Flying Spaghetti Monster
In protest of the Kansas State School Board decision to teach intelligent design in classrooms, several people created their own religion, Pastafarianism, out of protest. Boing Boing has chronicled the evolution of this religion from its beginnings in June, 2005. Most notably, in response to "creation scientist" Dr. Kent Hovnid's $250,000 offer for definitive proof of evolution, Boing Boing has raised $1 million and is willing to offer it to any person "if [he] can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster." The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the chief deity of Pastafarianism.
Now, you can print your own FSM bumper stickers, which of course vaguely resemble the infamous "Jesus fish."
Comments
i have been following this since i first heard about it. brilliant, brilliant, brilliant! i'm still decorating my bathroom with pictures of jesus, though.
Posted by: matt | August 22, 2005 9:25 PM
mark you don't need a podcast. it would be a topic that takes a normal person ten minutes to talk about, but with your rambling it would take 4 hours. First you'd state your point, then you'd argue against it with yourself, spring new evidence on yourself, counter that with a surprise comeback, and then just beat the crap out of yourself for half an hour straight.
p.s. i love spaghetti ... especially in "o" form
Posted by: Bud-dy | August 23, 2005 12:48 AM