According to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster website, Pastafarianism has been around for centuries in secrecy and has only recently come into the limelight. In 2005, Bobby Henderson wrote a letter to the Kansas School Board concerning that students learn more than one of Intelligent Design, suggesting that the belief a Flying Spaghetti Monster, also known as FSM, created the universe, and that the beliefs of this religion are valid based on scientific evidences ("Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"). After the publication of this letter on Henderson’s website, the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has come into the mainstream. Bobby Henderson is now accredited as the “prophet of the FSM” (Henderson, Bobby). Henderson says …show more content…
Anyone can become a Pastafarian minister for the low price of twenty-five dollars. The Official Paper Certificates of Ordination is embossed with gold foil seals. New Zealand became the first country to legally recognize FSM marriages (Roy, Eleanor Ainge). The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, was started in 2005 and the book was completed in 2010 by Bobby Henderson, after being offered a large amount of money to write the Bible ("Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"). He accepted the offer and wrote the book, then said the rest of the funds would be used to buy a pirate ship to travel around the work to spread the news of the FSM. In addition to the Bible, there are unofficial writings known as “The Loose Canon.” These writings are verses written by many different members in the Pastafarian community There is no standard church service among the entirety of the religion; services vary greatly between countries. However, Pastafarians celebrate a winter celebration Holiday, known as FSMas (Henderson, Bobby). The holiday is celebrated very similar to Christmas. Many people decorate an evergreen tree with a tree topper of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. On this day, Pastafarians are consider to be “Touched by His Noodly Appendages (Henderson, Bobby).” On September 19, they also celebrate International Talk like a Pirate Day ("Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster"). A weekly mass service in Germany is practiced that models a Catholic service, where during a “communion,” the FSM members eat and drink noodles and beer, instead of bread and wine. Unlike in Germany, The Austrian Pastafarians meet three to four times a year and simply drink beer together (Gilsinan, Kathy). It is also common for Pastafarians to take off work on Fridays to drink beer and worship the FSM because when the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the Earth, He did it in four days, and then rested for three ("Church of the Flying