World's fastest growing religion: Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster

[lindisfarne]

In the past few weeks, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has
become perhaps the world's fastest-growing "religion" and maybe its most
improbable.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/09/11/wfsm11.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/09/11/ixworld.ht
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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

1. Ramen!

[Fight_n_back]

8. Did the Spaghetti Monster kill Dr Atkins?

because of his anti-carb heresy?

I want to know John Roberts opinions on the rights of Pastafarians.

[Kellanved]

10. no. It cursed him to follow a no-pasta diet

How much worse can hell be, what do you think? ;-)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

11. Dr. Atkins is the Devil of Pastafarianism. Yes, the FSM smote him. (nt)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

2. were I not agnostic, I would bow to all pastafarians of the whirled.

RAmen, indeed!

May noodles infect your every thought.

[Kellanved]

3. Everybody keeps forgetting about the meatballs

heathens!

[Fight_n_back]

4. At first I thought it was a joke

but since following its practices I have found a new sense of calm. Its like a peace has flowered in my soul.

[KitchenWitch]

5. May you be ever so touched by his noodly appendages.

[BlueJazz]

6. Plus..It's less filling...and Taste's Great!

[MN ChimpH8R]

7. Help the Pastafarian cause by making converts!

http://www.gophergas.com/funstuff/flyingspaghettimonster.htm

rAmen!

[antigone382]

9. Great article, except one thing...

"The serious message behind FSM, however, is not lost amid its bizarre mythology. Kansas has long been a battlefield between America's religious right and supporters of Darwin. In 1925, the Scopes Monkey Trial saw the state's unsuccessful attempt to stop the teaching of any aspect of evolution, including the theory that man and apes share a common ancestor."

The Scopes Monkey Trial happened in Ray County, Tennessee--not Kansas.

[Fight_n_back]

12. Forming a liturgy

Of course many of us already partake of the Holy Eucharist of Spaghetti and Meatballs (those who preach Pesto or Linguini must be shunned) but do we have an established litrugy to go along with it?

On Fridays, in our Pirate dress, we need to make the dinner solemn and sacred by remembring the creator with a long string of boring text that we rigidly enforce against all reason. the failure to do this will mena the end of this religion before we really get a chance to make good money at it.

It would really help if we spoke in a language that few of us understand, perhaps Etruscan or Phoenecian.

[Rob H.]

13. Don't forget your car plaques!

Pre-order 'em here. I'm not affiliated with the seller, I just thought it was funny. :D

[Liberalynn]

14. Let's All Sing Together from our booklets

"On top of sphagetti
all covered with cheese,
I lost my poor meatball
when somebody sneezed.
It rolled off of the table
and onto the floor,
and then my poor meatball
rolled out of the door."

[mr blur]

15. It's a very understanding movement...

Those of us who don't eat meat are allowed to leave out the meatballs.

[Fight_n_back]

21. The meatballs are transsubstantiated

Since they are not holy until consumed you can use Tofu or VEggie substitutes and they will be turned to Italian Sausage in your stomach.

Its why you burp after a service.

[Arugula Latte]

16. This makes a lot more sense than the Jesus fairytale ...

Mmmmmm ... paaaaastahhh...

[sakabatou]

17. Ramen!

We have been blessed by his noodley appendage!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

19. The Official King Giovanni translation is NOODLY, not NOODLEY!

Go back to Friday school, slacker!

[5thGenDemocrat]

18. I'm eating pasta salad as I'm reading this

Coincidence -- or a sign from ON HIGH???
John
Probably a coincidence -- I haven't been high all day.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

20. I'll give you a sign from on high:

There is a Pasta Rodizio restaurant (Praise the Noodle!) here in Rio called "Vulcão das Massas" -- that's "VOLCANO OF PASTA!!!!!!"

And I'm 99% sure they serve beer there. All that's missing is the stripper factory! (But that, understandably, is only for after you die.)

The local Debian Linux user group makes meetings there, which confirms my suspicions that Linux is also HOLY!!! Look at the Debian symbol -- doesn't it resemble a Noodle?