- Paperback: 166 pages
- Publisher: Villard Books (14 Mar 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812976568
- ISBN-13: 978-0812976564
- Product Dimensions: 18.7 x 1.2 x 23.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
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CAN I GET A “RAMEN” FROM THE CONGREGATION?!
Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today’s fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM’s devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it’s the assuring touch from the FSM’s “noodly appendage.” Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Church’s flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its match–and it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden.
Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts– dispelling such malicious myths as evolution (“only a theory”), science (“only a lot of theories”), and whether we’re really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!)
See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say:
“If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory.”
–Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D.
“Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative ‘theories’ like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.”
–J. Simon, Ph.D.
“In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory.”
–Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D.
Read the book and decide for yourself!
Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today’s fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM’s devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it’s the assuring touch from the FSM’s “noodly appendage.” Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Church’s flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its match–and it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden.
Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts– dispelling such malicious myths as evolution (“only a theory”), science (“only a lot of theories”), and whether we’re really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!)
See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say:
“If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory.”
–Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D.
“Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative ‘theories’ like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.”
–J. Simon, Ph.D.
“In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory.”
–Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D.
Read the book and decide for yourself!
About the Author
Bobby Henderson holds a B.S. in physics, and although he has received several job offers from Las Vegas gambling interests (really… we’re serious), he currently supports himself as a full-time prophet. Bobby got his start as a prophet in 2005, shortly after the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared before him and disclosed that He was the true creator of the universe. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is his first religious tome.
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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58 of 60 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is the result of an open letter to the Kansas School Board which was written by Bobby Henderson. There was to be a hearing about whether Intelligent Design should be taught as an alternative theory to Evolution. Bobby Henderson proposed that there were many other viable theories of Intelligent Design which were just as worthy of being taught. This is his version - Pastafarianism - the fastest growing (carbohydrate-based) religion.
If any smartarse atheist has ever asked you, 'But who made God?' we now have the answer - the Flying Spaghetti Monster - together with a rock solid account of how complexity can arise from simplicity. String theory to DNA - it all gets covered and with a thoroughness which never becomes stodgy.
Since it is clearly unacceptable to suggest that we evolved from apes, Pastafarianism puts forward the hypothesis that we actually evolved from pirates. Since we share 99.9% of our DNA with pirates, the evidence appears overwhelming.
Also established is the inverse relationship between global average temperatures and pirate numbers. This conclusively shows the link between global warming and declining pirate numbers. There is even a graph.
The collected papers from the Enlightenment Institute, which are included in the latter part of this book, are required reading. I shall just briefly mention the updating of the argument from design, 'Evidence of the Baker' which is an inspiring account of stumbling across a chocolate cake on a beach and using this to infer that there must be a divine baker standing behind the universe.
If you want something with greater mathematical rigour then you may wish to study the section on Theologebra. This synthesises formal Boolean logic, algebra and theology. A significant contribution to both mathematical logic and theology. It may confuse even the best mathematicians and will add further confusion to theologians.
Reading this book can result in philosophical insights for even the most ignorant and uneducated. Here's mine :-
1) God is by definition a being with all perfections
2) Tastiness is a perfection
3) God has the perfection of tastiness (from 1 and 2)
4) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the epitome of tastiness and must constitute what has previously been understood as 'God'
If you have the mentality of a teenager (a scientist?) then you will enjoy this book. It is not always particularly politically correct but it is very amusing.
If any smartarse atheist has ever asked you, 'But who made God?' we now have the answer - the Flying Spaghetti Monster - together with a rock solid account of how complexity can arise from simplicity. String theory to DNA - it all gets covered and with a thoroughness which never becomes stodgy.
Since it is clearly unacceptable to suggest that we evolved from apes, Pastafarianism puts forward the hypothesis that we actually evolved from pirates. Since we share 99.9% of our DNA with pirates, the evidence appears overwhelming.
Also established is the inverse relationship between global average temperatures and pirate numbers. This conclusively shows the link between global warming and declining pirate numbers. There is even a graph.
The collected papers from the Enlightenment Institute, which are included in the latter part of this book, are required reading. I shall just briefly mention the updating of the argument from design, 'Evidence of the Baker' which is an inspiring account of stumbling across a chocolate cake on a beach and using this to infer that there must be a divine baker standing behind the universe.
If you want something with greater mathematical rigour then you may wish to study the section on Theologebra. This synthesises formal Boolean logic, algebra and theology. A significant contribution to both mathematical logic and theology. It may confuse even the best mathematicians and will add further confusion to theologians.
Reading this book can result in philosophical insights for even the most ignorant and uneducated. Here's mine :-
1) God is by definition a being with all perfections
2) Tastiness is a perfection
3) God has the perfection of tastiness (from 1 and 2)
4) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the epitome of tastiness and must constitute what has previously been understood as 'God'
If you have the mentality of a teenager (a scientist?) then you will enjoy this book. It is not always particularly politically correct but it is very amusing.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is laugh out loud funny and a very nice little book.
I don't understand how anyone can find it offensive. It basically has a good laugh and tells you to be nice at the same time.
It's more fun and more sense than the old and new testaments.
May His Noodly Appendages touch us all.
I don't understand how anyone can find it offensive. It basically has a good laugh and tells you to be nice at the same time.
It's more fun and more sense than the old and new testaments.
May His Noodly Appendages touch us all.
31 of 33 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Praise be to The Flying Spaghetti Monster and his prophet Bobby Henderson. I was touched but now I see. In only 220 pages the greatest problems of humanity have now all been solved. We no longer have to worry about that pesky problem of induction, work on any Grand Unified Theory or perhaps more importantly, ponder that mystery mysteries, why we have to work on Fridays. It's all in The Gospel of the FSM. And just try to disprove it. I bet you can't. And really, why bother trying. What with that beer volcano and all waiting for true believers when He one day takes us back into His meat-balled bosoms.
This book should be compulsive reading in not just school science classes but ALL classes. All the time*. Everywhere.
Awesome.
Aarrrgh!
*Except on Friday's.
This book should be compulsive reading in not just school science classes but ALL classes. All the time*. Everywhere.
Awesome.
Aarrrgh!
*Except on Friday's.
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thought provoking
Besides being fun, it has a serious side. I enjoyed reading it, although I seem to have lost friends when I start talking about pirates and why people are taller now.
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Published 8 months ago by Mr. JT
Finally a religion that has empirical proof!
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This book is really funny, I found myself laughing quite a lot. It is a lovely little book to use as a reference point to creationists, they cannot stand the fact that I believe... Read more
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Praise Him and His Noodly Appendage!
Excellent book, well written, arrived on time. Very little else to say, if you're looking at this book you're either a Pastafarian sympathiser, in which case you'll love it, or... Read more
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perfect, great read, whether you believe in the FSM or not, i dont, but i think the book is a fun and interesting look upon the world and will make you think! Get it :)
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