe the mental hospitals only allow them one post a week?
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or they just don’t have the stamina they used to…
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no, they can’t hack an argument.
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Homo narrans …”are we seeing a resurgence in mindless, hateful drivel? *sniff*…brings a tear to the eye…”
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Oh, I hope so (evil grin)!
Another one hit wonder, Dave? shit, why do you have the same name as me. You don’t do it justice!
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thing is i actually miss them. the challenge to our ideals is good, keeps us thinking about what we do and shows us whats out there. even just the monologues of spite had a purpose. i’d rather they spouted their bile here than against someone who maybe can’t argue back
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I feel the same way Navigator Spider
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what warm and fuzzy and in need of grog and wenches?
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less warm and fuzzy, more in need of grog and wenches.
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Someone called? ;)
Don’t worry about the other Dave Alchemist he’s just pretending to be a Dave cos he wants to be that cool – his real name is Periwinkle.
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Hahah – periwinkle – Vinca minor. Good one!
RAmen!
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I have tried to find this in the FAQ but oddly, it is not there.
I’d like to become a Pastafarian priest. Which are the steps I shall take?
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this is really sad….a man got bored a deceived people. but then i guess thats when religion comes from. the word religion means bondage anyway.
Jesus Christ saves….not a religion…”God who loved me, and gave Himself for me.”
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Hello girl, wouild you like to elaborate a little?
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@a girl
I must be a little slow today.
Err…what was that again??
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Are you sure Jesus died for you because i’m pretty sure it had something to do with the fact he pissed the romans off which didn’t give you a long life expectancy, he didn’t really have much choice in the dieing matter.
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@Rodger the cabin boy
I think it was actually the Jewish establishment he pissed off. Starting trouble in the temple about Jews using it to do a bit of business etc. It’s they who got very annoyed with him and handed him over to the Romans so they the Romans would do the dirty work for them. The Romans didn’t disappoint. After the Spartacus slave rebellion was crushed they crucified the surviving slaves by the thousands, so one troublemaker more or less made very little difference to them.
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I’ve always found it a bit wierd of the xtians to worship a pretty horrendous form of death authorised by the government of the day. If you were to listened to the xtians you’d think that Jesus was the only one singled to be cricified and was therefore somehow special at the time.
The fundies appear worship crucifixion itself, as much as a guy who died by it.
No wonder they are so aggressive and downright nasty.
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Sorry my bad
He still didn’t have any choice in the whole buisness of being stuck on a cross though.
Spartacus rebellion was about 100 years earlier than the crucifition of Jebus but thank for correcting me.
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@Rodger
No indeed, not suggesting they happened around the same time.
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Jesus died for us, because we all were sinners!
God knew he had to do something quick!
So he called up his good friend ponchus pilot,
and asked him what to do?
Well ponchus, was right up to the minute with Roman happenings and such.
He told god how if a roman was caught sinning, they had this way cool way of nailing the sinner up to a cross, and shorty there after they never sinned again.
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Sounds good god agreed, however, god needed to save everybody.
And if he nailed everybody to a cross, well then there would be nobody left?
So that wouldn’t work.
But ponchus was a clever dude.
He knew god had some bastard kid by some hooker, so after much thought.
He called god back, and explained to him, that if god were willing to nail HIS kid
to a cross, being god and all, would cerntainly draw attention.
They could say that it was done to save everyone, (those old romans weren’t the sharpest tools in the shed) who believed in god.
God thought this was a grand idea! He didn’t really like his kid anyway… so he asked ponchus to do the honors, ponchus agreed.
He also got 12 of the best authors of the time to get together and write about jesus’s life,
It was sure to be a hit, after the cross nailing and stuff, so it was done!
Stay tuned tomorrow for another bible lesson, by Peter Popoff.
Ramen
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@ Wench Nikkiee
‘The fundies appear worship crucifixion itself’
In that case perhaps we should offer to crucify them that way they can be just like thair beloved Jebus, and we don’t have to put up with their inane beleifs so everyones happy.
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Rodger tempting though your suggestion is, it would break one of the ‘I’d really rather you didn’t’s.
So we just poke fun at them instead.
The fact is they are such a bunch of wusses they wouldn’t drink the beer or ejoy the strippers anyway so why save them? They won’t thank you for it.
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You all probably know this, but cruxifixion wasn’t for religion related crimes, but for crimes against the Roman Imperium. Otherwise he would have been judged by priests, and stoned. He died the “terrorists’” way…
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Oops, that be “cruCifixion”… aaaargh!
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i EFFING H8 NOODLES @ Jan 16th, 2007 at 3:30 am said:
Noodly shit dick piss
Are you all complete retards or is this some funny joke
how the fuck can and noodle doodle twat face be god
REJECTS
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
You must be sooooooo sad to believe this shit
I don’ know why but that cracks me up.
The phrase ‘noodle doodle twat face’ is my favourite phrase of the week.
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Jesus was a terrorist. The Christians kept that quiet.
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Apologies for my consistent misspelling and typos, guys. Trying to contribute 2 cents worth, in the middle of attempting to get some work finished. Promise to start using spell check.
RAmen
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I think that Noodle Doodle Twat Face was a Muppet.
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dear Bobby,
Thanks mate! refreshing and important…
You could well go down in the history books (well you have already) just don’t let it go to your head, when the fundamentalist spaghetti worshipers have thier fill of blind stupidity and launch violent attacks on stupid people, it will be your name they fight under.
“follow the gourd… no the sandle, follow the sandle… we are all individuals… i’m not!”
With great power comes great responsibility… Good luck and thank you! xx
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Boo,
Did you see “Mock The Week” this week?
The subject was ‘things you won’t find in the Bible’ and one of the contestants started with “He’s not the messiah…” and the whole audience finished with a chorus of “…He’s a very naughty boy”.
Priceless.
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Hello There!
I read some of your letter to the Kansas School Board. I wondering where I could find some of your sacred texts you referred to in these quotes:
“We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power.”
“We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this.”
Also, I would like to see your raw data used to graph #of pirates vs. Global Average Temperature.
Your paper was not properly referenced by any accounts, but I’m sure it was an honest mistake.
Cheers!
Steve
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