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That's the best ing thing I've read today.
I guess its ok for you guys to believe in your fic ious god but not his.
Student punished for spaghetti beliefs
Thursday, March 29, 2007
The Flying Spaghetti Monster A student has been suspended from school in America for coming to class dressed as a pirate.
But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy – because the student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume is part of his religion.
Bryan Killian says that he follows the Pastafarian religion, and that as a crucial part of his faith, he must wear 'full pirate regalia' as prescribed in the holy texts of Pastafarianism.
The school, however, say that his pirate garb was disruptive.
Pastafarians follow the Flying Spaghetti Monster (pictured), and believe that the world was created by the touch of his noodly appendage. Furthermore, they acknowledge pirates as being 'absolute divine beings', and stress that the worldwide decline in the number of pirates has directly led to global warming.
Pastafarianism gained wide attention when its key prophet, Bobby Henderson, wrote to the Kansas School Board during the height of the controversy over 'Intelligent Design' being taught in science classes. His letter, also published on his website, demanded equal time be given to the teachings of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as was given to ID and evolutionary theory.
Since then, the Flying Spaghetti Monster has gained countless followers worldwide, although there are those who remain spagnostic.
The school, in North Buncombe, North Carolina, remains adamant that their decision to suspend Killian for a day has nothing to do with his religion, and quite a lot to do with his repeated refusal to heed warnings against wearing pirate outfits.
That's the best ing thing I've read today.
lol @ spagnostic
I have been touched by his noodly appendage.
I don't care much for pirates. Now where is the pic of this so-called noodle god?
Cool. I like his meatballs!
Why? It took me a second to figure out what I was looking at and it just really cracked me up!
I'm just waiting for peewee to come in here and start a religious argument with everyone.
20 years from now Tom Cruise's daughter will be one of the cult's supreme beings.
I've been following Pastafarianism for a good few years now.
I think it's funny that people think it's so stupid. Minus the divine pirates, it's the same thing as Christian beliefs, just replace God with a Flying Spaghetti Monster.
I thought the custom was only that an orthodox Pastafarian was supposed to don the pirate headdress daily.
Yeah, he's a regular Rosa Parks.
The kid got just what he wanted. I'd say that his dad should bust his ass for being such a juvenile dip , but his dad is probably a philosophy professor.
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