Product Description

It all began in June 2005 when Bobby Henderson wrote an open letter to the Kansas School Board proposing a third alternative to the teaching of evolution and intelligent design in schools. Bobby is a prophet of sorts, the spiritual leader of a growing, world-wide group of followers who worship the teachings of The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM). The FSM appeared to Bobby as a giant ball of spaghetti, with meatballs for eyes, and touched Bobby with "His noodly appendage" -- resulting in the revelation that the FSM is the real creator of the universe. The FSM faithful look to Bobby as their prophet and spiritual leader. Shortly after Bobby's revelation a website (www.flyingspaghettimonster.org) came into existence to promote the word. Then came the articles, which were worldwide: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian (UK), Die Welt (Germany), Surprise (Austria), and many others chimed in to report the existence of the FSM. Bobby received letters of support from academics and Kansas School Board members alike -- not to mention a couple million hits per day on the website -- and it was all-too-clear that there needed to be a book to lay out FSM scripture, rites and observances, proofs, and answers to the Big Questions. This is that book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2881 in Books
• Published on: 2006-08-07
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

About the Author
Bobby Henderson holds a B.S. in physics, and although he has received several job offers from Las Vegas gambling interests (really! we're serious), he currently supports himself as a full-time prophet. Bobby got his start as a prophet in 2005, shortly after the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared before him and disclosed that He was the true creator of the universe. The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is his first religious tome.

Customer Reviews

Intelligent Design isn't a patch on this
This book is the result of an open letter to the Kansas School Board which was written by Bobby Henderson. There was to be a hearing about whether Intelligent Design should be taught as an alternative theory to Evolution. Bobby Henderson proposed that there were many other viable theories of Intelligent Design which were just as worthy of being taught. This is his version - Pastafarianism - the fastest growing (carbohydrate-based) religion.

If any smartarse atheist has ever asked you, 'But who made God?' we now have the answer - the Flying Spaghetti Monster - together with a rock solid account of how complexity can arise from simplicity. String theory to DNA - it all gets covered and with a thoroughness which never becomes stodgy.

Since it is clearly unacceptable to suggest that we evolved from apes, Pastafarianism puts forward the hypothesis that we actually evolved from pirates. Since we share 99.9% of our DNA with pirates, the evidence appears overwhelming.

Also established is the inverse relationship between global average temperatures and pirate numbers. This conclusively shows the link between global warming and declining pirate numbers. There is even a graph.

The collected papers from the Enlightenment Institute, which are included in the latter part of this book, are required reading. I shall just briefly mention the updating of the argument from design, 'Evidence of the Baker' which is an inspiring account of stumbling across a chocolate cake on a beach and using this to infer that there must be a divine baker standing behind the universe.

If you want something with greater mathematical rigour then you may wish to study the section on Theologebra. This synthesises formal Boolean logic, algebra and theology. A significant contribution to both mathematical logic and theology. It may confuse even the best mathematicians and will add further confusion to theologians.

Reading this book can result in philosophical insights for even the most ignorant and uneducated. Here's mine :-

1) God is by definition a being with all perfections
2) Tastiness is a perfection
3) God has the perfection of tastiness (from 1 and 2)
4) The Flying Spaghetti Monster is the epitome of tastiness and must constitute what has previously been understood as 'God'

If you have the mentality of a teenager (a scientist?) then you will enjoy this book. It is not always particularly politically correct but it is very amusing.

Amazing!
I loved the whole FSM thing when it was started as a companion to the Intelligent Design debate and so was eagerly awaiting the release of this book. It is even better than expected.

It could very easily go all nerdy or geeky or start talking down about ID, creationism or other religions but it doesn't at all. It very nicely joins in the debate using the same arguments as the Creationists do to prove the existance of the FSM.

All the classic points of His presence - from Pirates to Meatballs - are covered including the 8 "I'd really rather you didn'ts" and instructions on how to make your own effigy of him. I would highly recommend this book.

I was touched but now I see
Praise be to The Flying Spaghetti Monster and his prophet Bobby Henderson. I was touched but now I see. In only 220 pages the greatest problems of humanity have now all been solved. We no longer have to worry about that pesky problem of induction, work on any Grand Unified Theory or perhaps more importantly, ponder that mystery mysteries, why we have to work on Fridays. It's all in The Gospel of the FSM. And just try to disprove it. I bet you can't. And really, why bother trying. What with that beer volcano and all waiting for true believers when He one day takes us back into His meat-balled bosoms.

This book should be compulsive reading in not just school science classes but ALL classes. All the time*. Everywhere.

Awesome.
Aarrrgh!

*Except on Friday's.