From http://www.venganza.org/about/ The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, while having existed in secrecy for hundreds of years, only recently came into the mainstream when this letter was published in May 2005. With millions, if not thousands, of devout worshippers, the Church of the FSM is widely considered a legitimate religion, even by its opponents – mostly fundamentalist Christians, who have accepted that our God has larger balls than theirs. Some claim that the church is purely a thought experiment, satire, illustrating that Intelligent Design is not science, but rather a pseudoscience manufactured by Christians to push Creationism into public schools. These people are mistaken. The Church of FSM is real, totally legit, and backed by hard science. Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental. Further Pastafarianism is a real religion. Most of us do not believe a religion – Christianity, Islam, Pastafarianiasm – requires literal belief in order to provide spiritual enlightenment. That is, we can be part of a community without becoming indoctrinated. There are many levels of belief. By design, the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma. That is, there are no strict rules and regulations, there are no rote rituals and prayers and other nonsense. Every member has a say in what this church is and what it becomes. To outsiders it makes us hard to define, but here are some general things that can be said about our beliefs: We believe pirates, the original Pastafarians, were peaceful explorers and it was due to Christian misinformation that they have an image of outcast criminals today We are fond of beer Every Friday is a Religious Holiday We do not take ourselves too seriously We embrace contradictions (though in that we are hardly unique)
February 10 at 7:00 PM, 2 Pirates attended
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February 1 at 7:00 PM, 2 Pirates attended
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"I was just thinking that. I'm still under the weather. . .then out of town a week, so I can't commit to anything in the group for a while. But do have a wonderful body and blood kinda thang. (I never thought of spaghetti that way before)....
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"Okay--Friday nights are usually okay for me, but not last Friday. Sorry I didn't make it. Pasta sounds great. East county sounds good. If not Olivia's home, how about Tratorilla Tiramisu in downtown La Mesa...."
Jeni Sall joined
"Is anyone else coming? Eric and I don't want to make the trip downtown if not."
Justin Kingsley joined
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