2675 Responses to “Comment on the Open Letter”

1. 1901 - December 21st, 2007 at - Me Says:
   
   

   I have been convinced. The undeniable truth is that the spaghetti monster does in fact exist. Our cult recognizes no other supernatural being and I suggest to any who may worship the omega octopus, the amazing meat-giver, the ice licker, the Mothman, or any other so-called supernatural beings (I have once done) to please try and understand that these are hoaxes. Please take in to account the evidence provided by this site as I have done so recently.

2. 1902 - December 21st, 2007 at - yoda Says:
   
   

   i found this site right after eating a LARGE plate of spaghetti… of course i was instantly converted but feel i should make a pilgrimage to earn the favour of his noodleyness. would itally be appropriate? i could probly find a pirate ship sumwer.
   p.s the word pastafarian had me giggling all day…

3. 1903 - December 21st, 2007 at - Jean-Raphaël Says:
   
   

   I was born in a Christian catholic family and went to church every week to pray God since I was very young. But, the more I learned on the world, the less I believed God really existed, and thus I began to call myself complete atheist. Though having no God, no Paradise and no Hell may sound cool, it is not. Throughout my life I sought some spirituallity somewhere, but I searched in vain. I may say that I thought many times to suicide, and even almost did once. But one day, by complete luck, I found the Holy Flying Spaghetti Monster religion and instantatly I was converted. It really explains all the mysteries of life formally unexplained. Thanks to He, I am now a merry man! Amen.

4. 1904 - December 22nd, 2007 at - Ryan S Says:
   
   

   Thank you for doing this,
   I was a Christian before I began following the news and reading about world events, historical and current. I have become disilusioned and disgusted by mainstream religions I know. It was not until recently that I was guided by Him to His website.

   I have, after wandering bitterly in the cold and lonely world of mainstream agnosticism, found for the first time a deep sense of love and community in His Holy Pastafacity.

   Your cause is noble, and you’ve acheived with grace and style what mainstream opposers to “Intelligent Design” have tried to with the same old boring depressing stuff. You, more than anyone anywhere, can be taken seriously.
   I wish all a Happy chriFSMas/Chistmas/Hannuka/or what-have-you!

   Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and RAmen.

5. 1905 - December 22nd, 2007 at - Alex Says:
   
   

   Oh, but I have seen the light! Smelt the divine tomato, tasted the meat and run the sacred noodly strands through my fingers!
   Hear not the unbelievers, my fellow Eaters of the Divine. They have not known the touch of His Noodly Appendage. And what on earth does a mockery of their ‘God’ have to do with it? We don’t worship him- nay, many do not believe he exists!

   Fear not, Brethren Bisaya. Partaking of His Divine Body is encouraged by our beliefs. We believe another faith may have appropriated it from us, too….

   And fear not, Brethren Frank. We are not so dogmatic, so long as you truly believe in the cause of His Sacred Spaghettiness. Hell, we dont even require belief in him! And remember, all sins can be absolved by ceremonially dousing oneself in the the Sacred Sauce, or, failing that, partaking large amounts of the sacred piratical beverage, Rum.

   Fare The Well, my brethren, and may we all raise our voices in the sacred ‘Arghh!’

   RAmen.

6. 1906 - December 22nd, 2007 at - Anonymous Says:
   
   

   @Crossbuster:
   So you are a pirate, sorry that was my mistake for thinking you weren’t. The scientific thing to do would be to figure out why it less pirates means more global warming (you already have the data, but you need a proper scientific theory to go with it). Correlation does not necessarily imply cause. I cannot think of any good reason, but if you can think of something then it is good. And when I wrote about some things are not wrong, I meant not necessarily wrong, but it is possible (but not necessarily true) that all are correct in some way, because the universe is not as simple as it seems! I also think comment 264920 made a point as well about not being too religious, which is similar to what I meant. FSM is a parody religion (as far as I can tell), which means it was created as a joke (or spoof) and in order to make a point about something (ie. it was invented in the letter to Kansas School Board), but that doesn’t make it bad or wrong or anything, it just makes it slightly silly. To me, in my opinion, it is just a different way of saying it, like other religions are, but like other religions as well, they have different advice, which isn’t that bad, but take everything wisely about religion instead of necessarily literally and you will be fine. I am not a member of this religion but I respect your right to be a member of this religion. My opinions, however, do not exactly follow any religion that exists currently, so I might make up my own religion as well. If you mean “a person who lives and works on land” by landlubber, then yes I am a landlubber, I guess.

7. 1907 - December 23rd, 2007 at - dailor Says:
   
   

   I was an agnostic all my life. Gee, I must have been blind not to see the truth! Now I see the light. Yarrr! The flying spaghetti monster is the answer.

   Ramen!

8. 1908 - December 23rd, 2007 at - galen Says:
   
   

   several commentors have noted the ‘giggles’ that reading “pastafarian” invokes. this is of course nothing more than feeling the loving touch of Him. also, there is further connection through the saintly dishes of Chichen Itza Pizza and Rasta Pasta, both made with one of His sacred herbs. Enjoy these divine dishes during His Holy Days. His sacred herbs will help make the most annoying relative more tolerable and thus bring your family closer together. and what else is a stronger family value than doing what you can to come close together.

9. 1909 - December 24th, 2007 at - spaghetti monster's mom Says:
   
   

   Hi Son,

   I am so proud of you and all you have accomplished arising as you do from a simple, humble plate of pasta. How proud your father would have been, if you had had a father — but as you know, you are the product of immacualte pasta-ception.

   Best wishes and many hugs,

   Mom (The Virgin Olive Oil of the House of Spaghetti)

10. 1910 - December 24th, 2007 at - Rumplestiltskin Says:
    
    

    Congrats, you’ve been able to make such a good point with this. Intelligent Design should NOT be taught in the science classroom. To do so would be working with overlapping magesteria, faith has a place and science has its. Just as physics and newtons laws really have no place in the music room. To all the religous people who are commenting and “are appauled that you would blaspheme the name of THE POWERFUL GOD by comparing Him to a Spaghetti Monster”, I am appauled that you would deny this man his freedom of speech and freedom of religion. Also, I am appauled by the fact that by wanting Intelligent Design to be taught in science class simply belittles the extensive research that has been completed by many scientist for hundreds of years. I find it sad that anybody can talk about such things as political views, homosexuality, racial issues and so much more, we can debate about these issues with little conflict. But the moment some one disputes Christianity (for simplisity sake I won’t list every religion, Christianity is the largest and possibly the most egotistic of religions) or proclaims to be agnostic or ‘worst’ athiest, every Jesus worshipping person is ready to jump at them with the bible and pray for them, even though they are certain that person is going to go to Hell. There are as many or mabye even more athiests in the world than there are Christians, and we can respect that people want to have faith in a God, we ourselves for the most part have faith in ourselves or simple have not put much thought into. But you never hear of wars being started by athiests because we actually have respect for other religions, whereas most Christians believe their faith is the ONLY faith there is, and anyone who does not believe or says the slightest thing against GOD is going to Hell. This is so obvious from the angry response from the Christians. Again, I think your letter cleary brings up some very interesting and debatable points (debatable, not meaning childish arguements). Good job.

11. 1911 - December 25th, 2007 at - Katie Says:
    
    

    I just want to say thank you for what you’re doing. I’m a highschooler in Kansas and I was a freshman when this legislation was pending and I viewed it as complete idiocracy. Creationism belongs with theology not with science. If their going to teach the Christian theory of ID they should teach them all, but they don’t. It’s times like this I wish I lived in Nebraska, at least they’re not made fun of on Family Guy. I’m pround to say I’m a Pastafarian and again I thank you for all that you’ve done.

12. 1912 - December 25th, 2007 at - Gree Beard Says:
    
    

    Arg!!! Tis true.

    - Ya ever notice how much cooler it is inside Pirates of the Caribbean? It’s nice!

13. 1913 - December 25th, 2007 at - Debra Walker Says:
    
    

    Is it true that Al Dente is the Flying Spaghetti Monster’s only begotten son? If so, is there a third person to the FSM? Some sort of spirit that communicates the love between father and son? A sauce, perhaps? Or olive oil, with its slippery deliciousness? Sometimes, when I see steam rising from my boiling pasta pot, I wonder if this is the spirit of the Spaghetti Monster.

14. 1914 - December 25th, 2007 at - Repmuht Says:
    
    

    @Deb
    “Some sort of spirit that communicates the love between father and son?” Yes - Bourbon.

15. 1915 - December 25th, 2007 at - SIR William Phil McKoch Says:
    
    

    Dear fellow christians and pastafarians,

    It is to my concern that i have recently cam across this strange, benevolent website.
    I am not one to judge, for that would be truely wrong of me as a follower of Jesus Christ…
    but i would like to comment on this matter.

    I believe it to be utterly rediculous for any sane human being to actually fathom of our world being

    protected ande looked over by the hands, i mean noodly appendages, of a Flying Spaghetti Monster?

    My first inquiry was “How could such a ball be so strong as to create the world and all living creatures as we know?”Was it magically injected with steriod induced Prego sauce? Or was it’s very noodles gifted in such a way that it had the “All mighty strength” able to carry the weight of the world and keep the universe in place as well? Another question I had to ask was “Doesn’t spaghetti and meatballs come from earth itself?” So how can we factually have such a Giant FSM without the world being created first? Hmmm maybe it just magically popped up out of the universe from our zesty, marinara flavored Milky way!

    All i have to leave you with is the remark of one great well known philosopher known as Kant, and he
    stated that “Foolish is the one who does not believe in God, for it is better to believe, than not to
    believe because if you do believe and are wrong, than nothing shall happen to you…but if you DON’T
    believe and are wrong than you shall suffer the consequences of an eternity in the fires of hell!” Or in this case, Pirate spaghetti hell! You should also be enlightened to know that even those philosophers, such as St. Asylum, who criticized God and the Bible, begged for his mercy as they took their last breath.
    My only hope for those pastafarians who read this is that you all would have reconsidered why you chose this as your belief and how spicy does that meatball taste on the other side of the noodle?

    Sincerely,
    Sir William Phil Mckoch.

16. 1916 - December 25th, 2007 at - Mollin Says:
    
    

    I felt great comfort in the fact that it is the lack of pirates that is the cause of golbal warming etc. I shall therefor dedicate my life to save the world by becoming a pirate and try to get as many as possible to join me in my quest to save what the great Flying Spaghetti Monster created for us!

    Thank you for this!

17. 1917 - December 26th, 2007 at - Boxorox Says:
    
    

    I always thought there was a Flying Spaghetti Monster. After decades of studying geology in all its domains and now grappling with the forces of oddity who promote the idea of human-caused global warming, it just seemed impossible to me that there could not be a FSM. Thank you so much for establishing the Church of the FSM. I was just now reading the book, “Supervolcano” about the cataclismic eruption of Mount Toba 75,000 years ago wherein the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was referenced. It was only here and today that have heard of you. I think I have finally come home! Ahhh!!

18. 1918 - December 26th, 2007 at - New convert Says:
    
    

    How do you account for Johnny Depp’s impact on Global Warming? The trilogy of “Pirates of the Caribbean” movies has inspired hundreds, if not thousands of young men and women to abandon their careers as accountants, tax attorneys and meter maids and to take to the high seas. Additionally, you fail to account for the multitudes of converts to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (”FSM”). Shouldn’t we assume that many Pastafarians have taken to the seas dressed in pirate garb? Despite this influx of pirates, the icebergs continue to melt, the polar ice cap retreats, and Al Gore gets the Nobel Prize.

    I do not doubt the existence of the FSM, nor do I lightly ignore its dictate to dress like pirates — but I wonder if your interpretation of the gospel is the correct one.

    Perhaps you will view my apostasy as being inspired by my home’s close proximity to the Creation Museum. As you may know, this $20 million complex in northern Kentucky teaches its many visitors that dinosaurs coexisted with mankind. It even maintains that Noah invited pairs of dinosaurs, including T-Rexes and velociraptors, onto the ark.

    Laugh if you dare — but what iceberg would dare to misbehave in the presence of an ark carrying dinosaurs? May the FSM guide us as we deliberate whether to recreate the Ark and to stock it with dinosaurs’ remaining friends and relatives — komodo dragons, cockroaches and sharks.

19. 1919 - December 26th, 2007 at - Nate Says:
    
    

    Your my hero…

20. 1920 - December 27th, 2007 at - Joe Lang Says:
    
    

    Love it! Thank you so much for bringing your religion into the open. It provides much to think about.

    It should be obvious to everyone that the founding fathers were committed to treating all religions equally. I find your statement of beliefs a breath of fresh air in this religion-ridden world and hope that you continue to spread your good news. Obviously, if there is a chance that your flying spaghetti monster did, indeed, have a supernormal hand in creating us, we need to treat that as co-equal to other religious experiences.

    The story of the Mystery of Him Who Noodled is compelling. The lack of real evidence is evidence itself of the majesty and mystery of his power. After all, with the world before us as evidence, it must be true that something (pasta-like?) created this.

    I have just one question. If He created our bodies fully formed, why did He create the eyeball with a nerve connection at the back of the eye where it would create a blind spot? Sorry. Just one question I was wondering about. I suppose I should look at it in the light of His faith and simply believe, but I have to ask questions sometimes.

    Thank you again for being so forthwith about your beliefs. I trust that you will continue your good work in the future.

    Though I am an agnostic, who knows? Might there be the mysterious, light touch of a noodly appendage in my future? I don’t know about that, but I do know that I seem to be saying ‘Arrrrrr….’ more often these days and for some reason I’ve been shopping for eye patches.

    Sincerely,

    Joe Lang
    Yakima, WA

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