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5.0 out of 5 stars Intelligent Design isn't a patch on this, 18 May 2007

By	JA Foxton (Worcester, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!, 4 Jan 2007

By	A. Byrne (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Hardcover)

I loved the whole FSM thing when it was started as a companion to the Intelligent Design debate and so was eagerly awaiting the release of this book. It is even better than expected.

It could very easily go all nerdy or geeky or start talking down about ID, creationism or other religions but it doesn't at all. It very nicely joins in the debate using the same arguments as the Creationists do to prove the existance of the FSM.

All the classic points of His presence - from Pirates to Meatballs - are covered including the 8 "I'd really rather you didn'ts" and instructions on how to make your own effigy of him. I would highly recommend this book.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I was touched but now I see, 7 Jun 2007

By	Benjamin Barnett - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (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.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Spaghetti? Waffle!
First I should say that the logic behind the whole FSM satire is impeccable, and Bobby Henderson should be applauded for standing up to woolly minded and exclusionist thinking in... Read more

Published 3 months ago by Truthseeker

5.0 out of 5 stars The only true religion
A hilarious view on religion, not the most eloquently written satire but with an imperfect creator (the FSM) that is to be expected. Read more

Published 8 months ago by Ethan Cordner

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I love the idea of FSM and Pastafarianism. The website is hilarious. However I found this book pretty disappointing. Read more

Published 10 months ago by dan dread

4.0 out of 5 stars Great idea, with Good Gambits, but no coherence...
Having heard so many interesting things about the FSM (e.g. 'Unintelligent Design', Global warming is caused by pirates, etc) I got this book expecting more of the same - a witty... Read more

Published 10 months ago by Mr. Tim D. Patmore

5.0 out of 5 stars Pastafarianism is The Way.
This is laugh out loud funny and a very nice little book.
I don't understand how anyone can find it offensive. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Zinc Alloy

4.0 out of 5 stars They got it all wrong about the midgets
An entertaining book for college/university students (and while I'm heading off on a tangent in my first sentence, what's all this 'we are in America' rubbish? Read more

Published 17 months ago by Maclennane

3.0 out of 5 stars Quite funny spoof on creationism and intelligent design
A few gems. Fortunately this doesn't seem as a big an issue to us as it must to reasonably educated Americans, but some of the chapters on proofs of the FSM's existence are good -... Read more

Published 18 months ago by Jezza

1.0 out of 5 stars Throughly Disappointed
I loved the website, the theory, the religion and the cult status, so naturally I rushed out and bought the book thinking I would love it as well. Read more

Published 18 months ago by A. Ramsay

5.0 out of 5 stars Enlightening
Bobby Henderson is a Genius and True Prophet. I have Faith in Him.
RAmen

Published 18 months ago by Paddywack

5.0 out of 5 stars Cursed be the followers of the Pasta-Demon!
Turn away from your carbonara-worshipping ways before it is too late!

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Published 21 months ago by N. Fisher

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