" is disrespectful to teach our beliefs without wearing His chosen outfit, which of course is full pirate regalia. He also provides an explanation for the dire situation of planet Earth, complete with chart: If the Intelligent Design theory is not based on faith, but instead another scientific theory, as is claimed, then you must also allow our theory to be taught, as it is also based on science, not on faith."Īs proof of the scientific correctness of his theory, Henderson explains in detail how the Flying Spaghetti Monster messes with the results of carbon-dating of artifacts to make them look really, really old. The logical consequence: "It is for this reason that I'm writing you today, to formally request that this alternative theory be taught in your schools, along with the other two theories. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him." It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. "I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. that students will hear only one theory of Intelligent Design," he wrote. Inspired by fundamentalist Christians' demand to teach Intelligent Design as another scientific theory side by side with evolution in biology classes, 25-year-old Bobby Henderson addressed an open letter to the Kansas Board of Education (see his website, ). The story of the FSM Church and its battle for official recognition started with an unemployed physics graduate from Oregon State University with too much time on his hands. Pastafarianism, according to its followers, is a new and entirely plausible theory of the beginning of the world and the history of human beings-at least as plausible, if not more, they say, as the theory of Intelligent Design. Thus might read the Book of Genesis in the Pastafarian Bible. "And the Flying Spaghetti Monster saw the light, that it was good: and with His Noodly Appendage divided the light from the darkness." This post is taken from a weekly email I receive called "What We Now Know".