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
Hi Steve. Read the bloody letter and the FAQs before posting.
Cheers!
Alchemist
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Thank you for giving me something to believe in =)
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Welcome Jill.
May you be forever touched.
Ramen
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@Jill
“Thank you for giving me something to believe in =)”
It’s not real Jill…there is no FSM and no such thing as monsters…mostly…
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You’ll be telling her there is no Santa or Tooth Fairy next! Bugger off!
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Thumper
Jan 21st, 2007 at 11:22 pm
@Jill
“Thank you for giving me something to believe in =)â€
It’s not real Jill…there is no FSM and no such thing as monsters…mostly…
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Aren’t you living proof of the opposite?
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This is the best religion ever! I always thought all religion was some bullcrap, made up by fanatics who wanted to control people, but now i know better! :D
RAmen to the understanders
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Elmon, Xaos, and other later folks: you do NOT have to swear on the Bible. You have to either take an oath “so help me God” (which could be on a Bible but I don’t think they usually have one, you just raise your right hand) or make an affirmation like “I affirm that I will tell the truth, under penalty of perjury.” You just have to say something that makes it clear that you understand the seriousness of it and you really do intend to be truthful. At least, that’s under the (United States) Federal Rules of Evidence. States can make their own rules to some extent. I don’t know any details about what they permit, but if they went too far in requiring religious statements they would have First Amendment problems.
So as far as I know (I’m just a student, get a real lawyer if this is important to you) there should be no reason why a Pastafarian can’t either swear on the Gospel of the FSM, or simply make an affirmation, as long as it’s clear he or she takes it seriously. But I think you might want to bring your own GFSM if you want to swear on it — I doubt most bailiffs keep a copy of it around.
Ramen.
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I have been touched….
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I’m very interested in the feild of pastafarianism. I think I’m gunna convert.
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I am the offical prophet of albuqerque. I have beentouched by his noodlely appendage and I have conveted over 100 people. But i don’t know how to start a forum subject can someone tell me how. Also how do ypu put pics. into your blog?
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Eris smiles upon the FSM, especially when she’s touched by his noodley appendage. No pre-nup, and she is his. Hail Eris. Hail FSM.
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Well, I hope he touches allover.
Ramen
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I was just wondering how your marriage ceremonies work?
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Hi people, i have a question. How do you pray to the FSM? I have a pic and all, but i still dont know how to pray. I was an atheist, but…. :)
mail me at bubccx@googlemail.com please if you have an appropriate answer ;)
greets to all those faithful people :D
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Hi,
I am extremely interested in joining your congregation, but before committing I just have a couple of questions.
Firstly, how does the FSM feel about the consumption of spaghetti (and/or meatballs) by humans?
Secondly, I wish to spread the mighty word of the FSM, but I have concerns regarding my sister’s wheat-allergy. Does this prevent her from converting, or does the FSM accommodate her extenuating dietry circumstances with some sort of wheat-free option? (Perhaps she could make her own pasta from scratch, using spelt flour?)
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Rhys.
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@Rhys McGowan
The consumption of spaghetti is seen as an act of worship by his noodlyness, and your sisters whwat allergy does not prevent her from converting as other non wheat based noodles exsist which she can consume instead.
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It’s ‘GOD’ again! Hahaha!
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Another FAQ would be:
What is the All meaty FSM’s plan for all of us?
And I would like an answer…
Orion, concerned pastafarian.
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Well, I guess that answer should be in the Gospel right?
Nevermind.
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ORION Feb 16th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Another FAQ would be:
What is the All meaty FSM’s plan for all of us?
And I would like an answer…
Orion, concerned pastafarian.
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Orion, I don’t think he has a plan for us?
Just some beer volcanoes and stripper factories.
Or Lollipops, if you like lollipops.
Ramen
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I am Jew and want to stay that way, but I also want to be a Pastafarian because so much of it does make sense! kinda…Is it possible to be a Pastafarian but not believe that the FSM is God, and just believe that the FSM is a divine being?
I hope i made sense!
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Rachel Feb 16th, 2007 at 12:27 pm
I am Jew and want to stay that way, but I also want to be a Pastafarian because so much of it does make sense! kinda…Is it possible to be a Pastafarian but not believe that the FSM is God, and just believe that the FSM is a divine being?
I hope i made sense!
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They debate this here, I don’t.
I think it’s cool for you to believe in whatever you want too!
Just don’t push it on others. That’s what I get from the FSM too,
as to what he expects.
He wants us to think too, I think anyway?
Ramen
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Thank you for clarifying! As soon as the ice in my area clears up enough, I plan to check out the gospel from the library.
Yargh, RAMEN!
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Yeah, that’s in one of the eight condiments. I’d really rather you didn’t force religion on others. Believe what you want, it’s cool with us.
Plus, FSM isn’t god, per se, just a very noodly being. And noodly is good! Ramen!
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Hi Rachel! It’s easy to be both Jewish and Pastafariean–I am, anyway, and it works out well. Leads to some good discussions, too.
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I’m FSMist and atheist — even that works out!
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Wow i feel so much better now. Ramen!
I just noticed something: If you look at the post that repeatedly says Flying Spaghetti monster Fly Spaghetti Monster…etc, and scroll up or down while doing so, it looks like the spaces inbetween the words and the words themselves form noodles!
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I was sent this website by a friend of mine to cheer me up after a rather nasty fight with food poisoning (no it had nothing to do with Peanut Butter). Considering it was sent to me by an intellectual friend of mine, with the same degree of sick intellectual humor, I have to say… BRAVO!!! Considering my condition, I laughed until I vomited. I do have to ask though, are there really people in this world with fully functioning cerebral cortices that honestly think this is anything more than a very well written, well played, and (in my opinion) highly under-advertised pick at the oversensitivity and over-PC country we live in? Mr. Henderson, I applaud you for making me laugh and giving me the conversation starter anytime I wear my soon to be purchased FSM gear. Pastafarianism is the jolt that this country needs to get them really thinking about what is PC and what is just downright ridiculous (and this is coming from a born and raised Catholic…. of course now turned Pastafarian). I’d request your company for dinner, drink and so on for our sense of humor is quite similar and I do think I’d quite enjoy myself in your company, but a reply email would suffice. Again, thank you for the healing laughter that you’ve brought me, and to you I tip my hat, because I couldn’t have come up with anything nearly as creative, poignant and humerous to get my point accross. I wish you well.
RAmen
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@ Ann Marie – Welcome! LOL at the “laughed till I vomited” comment – not trying to be mean by laughing, but we Pastafarians have a way of dealing with our problems with humor and you have certainly done that. I hope you are able to stay and participate. We are an interesting lot…a motley crew to be sure.
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ok so when do you think the fsm made his kingdom of italian food
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ya so this is the best religion ever -pastaferian-
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I’m not religious, or claim to believe in god. But reading the majority of the comments on here. Most people that are looking at this stuff are losers. Going against the grain. Instead of trying to make the world a better place, they focus on what they can nit pick at to be different. Get a life!
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“My question concerns the great Noodely One and and his Two Balls.. Are his noodles and balls three seperate entities or one?..“In the unity of his Noodelyness there are three Persons, the Noodle, the Polpette, and the Swedish Meatball, these Three Persons being truly distinct from one another. Thus, in the words of the Parmesean Creed: “The Noodle is God, the Polpette is God, and the Swedish Meatball is God, and yet they are not three Flying Spaghetti Monsters, but one Flying Spaghetti Monster. Now this has led me to some curiousity regarding the true nature of the Trinity of the his Noodelyness. Can anyone point out to me whether He is actually three beings or one?”
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This one was probably answered looooooonnnnng ago by now, but here’s my answer:
“The Great Noodley One and His Two Balls” – that’s it right there. His form is not a ‘trinity’ of pasta- and meaty-goodness – it is the duality in the oneness of all His creations. Much like Asian yin and yang – which only together are one – He shows us that we, like Him, cannot be One Dish without both the Noodles *AND* the Balls.
May His Great Noodley Appendage bless and keep you..
Ramen
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Gentlemen,
I received a divine revelation last night from the Flying Spaghetti Monster that I think will revolutionize Physics.
String Theory and the Multiverse are True!
So there is no longer any need to worry that they aren’t supported by any experimental evidence. If you think about it the answer the whole thing is obvious. The FSM is the embodiment of String Theory. The so called meatballs are actually the bubbles of billions of universes. It all seems so obvious now.
What other religion ties so well to advanced concepts in Modern Science. Obviously this is the one true religion.
Yours in Pasta,
Andy
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To Bobby
i think this sight is ausome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i think the whole concept of the flying spaghetti monster is realy cool and totally real.
but sorry im not converted, andnever will be.
RAmen
From jayke
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@Jayke Mar 12th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
FSM comes with a 30 day guarantee Jayke….try FSM worship for 30 days and if you decide to revert to your previous belief system, it guarantees that your old religion will probably take you back :) Also, you are aware of the eternal beer volcanoes and strippers in Pastafarian heaven, are you not?
RAmen
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I just dont get what WWFSMD means….
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Jayke – are you sure you haven’t been converted? The FSM is a wily one Jayke. He sneaks into your bed at night and baas seductively into your ear with promises of velcro and sweet indul…..hang on! This is going to be about sheep again, isn’t it? Damn!
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Victoria’s secret is offering a FSM-themed bikini in their 2007 spring lineup:
http://www2.victoriassecret.com/commerce/application?namespace=moreInfo&prnbr=ZL-207269&cgnbr=OSSWMBIKZZZ&moreInfoInd=largeView&dispMode=STANDARD&buttonClicked=btn_lg_view&selColor=
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Some questions for any experienced pastafarians:
1) Is there any initiation to pastafarianism?
2) Can you worship two gods and call them both the greatest?
3) Are there any more pastafarian webs like this one, send me some links, but no wikis (dumbasses, you think i havnt checked there?)
4) Will heaven be exactly as i like it, or am i doomed (o, poor me) to be drunk my entire afterlife? Any kid-friendly heavens out there? Maybe with an orange juice volcano? Nevermind, beer volcanos are so much more ghetto.
5) I heard somewhere that the FSM favors short people over not-so-short people, is this true? Does his noodly appendage touch short people more?
6)WHENS THE CHAT SERVER GOING BACK UP!!! I WANNA IM!!!
PS, German Pastafarian(?), it stands for What Would Flying Spaghetti Monster Do?, just like the famous phrase for christians, WWJD? “wat would jesus do?”
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To my fellow germanPastafarian: Do you know the phrase WWJD (What would Jesus do?)… get it`? I love WTFWFSMD?!
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wuerde ja deutsch schreiben, versteht aber wohl keiner hier…
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I just want to know what the official holidays are for the Curch of the FSM? Will I get more days off if I convert?
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You should get a registry going and get enough followers to Get FSM recognized by the Government. Just like the Universal Life church. I would loved to be ordained and marry people Under the FSM doctrine.
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@Alchemist Mar 15th, 2007 at 5:50 am
“The FSM is a wily one Jayke. He sneaks into your bed at night and baas seductively into your ear with promises of velcro and sweet indul…..hang on! This is going to be about sheep again, isn’t it? Damn!”
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Hahahahaha….just saw this one… hahahahaha
You think the FSM may be a bit of a moonlight shearer :))
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you all are morons if you think italian food made the earth, and midgets arent specificaly holy biengs you terds
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oh ya, and spaghetti sucks
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Helloo Keith :)
keith Apr 9th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
“you think italian food made the earth……oh ya, and spaghetti sucks”
No ….. it was Flying Spaghetti! Oh and Spaghetti is sucked as sacrament…not the other way around.
Enjoy your stay. If you make to much mess in the our Church though, we will have to clean you up for it. *big warm smile from Nikkie* :)))
RAmen
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