Springfield Street-Corner Evangelizing

The Missouri State University Pastafarians took some time out of their schedules to spread the Word of the FSM in Springfield, Missouri.

Thanks very much to JT, Trotsky, Brenda and all of the Pastafarians present for doing this. The following description is in JT’s words.

In Springfield, there is a group of zealous christians that bring an array of witty signs downtown every weekend and hold them up trying to save the sinful, wayward souls of all the partiers.

Some of their clever passages of moral goodness include:

“The Party Ends in Hell”
“To Marry a Divorced Woman is Adultery”
“Homosexuality is an Abomination”
etc. etc. etc.

So…my pirate crew and myself decided appraise them to the existence of the one TRUE god:
The Flying Spaghetti Monster

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Here I go…gonna give them a pamplet and tell them about the FSM.

They told me they didn’t want it and they refused to take it. I offered to take one of theirs in exchange. Again, they said ‘no’.
I pointed out that it was kind of shitty of them to expect me to be receptive to their message while being unwilling to extend me the same courtesy.

They gave me the stone-walled silence.

Can’t say I was shocked.

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I decided to join them…help save some souls, y’know?

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Ah, thanks for joining me, Trotsky.

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With eyes lit up like the fires of Allah…

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Look what we found!

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Here’s a close-up.

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saucy, saucy wenches. Pun intended.

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We handed out 135 pamplets in under 30 minutes. Overall, the night was a HUGE success. People were very receptive to what we were doing. I hope some of them will start becoming more involved in many of the issues dominated by the religous right. The lady above felt compelled to take one of our pamplets over to the christians and explain that we make just as much sense…and she’s hot.

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It’s important to have females. It attracts the attention of passers-by and pisses off the uptight people holding the signs across the street.

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Another convert. Well-done Trotsky!

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Kickin’ ass and takin’ names.
People continually told us that our corner of the intersection felt a great dealer cooler than the others…coincidence? Or prophesy?”

Contact the MSU Pastafarians here: MSUPastafarians@gmail.com
check out JT’s xanga here

83 Responses to “Springfield Street-Corner Evangelizing”

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1 - September 19th, 2006 at - Jeffery Duke Says:

Way to go guys! You done us all very proud.
2 - September 23rd, 2006 at - Chich Says:

Heaven has a beer volcano!?!
Probably explains why there ain’t no devil… thats just god when he’s drunk :)
3 - September 24th, 2006 at - Cyberatog Says:

Saw these a long time ago, makes my heart warm. Lovely.
Touched by his noodly appendage, indeed.
Good riddance of those Sargothians of Kuul.
4 - September 27th, 2006 at - Toku Says:

I am a Christian and I HATE those street corner “evangelists”. Thanks for breaking them up.
5 - September 28th, 2006 at - Anna Says:

Awesome job guys! Not only did you get the message across, you refrained from kicking those evangelists where it counts! Self control increases others respect.
6 - October 24th, 2006 at - liz Says:

*sniff* So beautiful…..vive Pastafaria!!
7 - October 25th, 2006 at - Jim Says:

I just wish your passion for God was as cool as your pictures and website. It’s going to take guys like you to turn around the ‘irrelavancy’ of the Gospel. I am praying that God lead you to what Jesus is really all about.
8 - October 30th, 2006 at - Mike Meier Says:

Very nice. Gives the rest of us ideas, and it sounds like it was fun, too.
9 - October 30th, 2006 at - nikkiee Says:

Excellent job guys
Go away Jim and take jesus with you!
10 - October 30th, 2006 at - Don Lardini Says:

You guys kick ass. A fantastic demonstration of doing the Lord’s work. Now let’s start collecting money for a missionary project, there are souls to be saved. Set sail for the American south….arrr, ha harrr me Heartys!!!
11 - October 31st, 2006 at - Moritz Lenz - Blog Says:

Das Fliegende Spaghettimonster in Springfield…

Wenn man sich anschaut, was JÃ¼nger des fliegenden Spaghettimonsters in Springfield machen, will man doch sofort in die USA.
Die Kirche des fliegenden Spaghettimonsters stellt eine Gegentheorie zum Kreationismus dar, die viel mehr Humor hat, und im Je…
12 - October 31st, 2006 at - J Says:

Jim, (or any Christians knocking about here)
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I seriously hope you might revisit this thread…
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*Don’t* go away! Glad you’ve been attracted by our brightly glowing exterior. Now flutter a little closer and let’s see if we can burn a revelation in to you…
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You’ve clearly got excellent taste and you sound like a nice sort, since you decided to pray for us rather than hurl poorly spelt abuse. You’re well on track to becoming a fully functional human being. We just need to take a look at this ‘god’ thing.
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You’ll find good arguments to help you get over this in many of the threads on this site. You might also like to go looking for a site called godisimaginary.com . You won’t like what it has to say and there’ll be a lot of stuff you won’t agree with. Look at it as challenging your faith. A faith that has never been challenged isn’t really much of a faith, after all. If God is *really* real, He’s not going to be dispelled just by a little rational thought, is he?
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What I’d like you to bear in mind is that, if you start to waver and wonder if maybe the atheists have a point, you’re not actually losing anything. Whether god exists or not, he does so irrespective of whether you believe in him.
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And I promise you something. *We* exist. People exist everywhere. You are one yourself, as you may have noticed. Hopefully, you might one day, by virtue of your own honest thinking, join us in recognising that it’s really *people* that matter.
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Quite a number of people on this site used to be Christians, you know. You don’t need to pray for us to see ‘what Jesus is really all about’. We’ve seen it. And yet, here we all are…
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Good luck.
13 - October 31st, 2006 at - Mike Meier Says:

@J
Awesome web site — godisimaginary.com. Thanks.
14 - October 31st, 2006 at - Marcus Marinara Says:

Jim, please don’t pray for me. Really, I’m serious.
15 - October 31st, 2006 at - J Says:

@ Mike Meier,
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Yarrr, ’tis a good site, alright. Can’t remember who pointed me there, now. Quite probably another honest sea-dog.
16 - November 1st, 2006 at - nikkiee Says:

Fourth pic down. As a trained photographer (from my younger days), the old adage ” a pics worth a thousand words” still holds true.
Well done and RAmen
17 - November 20th, 2006 at - ssargentwolf Says:

i love missouri. we have strange people (ie: christians)

Arr!
18 - November 20th, 2006 at - Penne Says:

I’ve never been a big fan of ‘those street corner evangelists’ myself, but I sort of miss the old guy with the brow-bagged wine bottle screaming at people about the end of the world. -fond memories
19 - November 22nd, 2006 at - Steeeve Mova Says:

you “pastafarians” make me sick. you spread nothing but filth and ignorance. only we, the true followers of our lord Jesus Christ know how to spread love: by blowong up abortion clinics, by physically assaulting arab-looking people, and by harrassing the loved ones of allegedly homosexual soldiers (cause God hates fags{the people, not the cigarrettes, he loooves cigarrettes}).
i hope you accept the word of Christ soon. now i have to go dress up like my mother and whip myself for having had impure thoughts while cleaning my gun.
20 - November 29th, 2006 at - sacredchao Says:

Holy crap. Thats where my grandparents live. They have actually told me that capital punishment is good because god said so.

Totally not something I expected from Springfield.

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