Posted by Andrew Seal,
7:21 PM
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Wednesday, August 31, 2005 Pastafarianism Piggybacks Its Way Into The Mainstream On Intelligent Design
Flying Spaghetti Monster wants equal time 2005-08-30 15:23 (New York)
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A religion created recently in response to the efforts in Kansas to add intelligent design to the science curriculum has taken the Internet by storm. The prophet of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism or Pastafarianism is Bobby Henderson, a 25-year-old with a bachelor's degree in physics from Oregon State and a desire to escape a job in the casino industry. Henderson's Web site, www.venganza.org, includes an open letter to the Kansas State Board of Education demanding teaching of his creation story, a brief resume, pictures of T-shirts and coffee mugs depicting the Flying Spaghetti Monster and a growing number of e-mails. According to Henderson's version of history, the FSM created mountains, trees and a midget. FSM followers go to a heaven with a beer volcano. Henderson told the Wichita Eagle since he created his Web site in June it has received more than 19 million visits. On Tuesday afternoon, Googling Flying Spaghetti Monster generated 128,000 hits, and the FSM now has its own sign of Internet seriousness, a Wikipedia entry. (link)
