When I heard about the spreading Internet phenomenon of Flying Speghetti Monsterism, I couldn't believe it. It's a stroke of shear brilliance in parody and symbolism. Please click here to read the open letter written by Bobby Henderson to the Kansas School Board.The back story is that Henderson, a biology professor, wrote this open letter when he heard that Kansas was following the wack-nut recommendations of George Dubya and teaching Intelligent Design in schools as an alternative to Evolution, splitting time evenly 50/50 between the two. Henderson decided that fair is fair, and requested that Kansas then also split even time in schools with his chosen religion, the worship of a lighter than air pasta diety called the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Henderson contends that he has as much indisputable scientific evidence of the FSM creating the universe as the Christians do of God doing it, and therefor, his theory is jsut as valid scientifically, and should be taught in schools.
Calling themselves "pastifarians", the believers, now numbering in the thousands, have several other beliefs, including that global warming is directly proporational to the number of pirates on Earth. Check the graphs on the website! Indisputable Proof!
I encourage everyone to purchase a "Touched by his Noodly Appendage" T-shirt, a "WWFSMD?" Coffee Mug, or even a "Stop Global Warming, dress like a Pirate" bumper sticker to support Flying Spaghetti Monsterism in schools!
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