>>Flying Spaghetti Monster Comes to West Philly>>Well, in spirit, anyway. . .>>>>Bindlestiff Books, a new bookstore at 4530 Baltimore>>Avenue, is sponsoring a panel discussion on Bobby>>Henderson’s parody, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti>>Monster. Even though the monster may not be present,>>Bindlestiff promises they’re will be pirates. Seems that>>pirates are a pivotal to the “Pastafarian” beliefs.>>>>Pastafarianism, as it is known to “worshipers,” grew out>>of the controversy over evolution and intelligent design.>>The FSM was born as a reductio ad absurdum of the>>intelligent design argument for inclusion in science>>curriculums. The FSM made it’s first appearance in a>>satirical letter written by Henderson sent last year to>>the Kansas Board of Education, which voted to teach>>alternatives to evolution in high school science classes.>>>>Flying Spaghetti Monster web site has become a pop-culture>>phenomenon, with more than 30 million hits in the past few>>months and finding fans among the supporters of the theory>>of evolution.>>Participating in the panel will be West Philadelphia>>author and contributor to the Gospel, J. R.>>Blackwell. Her essay, “Evidence of a Baker” examines the>>important relationship between chocolate, pirates, and the>>existence of a supreme deity, specifically the Flying>>Spaghetti Monster. Blackwell is also one of the feature>>writers in 365 Tomorrows (http://www.365tomorrows.com/),>>recently recognized by Popular Science as a webpick for 2006.>>>>The panel and discussion will be at Bindlestiff Books on>>Friday, April 28, at 7:30PM. Pastafarians as well as>>non-Pastafarians welcome to attend!
Right on! All hail the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Has anyone read this Gospel of the FSM?
I’ve got the book sitting on my computer, I’ve read about 30 pages of it. It’s awesome.
The panel and discussion will be at Bindlestiff Books on
>>Friday, April 28, at 7:30PM. Pastafarians as well as
>>non-Pastafarians welcome to attend!
to bad its over now did anyone go
I saw the FSM on udonmans car and I knew I had to have one. I had an amorous Darwin fish doing unto his neighbor when I lived in WA, but I wouldn’t dare do that around here. I might as well slap on an I love Hillary bumper sticker while I was at it. I think the FSM would go over most folks heads.
well ren that it does it goes over almost everyones head if your intersted go to http://www.rof.com
I have downloaded the stencil for the sacred pirate fish and have proudly displayed the symbol on my refrigerator in preparation for this wonderous event.
Hey, I like the part about 30 million hits on the site. I’m always hopeful that the number of rational thinkers is growing. I buy stuff from evolvefish.com and get great service. They have the FSM too.
Kinda like Christain’s faith but much more fun. I like the FSM thing they have going on, it is even more funny than the bible (good for laughs). I wonder what will come up next…
In the meantime, try Neil Young’s new album, “Living with War”. You can listen to the whole thing here.
http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23233/
So, not exactly on the subject, but it will be a good topic of conversation and I couldn’t find a better place to put it.
thanks bernarda you just remided me of the link I was going to send ren any way there it is ren sorry I forgot
I’m all over it udonman. Thanks bernarda.
FSM is all powerful and funny at the same time. This is why Atheism will win in the end.
Thank you for your thanks. Another album to look up is “Is It Rolling Bob?–A Reggae Tribute to Bob Dylan”.
Some of the best Jamaican reggae stars give brilliant covers of some Dylan classics. The best album of last year.
yeah every saturday the 89.7 the river which is one of the college radio stations plays reggae and jam bands so ive heard a couple of the covers already.
ren dont know if you listen to the river or not but youd like it.