Response from Mrs. Janet Waugh – District 1 – Received 6/25/05
From: JWaugh1052@[xxxxxxx]
To: bobby.henderson@gmail.com
Date: Jun 25, 2005 6:34 AM
Subject: Response from a member of the Kansas Board of Education
Thanks for your comments about the Flying Spaghetti Monster and all the supporters who have sent their support to members of the Kansas Board of Education. I am supporting the recommendations of the science committee and am currently in the minority. I think your theory is wonderful and possibly some of the majority members will be willing to support it.
Thanks again,
Janet Waugh District 1
Response from Mrs. Sue Gamble – District 2 – Received 6/26/05
From: msgamble@[xxxxxxxxx]
To: bobby.henderson@gmail.com
Date: Jun 26, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: Reply
Dear Mr. Henderson, Thanks for your message. Thanks for the laugh. Your web site is fascinating. I will add your theory to a long list of alternative theories I intend to introduce when it is appropriate. I am practicing how to do this with a straight face which is difficult since it’s such a ridiculous subject; it is also very sad that we are even having the discussion.
I will be one of the four member minority who will be voting against the flawed science standards currently being proposed by the six member majority.
Sincerely,
Sue Gamble
Response from Mrs. Carol Rupe – District 8 – Received 8/16/05
From: Carol Rupe
To: bobby.henderson@gmail.com
Date: Aug 16, 2005 8:19 AM
Subject: Kansas State Board of Education
Dear Mr. Henderson,
In the midst of the sad circumstances of having our science standards lowered, you and your legion of fellow FSM followers have offered wonderful comic relief. Rather than the form letters which we often receive on other topics, each FSM letter has been clever and unique. I responded to several at first, but now there have just been too many. I am a member of the Kansas State Board of Education and have voted repeatedly to maintain excellent science standards. Last week was the vote to send a new draft (written by the 6 conservative members) out for external review. The four of us on the board who are moderates were in the minority on the vote. The group of science teachers and university professors who had written the original standards (before they were changed) have now asked that their names be withdrawn from the document. The new version changes the very definition of science from “seeking natural explanations” to “seeking logical explanations”. That is why I think FSMism is able to be included. It is as “logical” as any other theory.
The final vote on the standards will be in October. We will be in Lawrence, Kansas for that meeting. Those of us who are moderates on the board are trying to have the meeting in the Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas. We think that would be an appropriate setting for the occasion. We welcome you to be in attendance.
We have received thousands of emails from scientists around the world. At first, they all tried to explain good science to us. After the vote last week, however, they have resorted to calling us hillbillies and morons. And those are the nice letters!
Thank you for adding levity to this situation. You have developed quite a following. I was wondering if we could reverse the effects of global warming if we started breeding pirates.
Sincerely,
Carol Rupe
P.S. I ordered a Kansas Museum of Science t-shirt. I may just have to wear it to a board meeting.
From: Mrs. Kathy Martin, District 6
“It is a serious offense to mock God.”
Wonder WHICH Christian church?
African Independent Churches (AICs),
the Aglipayan Church,
Amish,
Anglicans,
Armenian Apostolic,
Assemblies of God,
Baptists,
Calvary Chapel,
Catholics,
Christadelphians,
Christian Science,
the Community of Christ,
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Coptic Christians,
Eastern Orthodox churches,
Ethiopian Orthodox,
Evangelicals,
Iglesia ni Cristo,
Jehovah’s Witnesses,
the Local Church,
Lutherans,
Methodists,
Monophysites,
Nestorians,
the New Apostolic Church,
Pentecostals,
Plymouth Brethren,
Presbyterians,
the Salvation Army,
Seventh-Day Adventists,
Shakers,
Stone-Campbell churches,
Disciples of Christ,
the “Christian Church and Churches of Christ”,
the International Church of Christ,
Uniate churches,
United Church of Christ/Congregationalists,
the Unity Church,
Universal Church of the Kingdom of God,
Vineyard churches
Hungarian Reformed
Evangelical Congregational
Independent Bible Fellowship
Eckankar
Church of Prophecy
New Testament Christian
Church of God, Saint & Christ
Moravian
Christian and Missionary Alliances
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Northern Baptist
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Open Bible
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Reformed Zion Union Apostolic Church
Disciples of GodChurch
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Swedish Mission Church
Unity Church
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Triumph Church of God
Apostolic Christian Church
Christ Cathedral of Truth
Bible Missionary Church
Calvary Bible Church
Amish Church
Evangelical Methodist Church
Worldwide Church of God
Universal and Triumphant Church
Mennonite Brethren Church
Church of the First Born
Missionary Church
The Way Missionary
United Church of Canada
Evangelical United Brethren
The Church of God and Prophecy
Chapel of Faith
Polish National Church
Faith Gospel Tabernacle
Christian Calvary Chapel
Camelite Church
Did she ever say?
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Dear JFN, I agree with you, seems totally silly!! Why whould He (God, the omnipotent creator of everything) be bothered by the words of mere humans? And yet, He is more than bothered by our words, He is interested in our very being. So interested, in You, that He would Squeeze Himself into human form, give up His very life, so that maybe, you would be interested in Him. The Good News, is that He did this while we were (and are) still mocking Him, so that no man can boast, but the Riches of His Grace be displayed. He Longs to Know you. And will keep knocking at the door of your heart.. His love is perfect.. He is perfect :)
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all praise be unto the FSM he will pass his judgement and his source will rain down upon all the believers and we will enter his kingdom and find the beer mountain and the stripper factory..
RAmen
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Help me !
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Two Pirates are discussing their faiths. One pirate asks, “Arrrrrrgggh you a Mormon?” The other responds, “No, I’m a Pastaf-Arrrrrrgggh-rian!”
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you really have this much time to put down somthing you don’t believe in I mean really , what are trying to do, trying to achieve by doing this? why can’t you just stop and live your own boring life. and as i was reading the other messages you will not go to hell
he always forgives
your in my prayers
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This is possibly the most inventive and intelligent response that I have seen to the Intelligent Design pushers, who really only want to promote “Christian” Intelligent Design.
Good show. I’ve been converted.
Ramen.
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Haha, lol @ Kathy Martin of District 6. What can you expect from a place like Kansas?
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I have to make a serious parochial objection regarding the assertion that the FSM is an (ahem) He. My sect has studied the issue intensely since the last Thursday and can only come to the conclusion that the FSM was in fact transgendered against Her will by unbelievers known as Morpersons. Sexism is not to be taken lightly in religious circles as you are well aware. Please seriously consider setting the record straight for the unwashed.
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I have to apologize for my recent thoughtless comments. I actually meant to say for the “undrained”.
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The Great FSM created my noodly-appendage in his perfect image!
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Krazy ideas-funny-disturbing-unique. I like that there are different people out there. I don’t feel so alone. Very inventive and creative.
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Christians need to find something better to do with their time than try and convince all “non-believers” about the word of god.
Times are changing and thankfully more and more humans have been given the gift of intelligence, at least enough intelligence to not believe what has to be the most unbelievable story every invented.
I mean come on people, in this day and age how is it possible that people still believe there was no second shooter on the grassy knoll? err wait, what was this website about again?
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He came to me in a dream, and told me to shed my name and take a pastafarian name in it’s place(cassius clay/ mohamed ali). he bestowed the name of Ziti upon me and told me to spread the word that all should take pastafarian names( he mentioned visiting Ramen with the same message) also we must pray to him in the sacred hot tub and bring ourselves to the rolling boil of truth( don’t forget the pinch of salt for purity of the soul)
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….and I sailed the seas of cheese for the truth, as I did so, I lay dying…thirsting for deliverance whilst fighting off the black robed cross-toothed bible-thumpers who did swarm around me.
Suddenly the cheese parted and He did appear to me…his meatballs parted and the holy ramp of pasta noodled down to me and He said unto me…”If you can hold the slippery noodle without losing grip ye are faithful of heart, O soul-O mio.” And I took hold. My grip stayed true and He slurped me from the clawing blindess of the bible-thumpers and into his ever garlic-scented, sheltering eaves of pasta.
I now wear an eyepatch to shield me from the evil glares, as I hold my head high and yell to the wind….
ARRRRGHHH Matey.
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May his noodlyness bless us all, and find us in an afterlife of His making, wherein the beer and strippers flow like red sauce down a mountain of pasta.
R’Amen
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i was shown this by my brother and the second my eyes hit the page i was mezmerized i was wondering were if anywhere i could get a copy of the fsm version of the bible (im gonna use that word cuz i dont know what his book is called if any1 knows please inform me)
from a new converter
with horrable spelling
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It’s “The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.” Amazon.com has it at $7.49 and up.
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At first I doubted the pirate=Global Warming connection since Pirates abound in the administrations of most nations…. And then the light went on… all the Pirates are wearing three-piece suits! The Pirates don’t dress like pirates and the FSM is displeased. Of course THAT would lead to global warming. How could I have doubted?
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Long live fsm none believers shall um…. um.. perish sort of…….
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I used to believe that I am god to the cells in my body, just like I am the cell in a greater god. Not in any sort of Christian higher power sorta way. Just simply that I am god, to the cells in my body, doesn’t mean I listen to what they have to say, or give a rats ass.
Then I believed that the Universe was sneezed out by a being called the Great Green Arkleseizure, and have been waiting for the coming of the great white handkerchief (HHGTTG)
….BUT NOW…
I believe in the almighty FSM, I hope to please her/him/noodle. I hope that I am worthy of his/her/noodle divinity. I mean why the hell not, there could be a noodle and meatball monster that watches over me. I wonder what he tastes like. Old pasta always tastes bad.
-=IMµNE=-
Mitch Hedberg: “Spaghetti… I can’t eat spaghetti, there’s too many of them. No matter how hungry I am, 1000 of something is too many. I’ll have 1000 pieces of noodles.”
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This weirdo (in the nicest possible sense) raises a good point; as Pastafarianism is by far and away the most open and non-denominational religions out there, should we do away with the gender assignment of the FSM as a He? ‘Noodle’ is very much gender neutral. However “Touched by Noodles Noodley Appendage” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it….
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Speaking of which, something has been troubling my faith recently. Spaghetti & noodles are two completely different types of food; whilst I make a fantastic (if I do say so myself) spaghetti bolognaise, and also a cracking sweet & sour pork with noodles, I would never dream of a noodle bolognaise or S&S with spaghetti. I mean, come on! Spag Bol is the business, but Spag Nood? It just isn’t right…..
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A delightful thing about language is that words have meanings.
If one needs faith to believe in anything, it must be because there is not a rational reason. Therefore it is irrational.
Aren’t words wonderful!
Greetings from Melbourne Australia. Keep up the great work and keep that pasta flowing.
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I have been amused at all the comments especially the negative ones. For one, they are taking themselves and the movement much too seriously. Second, for people defending organized religion, they certainly don’t appear to walk the talk when writing comments. I do suppose it depends on the church they attend.
Remember, all one has to do is look in a mirror and realize the creator had a sense of humor.
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Harray for the almighty spaghetti monster. Me and my friend gen are gonna start fighting global warming properly now, by wearing the good pirate clothes. We shall have a parrot and a hook hand and a stick leg and a frock coat and either a bandanna or a three pointed hat and say good things like ahoy there matey. If I had coloured in pictures of his amazing monsteryness instead of jesus on a cross when i was in primary school, i think i would now be a much happier, more creative and productive member of society. And even other gods to colour in would have been great. Krishna would have used up all my blue pencil, but i wouldn’t have minded, and ganesh would have been a wonderful illustration for me of the important connection and relationship between silly men and amazing animals. i love elephants. They are so BIG.
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>” From: Mrs. Kathy Martin, District 6
“It is a serious offense to mock God.””" Hinata
Jul 20th, 2008 at 4:09 pm
Long live fsm none believers shall um…. um.. perish sort of…….”
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HA, I found that last one hilarious. God doesn’t exist. There is only FSM.
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Answer to first quot, Gad made man acording to some, that means that God made mans sence of humor, so when repress it, your being blasphimous (sp?)
Answer to second quot. SEND THEM TO THE RICE DEAMON!!!
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Sorry for my crapy spelling, just read what I wrote, you will have to forgive me, Im an American whose lived in Europe for the past 16 years. Ive been reading everything that can be found on this web site and Im loving it!! I think I will make it my lifes mission ( along with my other mission, which is to drink al lthe beer in germany, thus thrusting them into total anarchy) to spread the word of FSM. All Hail the Noodle!!
RAmen
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just how pirate-y do we have to be? Will screamming “AARGGG! SHIVER ME TIMBERS!” once a day suffice? Should I go arond trying to bury me treasure? Should I stage a mutney and make Captain Crunsh walk the plank?
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Please be more careful with your words. I refer to the unnecessary controversies you are stirring up by using the words spaghetti and noodles in the same sentence, for all the world as though they are interchangeable or have equal status. It reflects badly on you that you don’t clarify the difference. Worse still it may be you don’t actually know there’s a difference; There may be a greater congregation of Pastafarians in the US but this is not of itself sufficient reason to either claim authority or more glaringly, to play fast and loose with the name of the great forkful.
Let your elders and betters be your guide. Pasta was invented in Europe, and its truest embodiment is Spaghetti: He is after all, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. If it were not so we would be humbled to the whiff, essence and bite of the Flying N***** Monster instead; but we’re not and for good reason. Kind regards, Al Dente.
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Arrrgggghhhh all me harties!!! yoho yoho!!!
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WOW — I used to tell people that I practiced “Gailism”, because I have faith in me, but this, THIS — where has THIS been all of my empty, meaningless, hedonistic life? Now I have something to worship — something to BELIEVE in!!! Thank you for opening my eyes to the saving grace of the FSM!! I am now a pastafarian — so, like, do I have to dunk my head in a pot of sauce, or what? Hey — you know — this pastafarian thing should be easy for most Christian religions to convert to — they already have tons of red wine!!!
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“Long live fsm none believers shall um…. um.. perish sort of…….”
and if you read the eight i really rather you didn’ts number one states:
“I’d really rather you didn’t act like a sanctimonious holier-than-thou ass when describing my noodly goodness. If some people don’t believe in me, that’s okay. Really, I’m not that vain. Besides, this isn’t about them so don’t change the subject.”
really sir, read up on your FSMism.
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Thank you so much for giving me an official religion. You are a true genius and a true prophet. =)
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Is it considered blasphimous if from time to time I enjoy a nice Alfredo sauce with my noodles? What about friend noodles? Plese clarify, im a slave to my gluttony but I dont want to offend the FSM.
RAmen, all praise be his meaty balls.
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that should read fried noodles
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@Doode1971,
It’s pretty hard to offend the FSM, he’s pretty easy-going. As long as you are enjoying your pasta, he’ll be cool about it.
-Sarah
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Kathy Martin is a nitwit.
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Actually, I find most any religion crazy! Why because religion has caused wars and hate. Christians, and Muslims being some of the worst haters. Don’t believe me? Just look at the hate mail, so called Christians using four letter word your mother said never never to use. I could go on about this subject for a good while. Myself, I don’t believe in a processed food product being a higher power either. I got a good laugh out of it.
No I am not an atheist either, I am Agnostic. Not a militant one! You can believe it what you want. But you really don’t know, and I don’t either. I guess if I was to become religious though I would rather be one who believes in reincarnation. Nature does not like to waste things, she recycles so I could see ones soul being done in the same manner.
One other last note to think about, a friend told me he thought of a higher being like a Clock maker. Builds the clock (meaning earth) sets life on it and moves on never to look upon it again. Goes off and builds a new clock…so on and so forth. Who is to say he is wrong…or anyone else for that matter. So for all those Christians out there that are going off on FSM believers you need to sit back and read one of your precious bible quotes: “Judge not, lest ye be judged!”
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It is a serious offence to mock God….The Flying Spaghetti monster is our ‘God’ and could/might wreak his/her/its wrath on the mortal who would so much as snigger/chotle/guffaw at his noodliness.
A pestulence on the non believer. and so say all of us. hahharrrr me hearties.
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Kathy Martin there is pretty intolerant. I’m Catholic, and it’s taught that “Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain” yet many people each day do. Is that not mocking the judgement of our God? So when someone says the Flying Spaghetti is an insult to God, they should shut their hypocracy-filled mouths and think again.
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This is the greatest thing I have every seen in my life. Truly outstanding!!! And for those who are bitching about it, shut the fuck up, freedom of religion is a beautiful thing. til you can prove it 100% or even 10% shut up about other religions, fuckers. YAY FSM!!!
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Aaaah, Miss Kathy Martin, you mean it is a serious offence to mock YOUR god. And with such a possition you’re undoubtedly saying OUR God doesn’t exist, which is a mock to OUR God.
But of course that doesn’t matter, because it’s not YOUR God.
Thank heavens the board of education has enlightened people like you deciding what goes into a science curriculum in such an unbiased fashion.
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Oh man, I cant believe it took me so long to find out about FSM and IPU. They might have mentioned the school board allowing ‘ID’ in schools on one of the episodes of Penn and Teller’s: Bullshit but I guess FSM came after they aired the show.
I should be working but this is too interesting to stop reading about. lol
I need edit my FB profile to reflect my belief in this religion. XD
-chappy
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Well, when you can prove to me that the FSM does not exist, I will stop believing in him. Untill then, I shall carry on in my beliefs ;)
“It is a serious offense to mock God
Insulting our religon, by calling it a mockery of your religon, is in turn mocking our God, therefore a serious insult ^.^
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It seems to me that the core problem is when one’s personal beliefs, which are your own damn business start getting imposed on others. If you want to learn about creationism, go to your church, synagogue, mosque, temple where religion is taught. If you want to learn about evolution, go to your high school, college or university where science is taught. As the two things are incompatible, it makes the most sense to just seperate them. If you don’t believe in one or the other, just smile and nod, when you hear about it and if you really want to press it, say that you don’t believe in what you have just been told but RESPECT other views. What you believe is up to you and what other people believe is up to them, so long as you don’t try to make people believe what you do, we can all live in relative harmony with other. It’s when people try to tell others what to do that we get pissed off. And if you say: “What you believe is wrong, what I believe is right” isn’t that basically insulting the other person’s intelligence?
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i find Mrs Kathy Martin to be a person who has yet to experience the true power of his noodlie appendage, there for i per pose that we send our most intelligent and enlightened member to debate the importance and existence of her god in comparison to OUR god i think Mrs Kathy Martin will quickly retract such a hypocritical and incorrect comment. Further more it is no where written that “it is an offense to mock god”. Mrs Martin i regret to inform you that it is not an offense to do so, it is simply frowned upon by people who are way to up tight. Finally don’t bother asking me to prove that FSM exist cause the simple fact is I CAN NOT but guess what you can not prove the existence of YAHWEH either and if you dare Google who Yahweh is the i think you will find your previous statement even more hippo critical as you do not even know the name of the god you are worshiping, now ain’t that offensive??
have a good day
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