Alex spent the afternoon dressed as a pirate, preaching the word of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the University of North Carolina campus to a few hundred bystanders. You can contact alex here: pastafarian@gotfork.net
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Alex talks about his experience:
I planned the entire event in about two days and prepared by making a few posters about FSMism and borrowing a pirate costume (ok, well I know it might be a little bit more north African warlord than pirate, but I got it for free!) and talking a few friends into coming to take pictures and to heckle me to get things started.
I put on the pirate costume and walked to a central point on campus where I took off my shoes and started talking loudly about how the flying spaghetti monster created the world to no one in particular, and quickly attracted a crowd of about 30 people including some of my friends. I went through a brief routine about the creation, why we dress like pirate, scientific facts, the afterlife (I made a judgment call and said the beer in the beer volcano was a dark Belgian lager like “Lefe Brun”), our flimsy moral standards and so on. After that I answered a bunch of questions from people about FSM and fended off a few hecklers, most of them people I knew - it’s surprisingly easy to make everything up! While doing this I attracted more people by yelling questions at pedestrians and gesticulating wildly. Only after I had a fairly large captured audience did I talk about whats going on in Kansas. The key point I tried to push home was that FSMism was just as good as ID, but possibly better due to said beer volcanoes and scientific graphs. I went through this routine a few times in the first 45 min before I had to start walking around to find more people to talk to - next time I’ll go earlier in the day when theres more traffic.
The best part was the small number of people who clearly believed that I was totally earnest. These people asked the best possible questions and only added to the overall effect =). Another highlight when a bunch of people from the Physics department all came by at the same time and swore that the scientific evidence was valid - lol. I’ll try to get some video up in the next few days, even if I have to do it again. I’m waiting till our local religious zealot shows up on campus again.
This is a great way to make friends. An interesting suggestion that I was too chicken to try out is to make a long FAQ about FSMism and to make the last question be: Are you single? Yes.
Lisa V. from the University of Arizona asked for a few tips, which I reprint here:
Bring lots of water, having to speak loudly for more than a hour can produce a lot of wear and tear on your throat! Its good to be comic, but its even better if you can remain as serious and earnest as possible. Try to use as much body language as possible - wiggling your arms and shoulders while talking about His Noodly Appendage is apparently pretty funny. Bring posters or signs if you can, and while some should be large, funny and sarcastic, its probably good to have at least one serious one about whats going on in Kansas.
I didn’t have pamphlets or stickers, but that would probably be a good idea. Invite a few friends to come and heckle you to get started (or even practice with them in advance.) Not only will this help you generate a crowd, it can also help you get into the swing of things. If you’re working a single crowd and not moving, always be trying to add to it by asking questions of people walking by, etc. Make certain that if someone is taking pictures for you they know how to
use your camera!
If you have any other questions feel free to contact me!
-Alex, pastafarian@gotfork.net
wevvy, it is our duty wherever we are the spread The Word of FSM. I also live in the UK and my car has recently been touched by His Noodly Appendage (evolvefish.com). RAmen.
This is great. I think I’ll start preaching, but I’ve already convinced/told everyone that I was god. So, I’ll figure something out.
ok, this is to the Saint guy. (he posted above cathie)
prove u r not made of spaghetti.
(burn)
i have reason to believe that the people who run Cartoon network are pastafarians. on fridays (our holy day) they seem to show only pirate shows. sure there is a normal show tossed in, but the majority is pirate!
ramen!
hey u r a legend im from uk and im the only person in my school of 1000 with the gospal…they all think FSMism is crazy….but i belive in the FSM 100%
i live in the uk and i am a devout moominist pastafarian
You’ve just recruited me by your website! And, I recruited my friends, a Babtist Pastor and Catholic priest into the FSM belief. Let me explain. We go fishing together often. On the last trip, while in the boat about 100 feet offshore, I donned my FSM hat and said, “Well, mother nature call.” With that, I hopped overboard and walked across to shore, then walked back across the water when I relieved myself. I did this several times, then the Babtist preacher said he had to go relieve himself, then confidently hopped over the side, and got soaked. A while later the priest tried it, but got a soaking, too. I preached beer volcanoes and pirates the rest of the day in that boat, and now they both want to introduce FSM dogma into their church (I never told them about the rocks).
youre the biggest faggot ive ever seen. do you have any self respect or decency? youre worse than that naked cowboy. id rather be seen in underwear than that fucking halloween princess costume. i really hope someone shoots you at the next speech you give. please die.
Could this preaching have anything to do with why you don’t have any friends?
As a UNC student myself, I commend you. I can just imagine you vs. the Pit Preacher… haha. wish I could have been there to see it.
Alex , u make me proud my young apprentice. Well done!
Bearer of my macaroni. Thou art of me.
Yet, claim no gift, but guidance.
For I am the giver of spaghetti.
Thou art the executor of Thy rewards.
Not a retard
Jan 13th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
” Could this preaching have anything to do with why you don’t have any friends? ”
Could your choice of name mean that you’re actually unsure whether or not you are a retard?
im not as drunk as these guys
Jan 13th, 2007 at 10:39 pm
” youre the biggest faggot ive ever seen. do you have any self respect or decency? youre worse than that naked cowboy. id rather be seen in underwear than that fucking halloween princess costume. i really hope someone shoots you at the next speech you give. please die. ”
There’s clearly some kind of underlying psychological problem… have you had an unhappy childhood? You express only anger, and no reason. Did the FSM make you realize that somethign that you are afraid to face?
praises to Eric! perhaps in this millenia we shall see the making new prophets or sub-prophets
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I cannot wait to try it at my school
RAmen!
Wow. Hotttttness. You rock my world =]
Ramen people xx
is there someone like the pope (all holly meatball)
HE HAS BEE TOUCHED BY THE NOODELY APENDAGE! WE SHOUL ALL FOLOW IN YOUR FOOTSTEPS!!!
You are my hero Alex, I hope to follow in your humble footsteps some day.
I could try to preach but I would be totally laughed at. (i live in a no-pastafarian zone full of born again christains as well as some christain athletes. only a few are even atheists!) can I help you guys next time YOU preach?
That is awesome. May my children follow in your footsteps–it was my 21 year old son who found out about the FSM and brought me to Pastafarianism. Love your preaching approach. May you be touched by His Noodly Appendage. RAmen.
@ im not as drunk as these guys
Dear fellow Human Being:
Rilly, bud, what happen to you? You get your wooden
toys stuck behind the radiator when you were a kidlet?
Eat thou some pasketti with meatballs n sauce.
Then you feel better, yus!!