The Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster

[naomi24]

Last week Niko Alm, from Austria, won a long-running case to allow him to wear a plastic colander on his head in photographs for his driving licence. He had submitted the images in 2011, but they were deemed unsuitable and he was asked to send new ones. For Alm, though, it became a matter of newfound principle. Discovering that headgear can be worn in photographs if they have a basis in religious belief, he came out as Pastafarian and went to court to defend his right to worship at the altar of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Mr Alm said “It’s no more absurd to me than Christianity’s Holy Trinity (multiple personality disorder, surely?), Kabbalah’s mystical bracelets and magic water, or the idea that a Scientologist’s soul heads to a private planet after death.”

Is there a difference between his religion and all the others – and if so, what is it?

http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/why-i-joined-the-spaghetti-sect-guy-pewsey-tries-out-being-a-pastafarian-9625481.html

[agchristie]

Well,his rationale for choice of headgear - there's holes in it.. Must be quite draining wearing it..

Bizarre story,made me laugh! We all havr a right to believe in 'something'...

[naomi24]

It made me laugh too - but I admire his determination to fight on a matter of principle.

[naomi24]

That's what he's saying - and he's right.

[agchristie]

Yes,full marks for his resolve!

[Hypognosis]

Our monster,
Who art Al Dente,
Halinguini be thy name…

[naomi24]

With meatballs? ;o)

[DrFilth]

you may scoff but mate was there when the spaghetti monster started weeping brown sauce

[naomi24]

Who's 'mate'?

[DrFilth]

sorry that should read, my mate was there

[naomi24]

Dr.F, okay, your mate was there when the spaghetti monster started weeping brown sauce? What does that mean?

[jomifl]

The difference is that his religion has been cynically devised to show up the silliness of other religions and doesn't involve belief, Whereas with other religons the adherants actually believe the nonsense.

[ludwig]

It's the same as the others in that they're all nonsense.

It's different in that all of it's followers know that it's nonsense.

[RATTER15]

The pic in my link was 2011, its on his license there. I think it was approved back then. Did something change?

I may try the same here when my license is up for renewal :-)

[DrFilth]

it is a joke -)

[ludwig]

synchronicity jom.

[RATTER15]

Ludwig, //It's different in that all of it's followers know that it's nonsense.//

Wash your mouth out!!

May you be struck by a meatball from hell!!!

[belrec]

I love this, it has been around for a few years now:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster

it is funny but i agree it has just as much validity as other mainstream religions. We have to remember that Christianity was a minor sect for a long time until the Romans took up with it.

and Mohammed was just a guy with a message 800 odd years later.

Imagine in a couple of hundred years there could be churches to the flying spaghetti monster and people will look back and wonder what it was like before the "truth" was found under some meatballs...

[RATTER15]

Naomi, //Dr.F, okay, your mate was there when the spaghetti monster started weeping brown sauce? What does that mean?//

Surely its proof that the Pastafarian God live on!!