MOVIE NIGHT: I, Pastafari: A Flying Spaghetti Monster Story"
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Join us for this cheeky documentary that follows members of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, known as “Pastafarians” as they battle bureaucrats to secure the same legal rights and recognitions granted to more “traditional” religions. More at: https://sofree.ca/events/movienight-waterloo-2026-01-13/
With its noodly deity, pirate-centric cosmology, and followers who take their mission seriously while cleverly challenging questions of religious freedom and equality, this documentary is as thoughtful as it is hilarious. Prepare for a comedic feast that invites you to re-think belief, identity, rights, and freedoms in unexpected ways. R’amen.
RSVP by JANUARY 12 to: Events@sofree.ca Treats & decaf coffee provided.
START TIME: 7:15 pm ~ DOORS OPEN: 6:45 pm
ADMISSION: Free for SOFREE members; $10 for non-members. Payments accepted via e-transfer to: Treasurer@sofree.ca Donations also welcome and much appreciated. You will get a tax receipt for your donation.
Pastafarianism was founded in 2005 by satirist and physicist Bobby Henderson in response to the Kansas State Board of Education’s efforts to teach creationism in public schools. The following year he released The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, introducing a deity depicted as a tangle of spaghetti with two meatballs as eye-stalks and requesting that it be taught alongside creationism, since the evidence for spaghetti and meatballs is, after all, quite compelling.