Post: A new religion is born. Pastafarianism.
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07-13-2011, 06:09 PM
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Shadoh
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An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons.
Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
The Austrian authorities required him to obtain a doctor's certificate that he was "psychologically fit" to drive.
The idea came into Mr Alm's noodle (The BBC can make jokes too
) three years ago as a way of making a serious, if ironic, point.A self-confessed atheist, Mr Alm says he belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a light-hearted faith whose members call themselves pastafarians.
A medical interview established the self-styled 'pastafarian' was mentally fit to drive
The group's website states that "the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma".
In response to pressure for American schools to teach the Christian theory known as intelligent design, as an alternative to natural selection, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wrote to the Kansas School Board asking for the pastafarian version of intelligent design to be taught to schoolchildren, as an alternative to the Christian theory.
Straining credulity
In the same spirit, Mr Alm's pastafarian-style application for a driving licence was a response to the Austrian recognition of confessional headgear in official photographs.
The licence took three years to come through and, according to Mr Alm, he was asked to submit to a medical interview to check on his mental fitness to drive but - straining credulity - his efforts have finally paid off.
It is the police who issue driving licences in Austria, and they have duly issued a laminated card showing Mr Alm in his unorthodox item of religious headgear.
The next step, Mr Alm told the Austrian news agency APA, is to apply to the Austrian authorities for pastafarianism to become an officially recognised faith.
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07-16-2011, 05:36 PM
#38
Just4Hax
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Originally posted by AT0MIK
alot of american schools wanted to completely ditch KNOWN FACTS about evolution and make up some BS that god created every animal ect
and he had to have a "valid religion" to opose schools, they would need to teach both christian and pasta religions in school
the last thing the world needs is a jumped up fully religious president of the US
and he had to have a "valid religion" to opose schools, they would need to teach both christian and pasta religions in school
the last thing the world needs is a jumped up fully religious president of the US
I believe it was the school board in the southern part of the US which wished to implant this idea.
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Originally posted by UnoDeluxe
Oooh i get it. Kind of like how some people drink the "blood" of Jesus. Lol this religion sounds interesting; it almost makes me want to learn more about it for the lulz.
Well in heaven there are volcanos filled with beer and strippers everywhere :p
In hell the beer is stale and the strippers have STD's
07-16-2011, 05:42 PM
#39
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Originally posted by Shadoh
So, my brother told me about this story and I didn't believe it at first but after reading the full article on the bbc website I'd thought I'd share it with you guys :y:
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it still beats scientology :carling:
07-17-2011, 05:15 AM
#41
CommunistWaffle
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07-17-2011, 06:20 AM
#42
Just4Hax
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Originally posted by CommunistWaffle
Pastafarianism is a "parody-religion" made in protest of the Kansas School Board teaching intelligent design in public schools. It is intended to make fun of creationism and other religions.
No it isn't look on the website. It was made after they planned on teaching Christian creationism in public schools, so he sent a letter about teaching pastafarianism in school along Christian creationism.
07-17-2011, 07:30 AM
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CommunistWaffle
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07-19-2011, 02:06 PM
#45
ukimpact
Splicer
no its not his religion that he has made up and its not a new
its a real relgion there is even a facebook group and religion option for it i belong to the religion flying spegetti monster
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian). The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" first appeared in a satirical open letter by Bobby Henderson in 2005, written in protest against the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public schools. In the letter, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution.
After Henderson published the letter on his website, it rapidly became an internet phenomenon and a symbol for the case against teaching intelligent design (and religion in general) in public schools. Pastafarian beliefs are generally satires of creationism. They are presented both on Henderson's website, where he is described as "prophet", and in The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, written by Henderson and published by Villiard Press in 2006. The central belief is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians, and Pastafarians assert that a steady decline in the number of pirates over the years has resulted in a significant rise in global temperature. The FSM community currently congregates at Henderson's website to share ideas and crafts devoted to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.You must login or register to view this content.
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its a real relgion there is even a facebook group and religion option for it i belong to the religion flying spegetti monster
The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarian). The "Flying Spaghetti Monster" first appeared in a satirical open letter by Bobby Henderson in 2005, written in protest against the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public schools. In the letter, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution.
After Henderson published the letter on his website, it rapidly became an internet phenomenon and a symbol for the case against teaching intelligent design (and religion in general) in public schools. Pastafarian beliefs are generally satires of creationism. They are presented both on Henderson's website, where he is described as "prophet", and in The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, written by Henderson and published by Villiard Press in 2006. The central belief is that an invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. Pirates are revered as the original Pastafarians, and Pastafarians assert that a steady decline in the number of pirates over the years has resulted in a significant rise in global temperature. The FSM community currently congregates at Henderson's website to share ideas and crafts devoted to the Flying Spaghetti Monster.You must login or register to view this content.
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