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professors who had written the original standards (before they were changed) have now asked that their names be withdrawn from the document.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.”
The Spaghetti Monster! Now I’ve seen the lightning! I’ve heard the thunder roar!
Thank you,
Giampiero
ItaLY
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im christian and i think that the idea of pastafarianism is an.. interesting one, but the idea behind it of stopping religion being taught in science class is completely plausible. i am 110% for believing in who i think is god, but i don’t think that my faith has any place in the facts of science. he may have created all things and created all science, but that doesnt mean he is something to be taught in science.
besides, i don’t think christians should be upset at pastafarianists anyways. your logic is just as plausible as ours and i have no problem with it! :D it doesn’t mean i will believe in your god the same way as i don’t expect you to believe in mine after reading this post, but best of luck to you in all of your spaghetti-topped futures.
wendyxx
ps. pirates are cool, so kudos on that.
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Friendly greetings from Russia!
I read about your Church in the “God Delusion”, where it was mentioned by R. Dawkins. To my mind, your reaction on what is going on in the world is the only appropriate one, and since I have always been making fun of priests’ speeches and writings in which they pretend to be logical, realistic and persuasive (and also of the priests themselves, but in my case they are mostly Orthodox), I support the idea of bringing this system of religious construction to absurd.
I like developing such [surrealistic] ideas by myself and see the stiff society’s agressive or misunderstanding reaction. Some people’s agressive behaviour as a respond to some commentary on some things seems to be weird while these people make shameless efforts to affect
Of course, I regard as unthinkable any doubts that the universe was truly created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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Hello. I am a recent convert to FSM, and I have never been happier than I am now. I thought I was lost. Then, I was touched by his warm, loving limb-o-linguini. And, as I gazed into his ever-loving meatballs, slowly dripping the red sauce of Existence and Love, I knew I had found Him.
Enough of this rhetoric! Your “God,” is a fabrication and an abomination! How many have died in the name of his Noodly Appendage? None! HE is a Peaceful and Loving Carbohydrate!
Yaarrr!
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Даа… Но, как люди говорят, а воз и ныне там :)
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There has been an unmistakable increase in the number of pirates lately-this may be the sign of His return.
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this is my first post.
what up!
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“It is a serious offense to mock God.”
Mrs. Kathy Martin is obviously confused. How can pastafarianism mock God, if the flying spaghetti monster IS a comparable being? perhaps she is merely pointing out what a great sense of humour the FSM has, and how He can ‘laugh at himself’.
Mrs Martin, you are highly inquisitive!
From this, let us proclaim that the FSM is an advocate of humility. It shall now be a new tenant to this great scientific movement.
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I be not a joiner. But fer ye dead pan delivery, I give ye an ‘Arrrrgh matey!’
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Yarr, It be dissapointin’ the way we pirate’s been treated. A real shame, as it were. If only the powers that be would once again let us roam the high seas in search of children to give candy to. Yarr, I do be thinkin’ it’s time we perhaps used our humanitarian skills to gather treasure for something such as cancer research.
PS
For those of ye who took Mrs. Rupe’s quotation about offendin’ the christian god seriously, shame on ye for not recognizin’ a barb when ye see one.
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My religion says it’s a serious offense to not mock god. It’s also an offense to capitalize the word. Heed and obey, Mrs. Martin! If that IS your real name!
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Lets all start sending our wage checks to the pirates of Somalia, those who are fighting against the global warming!!!
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April 18, 2009
I am a Christian. I believe in God and I believe in Jesus Christ. I also believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Religion has no place in science class. Intelligent Design is religion. I believe the bible is teaching guide to a moral code of ethics, rather than straight facts, however, some of the genealogy in the bible is likely correct. I do think that the Lord’s Prayer should be continued in school, as well as the county’s anthem, but not in science class either.
I think that trying to change the mind of Mrs. Kathy Martin is like beating a dead horse. I would like to credit the correct person for the following ‘near’ quote, but I cannot find it. I heard it on the television program, Criminal Minds, and it is so true:
“Those who are not ruled by logic, will never be conquered by it.”
If they could be ruled by logic, this discussion would not exist.
Long live the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
M.
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first, thank you for providing me with a belief i can finally pretend in!
second, i think you need to adjust the priate count to 14 now. I suppose that means i should anticipate breaking out the spf 200 pretty darn soon.
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@ Melody #1318
Your comment appears well written and thought out, but I must protest the fact that you say that you believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster but want the lord’s prayer said in schools – pushing religious beliefs on people violates the eight I’d Really You Rather Didn’ts. Teaching people about religion in social studies is not the same thing as advocating a particular religion with prayer. I applaud you for realizing that religion has no place in science class, but that’s not the only thing that we’re about; we want full religious equality in all public arenas, and we will not stop until we get it.
RAmen,
Sarah
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Melody @1318
“I also believe in the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Religion has no place in science class. Intelligent Design is religion…”
RAmen
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Melody, it’s nice to hear from a Christian who actually has taken the time to understand what Pastafarianism is about. Nevertheless, I must disagree with you on one point. The Lord’s Prayer has no place in public school. If my tax dollars are paying for it, and I’m any other religion than some sect of christianity, that means I’m being forced to pay for something that’s against my personal religious beliefs. It’s also unconstitutional, and I’m surprised no one has challenged it on those grounds.
Please feel free to join us in the forums, you’ll find other Christians there, along with a variety of others, believers and non-believers alike.
RAmen
ET
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People need to lighten up. I love the concept. It’s all about the Pirates. Garrrrrr.
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I love the FSM so much, I selected an Italian as my soul mate.
After all, they are the Chosen People, having been touched by His Noodly Appendage and given the gift of pasta-making skill. What better way to honor His name than to procreate and produce a horde of Italians in order to create a nigh-endless supply of pasta?
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I follow and understand the concept. To many individuals is to busy following instead of leading thier own beliefs and life!
P.S. Could I visit great monster!
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“Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.” Andre Gide (1869 – 1951) French critic, essayist, & novelist
I think he summed it up!
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To Mrs. Kathy Martin, Dist. 666. Yes the Taliban will mutilate your genitals for this serious offence before or after removing your body from your head. Too bad we don’t pass Sharia law hear in the land o the free. There would be headless bodies with mutilated genitalia piled in the streets and god would be pleased. Oh, That god? In that case we could have public stonings (not pot smoke ins) of all those who reject your brand of truth or any who dare violate the precepts of your perfect religion. May you truly enjoy the holy tea bagging your god has in store for you for eternity. RAmen
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That would be HERE in the land of the free. Me Paulieannans are not perfect. Just forgiven. By Me. All is Paul and Paul is not mocked as it is a serious offence punishable by fourty lashes with a wet noodle.
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Looks like the Somalis blew a hole in your “scientific” premise, didn’t they?
Thousands of Somali pirates hijacking hundreds of ships off the Somali coast, and global warming hasn’t slowed down a bit.
And you call your theory science.
Jesus, you people are morons.
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As a seeker of truth, I see Pastafarianism is the only religion that makes any sense. God, Budda, Jesus, Krishna, Ala, none of them have noodly appendages, so they could not have created the universe, and we all know that pirates cause global warming. Public schools and all schools should not teach religious beliefs though. As it painfully obvious, all American schools should be focusing on reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
Five minutes on the internet will prove my point.
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@ – medispa, #1332,
I think that you’ve gotten to our website by mistake. We are scientifically educated rationalists who are fighting with satire and parody to prevent the introduction of religion into science curricula of the public schools. Please read The Open Letter and the “About” tab material. If you agree, you are welcome to join and work with us.
Here’s our cause:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/id/program.html
Here’s our opposition:
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~altemey/
RAmen
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It was interesting.
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Religion is a private matter and must remain private and kept in secret (even Jesus said “when you pray, pray in secret so your right hand does not know what the left hand is doing”) as one religion does not fit the need of all people. Science, on the other hand, is the same for all people in all nations at all times, and thus has a right to speak in any setting. But science is provable, while religion is not. Science is empirical and religion is not. Science is necessary for the well-being and enrichment of man in all areas, while religion is not.
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reply to Daniel J
Daniel: Oh ye of little Sauce, the somail persons you speak of are not true pirates in the FSM sense. Non of them dress in Pirate garb and non or them say arrrrrrg, or yo ho ho awaste me hearties!
Since they are not true pirates the theory still holds!
Bob
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Yo.
I believe in Jesus and in evolution both.
The fact of evolution can’t disprove God.
The whole evolution vs. intelligent design argument is lacking.
Both evolution and old testament-literalists only see part of reality.
Get an open mind.
It’s when you’re arrogant enough to think we’re the ones who are going to find all the answers that you decide God doesn’t exist. Every generation thinks their modern age has it figured out. Learn some history, get some humility,
and Christians:
Jesus said, “And all people will know you are my disciples if you love one another.” The best evangelism that exists is what God said from the beginning: “Love God and love your neighbor”. And that’s the entire Bible in a nutshell, right there. And what this sad hopeless world needs.
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P.S. Dr Arthur Frederick Ide,
You quoted wrong; you mixed two different quotes into one! :).
Jesus said, when you give money, don’t do it in front of others to look good like hypocrites do, but in secret and from your heart; that’s the kind of giving God likes. ie, “But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing” Matthew 6:3
About prayer, he said, “But you, when you pray, go into your closet, close your door and pray to your Father who is hidden, and your Father who sees what is hidden [done in secret] will reward you.”
It’s part of the anti-hypocrisy mission Jesus took up against the Jewish religious elite. Next time you quote, look it up if you’re unsure.
(Of course it doesn’t make you a better Christian whether you go into a closet or whatever, you’re just supposed to be good inside, not good only on the outside.)
Haha I know this isn’t the place to put a Bible lesson, but you guys would have much better arguments if you knew what you were knocking down. Otherwise it’s a straw man argument, and that is just intellectually dishonorable. And as scientific people, isn’t that against your informal morality?
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Hanna (#1338): You said “Both evolution and old testament-literalists only see part of reality.”
When you say REALITY, what are you talking about? The physical world which can be observed, tested, etc? In that case, the literalists ignore anything that contradicts their beliefs.
Could you please fill us in on what REALITY the evolutionists can’t see?
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@ – Hanna #1338,1339,
There are questions that can only be properly addressed by science, and there are questions that can only be properly addressed by philosophy. It is very important that anybody who poses a question knows which category the question belongs in and why it belongs there. This division into categories is covered in courses on Critical Thinking. People who do not understand Critical Thinking and how it works do not understand one of the basic tools of academic scholarship.
RAmen
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“It is a serious offense to mock God.”
It is a serious offense to mock my imaginary friend Ann.
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What the heck is wrong with you people?
Why not belive in God?
If people don’t….then what will they focus their energy on?
Certainly nothing positive.
Remeber, Europeans turned the Peace filled messages of Jesus Christ into thousands of years of plundering the middle east…..
We can fix the planet and still keep God.
I would hate to be one of you and die, only to find out it was all real.
Playing with fire people..playing with fire….
God doesn’t interupt your life, or control it/ Why try to shake the faith of others?
Do you really want to live in a world where human life is not special, and murder is not a path to Hell?
I DON’T
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Thank FSM for the Somali’s efforts to stem global warming
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@ – Mat #1344,
Mat, you’re at the wrong website to be preaching. We know a whole lot more than you do, and our religion is just as valid as yours. Please go where you might get more brainwashed folk than you will here.
RAmen
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@ – Mat #1344,
Let me suggest that you check out the attached link, and down near the bottom, you will find a very insightful commentary about creationism by Southern Ptarmigan. This author is very clearly a Christian Evangelist. His comment is referenced to interpretations by the early church Fathers. It puts the entire Evolution/Creation debate into clear perspective.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=letters-may-2009&sc=DD_20090508
Pastafarians may want to also see what a clear thinking evangelical Christian thinks about this issue.
RAmen
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@ – Mat #1344,
I agree with plumerbob on this one you are on the wrong website. Also there is a consequence to murder..it is called prison, law might not be a sufficient punishment for you in your head but it is the best a civil society can come up without the use of your imaginary friend sending them to a pit with a lot of fire.
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