The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, while having existed in secrecy for hundreds of years, only recently came into the mainstream when this letter was published in May 2005.

With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents – mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs.

Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. 

The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental.

Pastafarianism is a real religion.

Most of us do not believe a religion – Christianity, Islam, Pastafarianiasm – requires literal belief in order to provide spiritual enlightenment. 

That is, we can be part of a community without becoming indoctrinated. There are many levels of belief.

By design, the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma.

That is, there are no strict rules and regulations, there are no rote rituals and prayers and other nonsense. Every member has a say in what this church is and what it becomes.

To outsiders it makes us hard to define, but here are some general things that can be said about our beliefs:

We believe pirates, the original Pastafarians, were peaceful explorers and it was due to Christian misinformation that they have an image of outcast criminals today:


We are fond of beer

Every Friday is a Religious Holiday

We do not take ourselves too seriously

'We embrace contradictions (though in that we are hardly unique)

site:

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Pastafarian horoscope:

Although our scientists, theologians, astrologers and chefs are still working on the full Pastafarian Horoscope we can let you know your Pirate Animal Totem. 
These are calculated on the basis of the orbit of Pluto (who as a Dwarf Planet is holy to the FSM) but by a strange coincidence happen to correspond quite closely to our calendar.
Jan 1 - 15 Octopus
Jan 15-31 Sloth
Feb 1 - 15 Blobfish
Feb 16-29 Narwhal
Mar 1 - 15 Sea Monkey
Mar 16-31 Wolverine
April 1 - 15 Wombat
April 16-30 Parrot
May 1 - 15 Squirrel
May 16-31 Yak
June 1 - 15 Weasel
June 16-30 Blue-footed Booby
July 1 - 15 Unicorn
July 16-31 Platypus
Aug 1 - 15 Aardvark
Aug 16 - 31 Ferret
Sept 1 - 15 Gerbil
Sept 16 - 30 Tarantula
Oct 1 - 15 Amoeba
Oct 16-31 Honey Badger
Nov 1 - 15 Albatross
Nov 16-30 Blue Whale
Dec 1 - 15 Dodo
Dec 16 - 31 Newt


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