{"id":224,"date":"2008-05-30T11:14:59","date_gmt":"2008-05-30T15:14:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blogx\/?p=200"},"modified":"2010-05-15T13:14:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-15T17:14:23","slug":"magical-buffet-mythology-the-flying-spaghetti-monster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=224","title":{"rendered":"Magical Buffet Mythology: The Flying Spaghetti Monster"},"content":{"rendered":"

Article by Rebecca
\nImage by Will Hobbs (www.sirwilliamwesley.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>The Flying Spaghetti Monster looks just the way his name implies, like a ball of spaghetti with eye stalks. There is much debate as to what kind of pasta the FSM is made of, with Westerners leaning towards wheat. Of course, he is rarely seen, leading to the belief that he is invisible. His self proclaimed Prophet, Bobby Henderson, said that the FSM first appeared to him in 2005 as a response to a decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. This leads many to think the FSM is a new found deity, but since he appeared to Henderson, the FSM has been traced back further into history, most notably the glory days of pirates. Pirates are in fact the FSM\u2019s chosen people, which is why one of the holy days for Pastafarians is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.<\/p>\n

Many claim that the FSM is fake, but a visit to www.venganza.org<\/a> shows that the FSM has many academic endorsements. Last time I checked, no other deity had academic endorsements! Another moment of validation was in 2007 when three talks concerning the FSM were given at American Academy of Religion’s annual meeting in San Diego.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"