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)

Join us and be the first to know when new Meetups are scheduled
Log in with Facebook to find out
By creating a Meetup account, you agree to the Terms of Service

Welcome!

Join and suggest a new Meetup

Recent Meetups

  • February 10 at 7:00 PM, 2 Pirates attended

    Observe our holy day.
    Ok, so I am putting a date and time out there, as well as a place, if these don't work for you, feel free to let me know what does and I will try to work around... Learn more
  • February 1 at 7:00 PM, 2 Pirates attended

    Get acquainted!
    We'll gather, get to know each other, and discuss what we want this group to be.

What's new

 
First San Diego Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/d/7/c/global_88724412.jpeg
Founded Jan 26, 2012
20120126

Offer a perk for our members and get exposure.

Offer a perk →
Other nearby
Meetups
Why these groups?
x

The Meetup Groups shown here are topically similar to First San Diego Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Groups are more likely to be displayed here if they:

  • have a Meetup scheduled
  • have a high rating
  • have a group photo
  • are "public" and not "private"
  • have shown they are likely to stick around (older than 30 days)
Find more Meetup Groups
near San Diego

Log in

  • Not registered with us yet?
or

Log in to Meetup with your Facebook account.

Log in using Facebook

Sign up

or

Join this Meetup Group even quicker with your Facebook account.

Sign up using Facebook
By clicking the "Sign up using Facebook" or "Sign up" buttons above, you agree to Meetup's Terms of Service