The Flying Spaghetti Monster ( FSM ) is a god of Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster , or Pastafarianism . Pastafarianism (portmanteau pasta and Rastafarianism) is a social movement that promotes a mild religious outlook and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. According to its adherents, Pastafarianism is "a real and legitimate religion, as much as anything else". Legally recognized as a religion in Holland and New Zealand - where Pastafaris representatives are authorized to lead marriage. However, in the United States, a federal judge has ruled that "Flying Spaghetti Monster Church" is not a real religion.
The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" was first described in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005 to protest the Kansas State Board's decision to allow the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in the public school science classroom. In the letter, Henderson demanded the same time in the science class for "Flying Spaghetti Monsterism", in addition to intelligent design and evolution. After Henderson published a letter on his website, Spaghetti Fly Monster quickly became an Internet phenomenon and a symbol of resistance to the teaching of intelligent design in public schools.
Pastafarianism (generally satire of creationism) is presented both on Henderson's Monster Spaghetti/Spaghetti Henderson, where he is described as a "prophet," and in the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster written by Henderson in 2006. His main belief is that the invisible and undetected Spaghetti Monster created the universe. Pirates are respected as the original Pastafarians. Henderson asserts that the decline in the number of pirates over the years is the cause of global warming. The FSM community gathered on the Henderson website to share ideas about Spaghetti Fly Monster and the craft that represents the picture.
Due to its popularity and exposure, Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used as a contemporary version of Russell's pitcher - an argument that the philosophical burden of proof lies in those who make unjustifiable claims, not those who reject them. Pastafarianism has received praise from the scientific community and criticism from intelligent designers. Pastafari has been involved in disagreements with creationists, including in Polk County, Florida, where they played a role in preventing local school boards from adopting new rules about teaching evolution.
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Histori
In January 2005, Bobby Henderson, a 24-year-old Oregon State University physics graduate, sent an open letter about the Flying Spaghetti Monster to the Kansas State Board of Education. In the letter, Henderson insinuated creationism by acknowledging his belief that whenever a scientist dated the carbon of an object, supernatural creators very much like spaghetti with meatballs were "changing the outcome with his" Noodly Appendage. "Henderson argues that his belief is as valid as the intelligent design , and called for the same time in the science classroom together with intelligent design and evolution.The letter was sent before Kansas's evolutionary hearing as an argument against the teaching of intelligent design in the biology class.Henderson, describes himself as a "concerned citizen" representing over ten million others , argues that his intelligent design and his belief that "the universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster" are equally valid.In his letter, he notes,
I think we can all look forward to a time when these three theories are given the same time in our science classrooms across the country, and finally the world; a third time for Intelligent Design, a third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and a third time for logical conjecture based on extraordinary observable evidence.
According to Henderson, due to the intelligent design movement using ambiguous references to designers, any entity that might be able to fulfill that role, including the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Henderson explains, "I have no problem with religion, my religion is disguised as science, if there is a god and he is smart, then I think he has a sense of humor."
In May 2005, after not receiving a reply from the Kansas State Education Board, Henderson posted a letter on his website, gaining significant public attention. Soon, Pastafarianism became an Internet phenomenon. Henderson published the responses he received from board members. Three members of the council, who all opposed the amendments to the curriculum, answered positively; a fourth member of the council responded with a comment "This is a serious offense to make fun of God". Henderson has also published a large number of hate letters, including death threats, which he has received. Within a year of sending an open letter, Henderson received thousands of emails in the Flying Spaghetti Monster, eventually numbering over 60,000, in which he said that "about 95 percent have supported, while another five percent said I would be hell". During that time, his site collected tens of millions of hits.
Internet phenomenon
As Henderson said the challenge to the board spread, the website and its causes received more attention and support. The satirical nature of Henderson's argument makes the Spaghetti Flight Monster popular with bloggers as well as websites of Internet humor and culture. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is featured on websites such as Boing Boing, Something Awful, Uncyclopedia, and Fark.com. In addition, the International Society for Awareness of Flying Spaghetti Monster and other fan sites appeared. As public awareness grows, the mainstream media capture the phenomenon. The Flying Spaghetti Monster becomes a symbol for the case against intelligent design in public education. Open letters are printed in several major newspapers, including The New York Times, The Washington Post and Chicago Sun-Times, and are accepted throughout world. press attention. Henderson himself was surprised by his success, stating that he "wrote letters for as much entertainment as he was".
In August 2005, in response to the challenges of a reader, Boing Boing announced a $ 250,000 reward - then raised to $ 1,000,000 - from "Intelligent Designed currencies" paid to individuals who could produce empirical evidence proving that Jesus was not a son from Spaghetti Fly Monster. It was modeled as a parody of a similar challenge issued by the young earth-creamer Kent Hovind.
According to Henderson, newspaper articles about Spaghetti Fly Monster attract the attention of book publishers; He said that at one point, there were six publishers who were interested in Spaghetti Fly Monster. In November 2005, Henderson received an advance from Villard to write The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
In November 2005, the Kansas State Board of Education decided to allow evolutionary criticism, including the language of intelligent design, as part of testing standards. On February 13, 2007, the council voted 6-4 to reject the altered science standards passed in 2005. This is the fifth time in eight years that the council has rewritten the standard of evolution.
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Tenets
Although Henderson has stated that "the only dogma permitted in the Flying Spaghetti Monster Church is the rejection of dogma", some common beliefs are held by the Pastafarian. Henderson proposed many Pastafarian teachings in reaction to the common argument by intelligent designers. This "canonical conviction" was presented by Henderson in his letter to the Kansas State Education Council, The Gospel of Spaghetti Fly Monster , and on Henderson's website, where he was described as "the prophet". They tend to insinuate creationism. Creation
The central creation myth is that the unseen and undetected Monster Spaghetti Fly creates the universe "after heavy drinking". According to this belief, Monster poisoning is the cause for a defective Earth. Furthermore, according to Pastafarianism, all evangelical evidence is planted by Spaghetti's Flying Spaceman in an effort to test Pastafa's faith - parodied a certain biblical literalist. When scientific measurements such as radiocarbon dating are taken, Spaghetti Fly Monster "there is a change in the result with its" Noodly Appendage ".
Afterlife
Pastafarian conceptions of Heaven include beer volcanoes and paring plants (or sometimes prostitutes). The Pastafarian Hell is similar, except that the beer is stale and the strippers have sexually transmitted diseases.
Pirates and global warming
According to the Pastafarian belief, pirates are "absolute divine beings" and the original Pastafarians. In addition, Pastafari believed that the concept of pirates as "thieves and outcasts" was the misinformation that was disseminated by Christian theologians in the Middle Ages and by Hare Krishnas. Instead, the Pastafarians believe that they are "the explorers of peace love and the good-faith spreaders" who distribute candy to little children, adding that modern pirates are nothing like the "delightful crocodile of history". In addition, Pastafari believes that the ghost pirates are responsible for all mysteriously lost ships and mysterious Bermuda Triangle ships. The pastafarian was one of those who celebrated the International Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th.
The inclusion of pirates in Pastafarianism is part of Henderson's original letter to the Kansas State Council of Education, in an attempt to illustrate a correlation that does not imply causation. Henderson presented the argument that "global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct effect of the number of pirates dwindling since the 1800s." A deliberately misleading graph accompanying the letter (with irregular numbers at x -axis) indicates that as the number of pirates declines, global temperatures increase. This parodies the suggestion of some religious groups that the high number of disasters, famines, and wars in the world is due to lack of respect and worship to their gods. In 2008, Henderson interpreted the growing pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden as additional support, indicating that Somalia has "the highest number of pirates and the lowest carbon emissions from any country".
Holiday
Pastafarian beliefs extend to mild religious ceremonies. Pastafari celebrates every Friday as a holy day. Prayer is summed up with the final statement of affirmation, "R'amen" (or "rAmen"); the term is a portmanteau parody of the terms "Amen" and "Ramen", referring to instant noodles and a "good complement" of their god.
Around Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, Pastafari celebrated a holiday dubbed the "Vacation". Holidays do not occur on "certain dates so much because it is the Holiday season, itself". According to Henderson, since Pastafari "rejects dogma and formalism", there are no special requirements for Holiday. Pastafari celebrates holidays in whatever way they like. Pastafari also celebrates "Pastover" as a parody of Passover, and "Ramendan" as a parody of Ramadan.
Pastafarians interpret the increasing use of "Happy Holidays", rather than the more traditional greetings (such as "Merry Christmas"), as support for Pastafarianism. In December 2005, the White House Christmas greeting card George W. Bush congratulated the "holiday season" to the people, who made Henderson write a thank-you note to the President, including the "fish" emblem featuring Spaghetti Flying Monsters for a limousine or the plane. Henderson also thanked Walmart for using this phrase.
Books
Gospel of Spaghetti Fly Monster
In December 2005 Bobby Henderson received a reported $ 80,000 advance from Villard to write the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Henderson said he plans to use the proceeds from the book to build a pirate ship, with which he will spread the Pastafarian religion. The book was released on March 28, 2006, and outlines the Pastafarian belief set out in an open letter. Henderson employs satire to present perceived deficiencies with evolutionary biology and discusses history and lifestyle from a Pastafarian perspective. The Bible encourages readers to try Pastafarianism for thirty days, saying, "If you do not like us, your old religion will most likely bring you back". Henderson stated on his website that more than 100,000 copies of the book have been sold.
Scientific American describes the Gospel as "an elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design" and "very funny". In 2006, was nominated for Quill Award in Humor, but was not selected as the winner. Wayne Allen Brenner of The Austin Chronicle marked this book as "a bit of an important comic relief in a too serious battle between science and superstition". Simon Singh from The Daily Telegraph wrote that the Gospel "may be a bit repetitive... but overall it is a brilliant, provocative, intelligent and important gem of a book".
Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute, who advocated for clever designs, labeled the Gospel "the mockery of the Christian New Testament".
Loose Canon
In September 2005, before Henderson received a down payment to write the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a Pastafarian member of the Venganza forum known as Solipsy, announced the start of the project to collect texts from his fellow Pastafarians to compile into the Loose Canon, the Scriptures of the Spaghetti Flight Monsters Church , basically analogous to the Bible. This book was completed in 2010 and is available for download.
Some excerpts from The Loose Canon include:
I'm the Flying Spaghetti Monster. You do not have any other monsters before Me (After that good, just use protection). The only Monster worthy of capitalization is Me! Another monster is a fake monster, not worthy of capitalization.
"Since you have done a half-ass job, you will receive half a donkey!" The Great Pirate Solomon grabs his ceremonial sword and strikes his remaining donkey, splitting it in half.
Influence
As a cultural phenomenon
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster now consists of thousands of followers, mainly concentrated in college campuses in North America and Europe. According to the Associated Press, Henderson's website has become "a kind of cyber-watercooler for intelligent design opponents". On top of it, the visitors tracked past Pastafari meetings dressed in pirate clothing, selling knick-knacks and bumper stickers, and photographing photographs showing "eyesight" from Spaghetti Flying Spiders.
In August 2005, Swedish concept designer Niklas Jansson created an adaptation of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, which coats the Spaghetti Flying Spell above God. It becomes and remains the de facto brand image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The Hunger Artists Theater Company produced a comedy titled The Flying Spaghetti Monster Holiday Pageant in December 2006, detailing Pastafarianism history. Production has spawned a sequel called Flying Spaghetti Monster Holy Mug of Grog , conducted in December 2008. This communal activity attracted the attention of three Florida University religious scholars, who drafted a panel at the American Academy 2007. Religious meetings for discuss Spaghetti fly monster.
In November 2007, four talks on Spaghetti Fly Monster were delivered at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Diego. The talks, with titles like Holy Pasta and Authentic Sauce: Implications of a Flying Spaghetti Monster Fly for Religious Theory , examine the elements necessary for a group to form a religion. The speakers asked whether "anti-religion like Flying Spaghetti Monsterism [is actually] a religion". The talks are based on papers, Evolutionary Evolution and the Pasta Side: Flying Spaghetti Monster and Subversive Functions of the Religious Parody , published in the GOLEM Journal of Religion and Monsters. The panel gathered an audience of over a hundred over 9,000 conference participants, and the conference organizers received important emails from Christians who were offended by it.
Since October 2008, the local chapter of the Spaghetti Air Monster Church has sponsored an annual convention called Skepticon on the Missouri State University campus. Atheists and skeptics give speeches on various topics, and debates with Christian scholars are held. The organizer of the event was "the largest atheist meeting in the Midwest".
The birth of Moldova-born poet, fictional writer, and cultural expert Igor Ursenco titles his 2012 book The Flying Spaghetti Monster (poem thriller) .
On the nonprofit microfinancing website, Kiva, the Spaghetti Monster Flying group is in continuous competition for all other "religious congregations" in the amount of loans issued through their teams. The group motto is "You have to share, that no one can search without funds", an allusion to Canon Loosely stating "You share, that no one is looking for without finding." In September 2016 it reportedly has funded a loan of US $ 3,160,000.
Bathyphysa conifera , siphonophore, has been called "Flying Spaghetti Monster" refers to FSM.
Use in religious dispute
Due to the popularity and exposure of the media, Spaghetti Fly Monster is often used as a modern version of Russell's pitcher. Proponents argue that, since the presence of an invisible and undetectable Monster Spaghetti Fly - similar to other proposed supernatural beings - can not be faked, this shows that the burden of proof depends on those who affirm the existence of the creatures. Richard Dawkins explains, "The responsibility is for someone who says, I want to believe in God, Spaghetti Flying Spy, fairy, or whatever it is, it's not up to us to deny it." In addition, according to Lance Gharavi, an editor of The Journal of Religion and Theater, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is "in the end... an argument about arbitrariness holding a view of creation", because every one views are equally plausible like Flying Spaghetti Monster. Similar arguments have been discussed in The God Delusion and The Atheist Delusion books.
In December 2007, the Church of Spaghetti Monster Fly was credited with pioneering successful efforts in Polk County, Florida, to block the Polk District School Board adopting new evolutionary science standards. The problem comes after five of the seven board members expressed personal belief in intelligent design. Opponents who describe themselves as Pastafari emailed members of the Polk County School Board who demanded the same instruction time for Spaghetti Fly Monsters. Board member Margaret Lofton, who supported the intelligent design, denied the e-mails as silly and insulting, stating, "they have made us a laughing stock of the world". Lofton later stated that he was not interested in getting involved with Pastafari or anyone else trying to discredit intelligent design. As controversy develops, scientists declare a rejection of intelligent design. Responding to the hope for a new "science college" campus at the University of South Florida in Lakeland, Marshall Goodman's university vice president expressed surprise, stating, "[Intelligent design is not science, you can not even call it pseudo-science." Although not satisfied with the results , Lofton chose not to resign because of this problem. He and other board members expressed a desire to return to the daily work of running the school district.
Legal status
The national branches of the Spaghetti Monster Flying Church have fought in many countries to make FSMism the official religion (legally recognized), with varying degrees of success. Pastafarianism/FSMism is recognized as a religion in the Netherlands, and New Zealand, where Pastafaris representatives have been authorized to celebrate marriage.
Federal courts in the US state of Nebraska have decided that the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a satirical parody religion, not a true religion, and as a result, Pastafarians are not entitled to religious accommodation under the Land Use Law and Institutionalization of Persons:
- "This is not a matter of theology", the rule partly goes off. "The Gospel of the FSM is clearly a work of satire, intended to entertain while making a sharp political statement.To read it as a religious doctrine will be slightly different from underlying 'religious practice' on other fictional works."
Pastafari has used their faith claimed as a test case to debate religious freedom, and opposes government discrimination against people who do not follow a recognized religion.
Wedding
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster operates an ordination plant on their website that allows it to be inaugurated in jurisdictions where credentials are required to lead marriage. The Pastafarians say that the separation of church and state prevents the government from indiscriminately labeling a religiously religious denomination but the other is a milling of ordination. In November 2014, Rodney Michael Rogers and the Minneapolis-based Atheists for Human Rights sued Washington County, Minnesota under the protection article of the Fourth Amendment Amendment and the First Amendment freedom clause, with their lawyers claiming discrimination against atheists: "When legislation clearly allowing the admission of a celebrant marriage whose religious credentials consisted of no more than $ 20 'ordination' obtained from the Church of Spaghetti Monster Flying... the requirement was utterly insignificant in terms of ensuring the qualifications of a concubine. "Several days before the trial about Washington County changed its policy to allow Rogers his ability to lead marriage. This action is done in an attempt to deny the court's jurisdiction over the underlying claims. On May 13, 2015, the Federal Court declared that the issue had become a moot and dismissed case. The first legally recognized Pastafarian marriage took place in New Zealand on April 16, 2016.
Free speech
In March 2007, Bryan Killian, a high school student in Buncombe County, North Carolina, was suspended for wearing a "pirate regalia" which he said was part of his Pastafarian belief. Killian protested the suspension, saying it violated the First Amendment right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression. "If this is what I believe, no matter how foolish it sounds, I should be able to express myself, however I wish," he said.
In March 2008, Pastafari in Crossville, Tennessee, was allowed to place the Flying Spaghetti Monster statue in the freedom of speech zone in the courthouse courtyard, and began to do so. The screen gained national interest in online blogs and news sites and was even covered by Rolling Stone magazine. It was later removed from the premises, along with all other long-term statues, as a result of the controversy over the statue. In December 2011, Pastafarianism was one of several denominations who were given equal access to a holiday exhibition on the County Loudoun County lawn, in Leesburg, Virginia.
In 2012, Tracy McPherson of Pastafarian Pennsylvanian petitioned the Chester County, Pennsylvania Commissioner to allow FSM representation in the county courthouse, similar to the Jewish menorah and Christian birthplace. One commissioner stated that all religions should be allowed or no religion should be represented, but without the support of other commissioners, the movement was rejected. Another commissioner stated that this petition garnered more attention than he had ever seen before.
On September 21, 2012, Pastafarian Giorgos Loizos was arrested in Greece for alleged malice and religious violations for the creation of a satirical Facebook page called "Elder Pastitsios", based on a famous late Greek orthodox monk Elder Paisios, name and face replaced with local pastitsio - pasta and bà © chamel sauce dish. The case, which started as a Facebook fire, reached the Greek Parliament and created a strong political reaction to the arrest.
In August 2013, Christian Orthodox religious activists from an unregistered group known as the "Will of God" attacked the peaceful demonstrations held by the Russian Pastafaries. Activists and police dropped some rally participants to the ground. Police arrested and charged eight Pastafari by attempting to stage an unapproved protest. One Pastafarian later complained that they were arrested "just for walking".
In February 2014, union officials at London South Bank University banned the atheist group to show posters of Spaghetti Monster Flying at a student orientation conference and subsequently banned the group from the conference, leading to complaints about disturbance with freedom of speech. The Student Union then apologized.
In November 2014, the FSM Church obtained the city placemark in Templin, Germany, announced the weekly time Friday of "Nudelmesse" ("pasta mass"), in addition to the nameplate for various Catholic and Protestant Sunday services.
Close head on photo ID
In July 2011, an Austrian priest, Niko Alm, won the legal rights to be shown in a photo of his driver's license in a paste scarf on his head, after three years spent searching and obtaining an examination stating that he was psychologically fit to drive. He got the idea after reading that Austrian regulations allow headgear in official photographs only when worn for religious reasons. Some sources reported that the filter in the form of paste filters, recognized by the Austrian authorities as the head covering religious parodi Religious Pastafarianism in 2011. This is denied by the Austrian authorities, saying that religious motives are not a reason to grant permission from wearing headgear in passports.
On August 9, 2011, the chairman of the German Spaghetti Monster Flying Church, RÃÆ'¼diger Weida, obtained a driver's license with a picture of himself wearing a pirate bandana. Unlike Austrian officials in Niko Alm's case, German officials allow headgear as a religious exception.
Some anti-cleric protestors wear colanders to the Piazza XXIV Maggio square in Milan, Italy, on June 2, 2012, in faux obedience to Spaghetti Flying Monsters.
In February 2013, a self-confessing Pastafarian was denied the right to wear a spaghetti strainer on his head for his driver's license by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, stating that pasta filters were not on the approved list of headscarfs.
In March 2013, a photo of Belgian identity was rejected by the local and national administrations because she was wearing a pasta filter on her head.
The Czech Republic recognizes this as a headgear of religion in 2013. In July of that year, a member of the Czech Pirate Party from Brno was given permission to wear a pasta filter on his head for the photo on an official Czech Republic identity card. A spokesman for Brno City Hall explained, "This app is in line with the law... where headgear for religious or medical reasons is permitted if it does not hide the face".
In August 2013 Eddie Castillo, a student at Texas Tech University, gets approval to wear a pasta filter on his head in his driver's photo. He said, "You might think this is some kind of joke or joke by a student, but thousands, including myself, see it as a political and religious milestone for all atheists everywhere."
In January 2014 a member of Pomfret, the New York Town Council wore a sieve when taking office oath.
In June 2014 a New Zealand man obtained a driver's license with a picture of himself wearing a blue spaghetti filter on his head. This is granted under a law that allows the use of religious headgear in official photographs.
In November 2014, former Asian porn star Carrera obtained an identity photo with a traditional Pastafarian head cover from the Department of Motor Vehicles office in Hurricane, Utah. Director of the Driver Drivers Division of Utah said that about a dozen Pastafari have had their country driver's photo taken with the same paste filter for years.
In November 2015 the inhabitants of Massachusetts, Lindsay Miller were allowed to wear a strainer on her head in a photograph of the driver's license after she quoted her religious beliefs. Miller (who lives in Lowell) said on Friday, November 13 that he "really loves history and stories" Pastafarian, whose website says it has been in secrecy for hundreds of years and entered the mainstream in 2005. Miller was represented in his search by The Humanist Association's Appignani Humanist Legal Center.
In January 2016, the Russian Pastafarian, Andrew Filin, got a driver's license with his picture in a sieve.
In 2016 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, Pastafarian and law student Mienke de Wilde petitioned the court to be allowed to wear a strainer on her driver's license. He lost the petition.
The photograph of an Irishman's driver's license includes a filter denied by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) in 2013. In 2016, an Equality Officer of the Workplace Relations Committee reviewed the RSA decision under the Same Rights Act and upheld it, on the basis that the Complaint " not included in the definition of religion and/or religious beliefs ".
Critical reception
With regard to 2005 open letter Bobby Henderson, according to Justin Pope of Associated Press :
Among the lines, the core of the letter is: there is no longer a scientific basis for intelligent design rather than the idea that the omniscient creatures made of pasta create the universe. If intelligent design supporters can demand the same time in science class, why nothing else? The only sensible solution is to put nothing in the science class but the best available science.
Justin Pope praises Spaghetti's Flying Spinner as "an intelligent and effective argument". Simon Singh of the Daily Telegraph described the Flying Spaghetti Monster as "masterstroke, which underlines the absurdity of Intelligent Design", and praises Henderson for "galvanizing [the] defense of science and rationality". Sarah Boxer of the New York Times said that Henderson "has intelligence at his side". In addition, the Flying Spaghetti Monster was mentioned in the footnoted article of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Lawness Law Review as an example of evolution "entering the fray in popular culture", which the authors deemed necessary for evolution to win over design smart. Abstract paper, Controversy of Evolution and Pasta Side: Spaghetti Flying Spacecraft and Subversive Function of the Religious Parody , describes the Flying Spaghetti Monster as "a powerful example of how humor monsters can be used." as a popular tool of subversion of carnivalesque. "The author praised Pastafarianism for its" epistemological humility. "In addition, Henderson's web site contains much support from the scientific community, as Jack Schofield of The Guardian says," The joke , of course, that's practically more rational than Intelligent Design. "
Casey Luskin of the Discovery Institute, who promotes smart design, argues this, saying, "The problem for their logic is that ID is not an arbitrary explanation, because we have a lot of experience with smart agents that generate the kind of complexity of information we see in nature.. "Columnist Jeff Jacoby wrote in The Boston Globe that smart designs" are not biblical or flying primitivism or spaghetti. This scientific view, however, was rejected by the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. Peter Gallings of Answers in Genesis, a Ministry of the Young Earth Creation said "Quite ironically, [Pastafarians], in addition to mocking God Himself, railed against the Intelligent Design Movement for not identifying a particular god - that is, leaving open the possibility that spaghetti monster could be an intelligent designer... So that satire is probably because the Smart Design Movement is not affiliated with a particular religion, just the opposite of what other critics claim! "
See also
References
Further reading
- Henderson, Bobby (2006). Gospel of Spaghetti Fly Monster . Villard Books. ISBNÃ, 0-8129-7656-8.
External links
- Website of Spaghetti Monster Fly
- Henderson's open letter to the Kansas Board of Education
- The Flying Spaghetti Monster
- P.A.S.T.A Foundation
- The Australian Flying Spaghetti Monster Church
- Russian Pastafarian Church
- Human Timeline (Interactive) - Smithsonian, National Museum of Natural History (August 2016).
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