i cannot believe any of this. your just fronting an organization that benifits from the stupidity of people. your unemplyod? no shit. this is just you using the internet to your advantage to make money of a riduclous excuse for a religion so you don’t have to get off your lazy ass. get a job and get a brain.
-lauren

Being a flag makerI couldn’t resist. I’m not selling them but two fellow Pastafarians got nice presents last year
Tabby

I think it looks amazing. Nice work!

dude u r entitled to ur opinion as i am to mine. so let me say.. WOW THAT FSM SHIT IS THE GAYEST CRAP IVE EVER HEARD OF.. at least most other religions or real ones anyway have good morals and bring hope to people and dont bring whores and drunk fags to the earth … u are one lame dumbass.. yea and post this on ur freaking hate mail wall.. let everyone see how it is u shit bag
-Madeline

Hi Bobby………I initially searched for ‘go where no Christians dare to go’ and your site came up. Very radical, original, spiritual and I think Jesus would like your individuality and lack of concern of what others think of you (especially cookie cutter Christians) Keep going the way very few others dare go. I like your zeal, your fervor and tenacious radical, rebellious spirit in which will be the channel of many accomplishments transpiring.
-Bridgette

[Thank you very much, Bridgette! Welcome to FSM, please stick around for a while. –bobby]

It is kind of sad that you think you merit so much attention. L. Ron Hubbard at least had the good sense to make his religion a secretive pyramid scheme; you don’t exactly measure up. So you’ve become reduced to begging the internet anonymous for help. Hey, maybe a personal finance blog or two will get you started: you know, cut down on your daily double mocha triple frosted frappachino, put that money in a high interest cd. But you would have to actually work for the money then. umm, yeah fuck off
-noah

I think it looks amazing.

Update: lots of people have asked where to find these decals. Here’s a message from Derrick:

I asked aestheticreations if they could create a custom design based on the pirate fish from the merchandise link of the PF. They just had to get Bobby to say ok, they didn’t want to make something without permission.

They did a great job. The link is below. Please tell everyone about them :D Not sure when but they said they also wanted to add this picture to their site.

http://www.aestheticreations.net/otherroofgraphics.htm

It’s not for the SUV or Truck drivers to see. It’s for FSM to see when he looks down and guides my little mini around with his noodly appendage and help it to avoid being hit :)

WHO EVER MADE THIS CHRUCH IS A COCK SUCKING MOTHER FUCKER WHO IS GOING TO BURN IN HELL FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I MAY BE A CHRISTIAN, IM OKAY WITH OTHER RELIGONS THAT MAKE SENSE, BUT A FUCKING FLYING SPEGETTI MONSTER IS JUST FUCKING HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!1
-ihabd

Perhaps the Charles Darwin Research Station will see fit to fly the Pirate Fish flag?

Some of you may remember this flag from the Pastafarian invasion of Catalina Island:

wow. you seriously all need to get lives. theres a difference between having fun and being stupid. ramen? are you serious. no lives=you guys
-sm

Also, I’m the one who always arranges them face-out so they’re more visible. Sorry.

The picture above is a specialty plate being considered in Florida. It would be the first specialty plate in the US to promote a specific religion.

I think it’s fine, so long as other religions are allowed specialty plates, too. I can’t imagine their argument against allowing that, but you know they’ve got one already. Something like “Christian plates are OK because Christianity is the correct religion.”

No surprise, the ACLU’s on top of it:

The problem with the state manufacturing the plate is that it “sends a message that Florida is essentially a Christian state” and, second, gives the “appearance that the state is endorsing a particular religious preference,” said Howard Simon, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida.

Florida Rep. Kelly Skidmore has some common sense:

“It’s not a road I want to go down. I don’t want to see the Star of David next. I don’t want to see a Torah next. None of [those other religions that I am not a part of] are appropriate to me,” said Skidmore, a Democrat who voted against the plate in committee. “I just believe that.”

Fair warning, Florida: If your Christian plate is approved, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster WILL seek our own plate promoting Pastafarianism.

Pastafarians, let’s start designing the plate now. Please send me your submissions!

Pastafarian Mike’s design:

Pastafarian DeeLawn’s design:

Pastafarian Kevin’s designs:

i personally think you are the worlds biggest piece of shit, i live in kansas and read your letter to the school board and i have to admit i thought that facism was the most retarded thing i’d ever heard, well now i’m wrong i hope somebody beats your head in with a metal pipe, hey come to wamego kansas and i’m sure somebody can make sure that happens
sincerely joe [removed]
life long catholic
redneck and proud of it
WHS Football lineman GO! Raiders

[I added the bold. -bobby]

Rolling Stone has featured the Flying Spaghetti Monster in its latest issue - the one with Keith Richards and Mick Jagger on the cover - the April 17, 2008 issue, pictured to the right. Check out page 39.

RS has a huge circulation; who knows how many converts we gained. It’s cool to see the mainstream media picking up on the fastest growing religion in the world.

The article - Investigating Bush - is about Rep. Henry Waxman, Chairman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. More or less, he’s the guy calling out the Bush Administration on their bullshit. I could not be more pleased that the FSM was included - I have a lot of respect for Rep. Waxman, as I imagine many Pastafarians do.

I’ve included a couple scans. Click to enlarge.

The FSM is placed furthest to the left on the “with us - against us” scale. That is awesome.

This is the second time that the FSM has been featured in Rolling Stone. The first was in the November 3, 2005 issue. Hoobastank vocalist Doug Robb was wearing an FSM shirt. He also thanked the the FSM on their last album’s cover-art.

[and a little while later…]

In the about screen quote: “…mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs”. So this is what it’s all about? It’s all a big prick-waving dick-fight? I’m Christian as well, and as I have stated above, I don’t believe our God is in a human form. Our God got his “human” form because it was much simpler to preach to people about our religion without having to go into detail of what is and what is not a “god”. Simply said, our religion is flawed. Big time. But still, I see beyond that and I see beyond the bible and beyond all the preaching, and form my own opinion of what the representatives of God are trying to tell us. So far, I got to “Love one another and love yourself”. The rest is an elaboration of that statement.

-Andrea

I’ve noticed that atheist and / or FSM “believers” don’t have any really original arguments either.

-henry.d

[I suspect this one may be fake, but it was funny, so here it is. It could easily be real, too. The (correct) spelling and grammar is suspicious. –bobby]

Pastafarian Mark found this sculpture while exploring the Microsoft campus.

So I tend to wander around the buildings at Microsoft just to get some exercise and see what is up, and we have a big collection of art on campus that gets rotated between buildings every year or so. So I generally expect to see some interesting things in the halls. So while I was over in Building 4 the other day (location of the closest espresso stand) and I notice some odd sculpture on the second floor balcony. Going upstairs, what do I find? A sculpture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster! Now that’s some pretty cool art.

I have heard rumors of this sculpture and that Bill G, himself, commissioned its creation. I was skeptical of its existence and have always had trouble believing that Bill G was in fact a devout Pastafarian, but this photo has changed everything.

Thanks Mark!

You can check out Mark’s account of his discovery on his blog here.

[Don’t feel sorry for me. Hate-mails make my day. -bobby]

P.S. GET A LIFE
-jb