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Touched … permanently

Published by Bobby Henderson February 1st, 2009 in General FSM news, Spread the Word, arts and crafts and sightings. 43 Comments

Joseph’s leg, after getting the tattoo.

After it healed.

I have been converted.

Doubt my veracity? I awoke from a dream-like state and found I had been touched by His Noodly Appendage on my left (natch) leg.

-Joseph

Okinawa starbucks sighting

Published by Bobby Henderson January 26th, 2009 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and sightings. 18 Comments

I was oodled by His Noodle in Okinawa. My piece is entitled And on the Third Day He Created Starbucks and saw that it was Good.

-Deanna
Okinawa, Japan

Snowboard evangelism

Published by Bobby Henderson January 24th, 2009 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 15 Comments

I was inspired by His Noodly Appendage to design a snowboard in honor of the cause. I’ve attached a photo of me that shows both sides of the snowboard. The top sheet is black with white pirate fish at each end. The bottom of the board has the inverse.

This board has already been seen at 39 ski areas in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. I hope to tour additional states and spread the good news worldwide.

rAmen,

David

FSM LIVS

Published by Bobby Henderson January 4th, 2009 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 13 Comments

Pastafarian Erik’s car in Hesperia, CA.

Merry FSMas everyone

Published by Bobby Henderson December 13th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 30 Comments

Pastafarian Craig spotted this display at his house:

It is fantastic. Who knows how many passers-by have been converted.

FSM Holiday lights

Published by Bobby Henderson December 12th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 30 Comments

Pastafarian Damon has put us all to shame with this stunning FSM Holiday light display. Behold:

I think we could all learn something from Damon. Well done, sir.

FSM Holiday Gift Guide

Published by Bobby Henderson December 8th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 8 Comments

Here are some gift ideas for your Pastafarian family and friends (and conversion targets). As always, all proceeds go to further the Cause.

T-Shirts, Mugs, Stickers, and Posters from the Official FSM Store:

Just one of many styles available.

FSM and Pirate-Fish car emblems from Ring of Fire:

The Gospel:

Holy Mug of Grog Trailer

Published by Bobby Henderson December 4th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 10 Comments

Flying Spaghetti Monster: The Holy Mug Of Grog” Sneak Peek:

More info in a post here or the Hunger Artists website here.

FSM portrait from self

Published by Bobby Henderson December 3rd, 2008 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and arts and crafts. 12 Comments

Pastafarian Dhreck created this stunning portrait of the FSM built entirely of pasta.

I made a pencil sketch of the outlines of His body on canvas, then glued over these lines with small pieces of spaghetti three to six rows deep to create the basic shape of the FSM. The inner spaces (noodles, meatballs and eye stalks) were made dark with ink before using several kinds of broken down pasta to further fill in the body. This to differentiate the coloring, texture and density of the different body parts/sections and to make sure minimal canvas would appear in the gaps. Finished up by filling in the eyes and background, hiding all mistakes beneath a thick carpet of pasta. Somehow I used a pound of sweet sweet glue in the process.

In total 7 different kinds of pasta were used to create the finished piece. Spaghetti for the outlines, tagliatelle to fill in His noodly appendages, a bit of vermicelli on the eye-stalks, green & orange fusilli for His meaty balls and glass noodle on the eyeballs. Background is filled in with broken down lasagna Verde sheets on the bottom and ground up Chinese egg noodle on top.

I urge everyone to check out Dhreck’s website for more information and pictures.

One More Halloween Missionary

Published by Bobby Henderson November 5th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 4 Comments

I must have evangelized a million people up in Madison, WI, this Halloween… :) I made sure to take photos with every pirate I saw, and got lots of recognition!

~jessica

FSM spotted at Apple

Published by Bobby Henderson November 5th, 2008 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and food. 26 Comments

Something special on the menu at Apple.

Huge thanks to Bruce for sending us the photos. I had heard that there were Pastafarians at Apple, and now we know it’s true. Could Steve be a Believer?

There’s an FSM sculpture at Microsoft.

I’m curious, what about Google?

One eye mishap

Published by Bobby Henderson November 4th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 23 Comments

We are from Mexico and not the most skilled arts and crafts people, but we wanted to honor the FSM by impersonating him and spreading the word. So, we made our costume and hit the parties. Along the way we convinced super man and wonder woman.

We wanted to share this pictures with our fellow Pastafarians and hopefully spread the word.

RAMEN!!!

Borg and Eze

P.S. Sorry for the one eye mishap by the way a ID fanatic stole it from us.

Another Halloween Missionary

Published by Bobby Henderson November 4th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 12 Comments

Evangelizing in Easton, PA.

I handed out well over 70 pamphlets that night, thanks to your handy tri-fold PDF version! And by loose count, encountered dozens of supporters, a handful of loyal pirates, and only managed to anger one Christian (who was dressed as Caesar, go figure).

Cheers,
Fred

Passing out Candy

Published by Bobby Henderson November 4th, 2008 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and pirates. 6 Comments

Here is a photo of my son Scooter, passing out candy on Halloween. The picture was taken by his wife. Scooter is the one who converted me several years ago

RAmen

GmanTerry

Halloween Missionary

Published by Bobby Henderson November 3rd, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 8 Comments

These are pictures of me in my Halloween costume. I wore this all day Halloween, up to the university and to work, carrying my copy of the gospel and several pamphlets for the faith spreading the word to anyone who would hear me. My little FSM touched many people and ensured that I got plenty of grog.

RAmen.

Peace and Long Life,
Zane

Pastafarians read for charity

Published by Bobby Henderson October 27th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 14 Comments

Penn State Atheist and Agnostic Association member Yasic Naumenko reads a passage from the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

“We’ve only been flipped off like twice”

This was in Penn State’s The Daily Collegian:

Nat Jackson read passages from the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Saturday to crowds walking past the Allen Street Gates.

Before reading verses about how the Spaghetti Monster created the universe, he put on a black eye patch, the required attire for the Spaghetti Monster’s believers.

That text was one of more than a dozen religious books — including the Bible and the Quran — put on display by the Penn State Atheist and Agnostic Association, of which Jackson (senior-anthropology) is president. Passersby could donate money in return for hearing club members read aloud from the book of their choice.

Fantastic – I love to see things like this. You can read the whole article here.

Evangelism

Published by Bobby Henderson October 24th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 33 Comments

I love this.

We live directly across the alley from a church with a made-up religion.

I recently installed a gigantic flagpole on the Crow’s Nest (yar yar yar) of our garage and every Sunday morning we proudly fly the pair of FSM flags shown in the attached photos.

It’s our humble attempt to save the souls of each Sunday’s arriving flock of misguided Methodists. Hopefully they will look up to see the light and pass over to prefer Pasta to Pastor. Thus will they begin to Walk the True Plank, experiencing the Creamy Richness of our Hollowed Noodly One.

RAmen.

Bruce and Susan

FSM study group at Florida high school

Published by Bobby Henderson October 19th, 2008 in General FSM news and Spread the Word. 21 Comments

Just thought you might like to hear that some fellow worshipers are spreading the gospel over at Lawton Chiles High in Tallahassee, Florida. We had a crowd of about 40 on our first meeting, which was an epic success, handing out fliers and enlightening the student body about our beliefs through visual presentations of global warming, gravity, creation and much more.

-Austin

UA Chalk Art

Published by Bobby Henderson August 7th, 2008 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and arts and crafts. 8 Comments

Our friend Pastafarian Andy created this masterpiece:

This is a chalk picture of “Touched by his Noodly Appendage” I did on the awning of the Mallet Assembly at the University of Alabama.
-Andy

FSM @ Fremont Summer Solstice Parade

Published by Bobby Henderson June 23rd, 2008 in General FSM news, Spread the Word and sightings. 33 Comments

The FSM, Himself, and an intrepid crew of pirates were spotted at this year’s Fremont Summer Solstice Parade in Seattle, Washington:

This amazing display was the work of the Seattle Atheists and Agnostics.

I am the gentlemen in the top photo in the red flannel shirt and crossbones bandanna. The Summer Solstice Parade is organized by Fremont Art Society. The object of the parade is to get art into the community. People all over Seattle converge on this parade and create floats, costumes, and works of art. Seattle Atheists is a non-profit organization which my wife and me are members of (www.seattleatheists.org) the organization wanted to be a part of this parade. We were going to do a theme on evolution, like the march of man. However it was decided that the Flying Spaghetti Monster would get a far better reaction. I can tell you the response was overwhelming. People literally ran out into the streets to pay homage to his Noodleyness and to get blessed by his noodley appendages. There were not any scoffers, just two people holding up signs telling the naked people in the parade to repent and turn to god. His Noodleyness had a few photos taken with naked women painted in chocolate syrup. I certainly wished at that moment that I was a flying spaghetti monster as well.

The people that got it really wanted to be a part of it and were yelling at the top of their lungs “WOOHOO! BLESS ME FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTER! BLESS ME WITH YOUR NOODLEY APPENDAGES!” His Noodleyness complied with their wishes and as they bowed before the omnipotent meatball, he compassionately reached out one of his magnificent noodley appendages and bestowed a blessing upon their head. After the blessing was conducted I sprinkled dried noodles over upon their heads.
-Shane

I wish I had been there to see it.

Here are a bunch of pictures on flickr:

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An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny. -- Scientific American
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