{"id":38795301,"date":"2005-10-23T15:20:39","date_gmt":"2005-10-23T15:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.casey.com\/2005\/10\/converting-to-p.html"},"modified":"2013-04-11T02:39:13","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T02:39:13","slug":"200510converting-to-p-html","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casey.life\/blog\/2005\/10\/23\/200510converting-to-p-html\/","title":{"rendered":"Converting to Pastafarianism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class='p_embed p_image_embed'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media_httpcaseycomblo_kfmka\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/cmcimport.files.wordpress.com\/2005\/10\/media_httpcaseycomblo_kfmka-scaled500.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>I have done a good deal of soul-searching lately, reflecting on questions of life, morality, and religion.  Via their blogs, a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.folley.net\/display\/00012187.html\">few<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carpetblogger.com\/archives\/2005\/08\/down_with_gravi.html\">different<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nworld.squarespace.com\/blog\/2005\/9\/2\/intelligent-design-how-to-talk-about-it-intelligently.html\">friends<\/a> have introduced me to a Church to which I feel like I might belong, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venganza.org\/\">Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A young religion, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster\">Flying Spaghetti Monsterism<\/a> contends that the universe was created by an invisible, undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster, beginning with a mountain, some trees, and a midgit.  All evidence of evolution was planted by the Flying Spaghetti Monster.  Also, there is a direct correlation in the increase of global warming, earthquakes and hurricanes, and the decrease of pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Flying Spaghetti Monsterism has gained attention this year, when our prophet, a twenty-something from Oregon, wrote to the Kansas School Board demanding that if they were going to require that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intelligent_design\">Intelligent Design<\/a>&#8221; be taught in the classroom, that his theory that the universe was intelligently designed by a flying spaghetti monster, deserves its share of that classroom time.<\/p>\n<p>In researching the religion on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venganza.org\/\">its web site<\/a>, the case for conversion was summed up quickly and convincingly as follows: <\/p>\n<p><b>WHY YOU SHOULD CONVERT TO FLYING SPAGHETTI MONSTERISM<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Flimsy moral standards.<\/li>\n<li> Every friday is a relgious holiday. If your work\/school objects to that, demand your religious beliefs are respected and threaten to call the ACLU.<\/li>\n<li> Our heaven is WAY better. We&#8217;ve got a Stripper Factory AND a Beer Volcano.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m sold, why not?  A religion, or a prophet, may be thousands of years old with a worldwide following, or a few months old with a tiny one.  Time may bring growth and acceptance to Pastafarianism.  <\/p>\n<p>May we all be touched by his noodly appendage&#8230; Ramen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have done a good deal of soul-searching lately, reflecting on questions of life, morality, and religion. 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