{"id":367,"date":"2012-02-18T13:24:35","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T18:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/?p=367"},"modified":"2012-02-18T13:24:35","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T18:24:35","slug":"the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-is-this-for-real","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mayahoodblog.com\/the-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-is-this-for-real\/","title":{"rendered":"The church of the flying spaghetti monster?!?! Is this for real?"},"content":{"rendered":"
I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and a friend of mine mentioned, in passing (as if this isn’t a big deal), how her brother-in-law recently got married under the traditions of the church of flying spaghetti monster. She kept on talking to get to some other point of her story, but I had to stop her right then and there. I mean, was she joking? Did she make it up? Did she really say The Church of the Flying spaghetti monster<\/a>?<\/a><\/p>\n Sure, I’ve heard of the church of scientology. I mean, Tom Cruise is the President or something which obviously made that famous. But I can’t say I’ve heard of the Church of the flying spaghetti monster (FSM)? I have since confirmed it exists! Apparently, the church is 10 million followers strong and is continuing to grow. Followers of this religion refer to themselves as Pastafarian;<\/a>\u00a0you know, like Bob Marley the Rastafarian<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0I’m sure that just like me, this is starting to make complete sense to you, right? No?\u00a0 Weird… well, here are some of the details I was able to find out about this “secretive” religion. As\u00a0I was reading the information on the religion’s main website (http:\/\/www.venganza.org\/<\/a>), I couldn’t stop laughing.\u00a0 But within the first paragraph, there is a clear indication that this is not a joke.\u00a0 The website clearly noted that “Anything that comes across as humor or satire is purely coincidental.”\u00a0 So there you have it people, what is written below is not made up (although I wish I could have made it up myself).<\/p>\n <\/a>Do you want to be ordained as\u00a0a Pastafarian Minister of a church? Well apparently, all you have to do is spend $20 US ($30 if you live out of country) and you will\u00a0receive your certification.\u00a0 At least based on the web-site (http:\/\/www.venganza.org\/ordination\/<\/a>), it doesn’t appear that you have to go through a course, be a practicing pastafarian or actually believe in any of this. I wish it was that easy to find someone to marry my husband and I when we had our mixed-marriage ceremony.<\/p>\n My take on this religion is that it’s providing an alternative to people who say that religion\u00a0subjects people to\u00a0too many rules.\u00a0 It’s an easy-going, laid-back religion that anyone can follow.\u00a0 They’re telling us “hey, if you believe that Moses made the sea split with his stick, than I’m sure you can believe in a flying spaghetti monster”.\u00a0 Why not, right?\u00a0 Literary,\u00a0all you have to do to feel a part of this religion is drink beer and enjoy some spaghetti! I mean, religion doesn’t get much easier than that.<\/a><\/p>\n The one thing that became very clear to me early on was that this church is lacking some major funding.\u00a0 They’re currently on a hunt for a wealthy beneficiary.\u00a0 Any takers? Well, if you are interested in supporting their cause, you can help out by stopping\u00a0at their online store and buying one of the many pieces of paraphernalia that they have to sell.\u00a0 And let me be the first to say that you don’t need to be a believer to love the stuff they are selling.\u00a0 I mean, who doesn’t want a baby blanket that says “He Boiled For Your Sins”?!?!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n May the noodle appendages be with you!<\/p>\n *This one is probably true. I\u2019ve thought long and hard and cannot find another logical explanation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and a friend of mine mentioned, in passing (as if this isn’t a big deal), how her brother-in-law recently got married under the traditions of the church of flying spaghetti monster. 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