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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!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2720 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-28
• Released on: 2006-03-28
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

From Scientific American
An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny.

EDITORS OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Customer Reviews

Simply delightful
I was delighted to read The Gospel and will now say Ramen! As an avowed atheist The Gospel appeals to my sense of the ridiculous towards all religions. I find worship of spaghetti as realistic and believable as the worship of any diety. The reasons for believing in the FSM are, for me, credible and - dare I say - I could be converted to such a whimsical religion in the knowledge that no one will blow me up with meatballs covered in pasta sauce if I stray from the fold.

Basically one joke stretched to fill (sell) a book
I am not hostile to the message,but if you flip through this book for five minutes, you've gotten the point.

Funny as heck
If you're a normal, intelligent person, you'll love the humor of this book.

I'm not very well versed on Pastafarianism myself, but I think it's only purpose is to show the ridiculousness of organized religion and the fact that some people will believe anything. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster accomplishes this in a very entertaining, enjoyable, and satirical fashion that anyone will enjoy.

If you're an atheist (like me), an agnostic, or are just looking for a nice, hardy laugh, this book is for you!