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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster [Paperback]

Bobby Henderson
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Book Description

March 28, 2006
CAN I GET A “RAMEN” FROM THE CONGREGATION?!

Behold the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), today’s fastest growing carbohydrate-based religion. According to church founder Bobby Henderson, the universe and all life within it were created by a mystical and divine being: the Flying Spaghetti Monster. What drives the FSM’s devout followers, a.k.a. Pastafarians? Some say it’s the assuring touch from the FSM’s “noodly appendage.” Then there are those who love the worship service, which is conducted in pirate talk and attended by congregants in dashing buccaneer garb. Still others are drawn to the Church’s flimsy moral standards, religious holidays every Friday, or the fact that Pastafarian heaven is way cooler: Does your heaven have a Stripper Factory and a Beer Volcano? Intelligent Design has finally met its match–and it has nothing to do with apes or the Olive Garden of Eden.

Within these pages, Bobby Henderson outlines the true facts– dispelling such malicious myths as evolution (“only a theory”), science (“only a lot of theories”), and whether we’re really descended from apes (fact: Humans share 95 percent of their DNA with chimpanzees, but they share 99.9 percent with pirates!)
See what impressively credentialed top scientists have to say:

“If Intelligent Design is taught in schools, equal time should be given to the FSM theory and the non-FSM theory.”
–Professor Douglas Shaw, Ph.D.

“Do not be hypocritical. Allow equal time for other alternative ‘theories’ like FSMism, which is by far the tastier choice.”
–J. Simon, Ph.D.

“In my scientific opinion, when comparing the two theories, FSM theory seems to be more valid than classic ID theory.”
–Afshin Beheshti, Ph.D.

Read the book and decide for yourself!

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Editorial Reviews

From Scientific American

An elaborate spoof on Intelligent Design, The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is neither too elaborate nor too spoofy to succeed in nailing the fallacies of ID. It's even wackier than Jonathan Swift's suggestion that the Irish eat their children as a way to keep them from being a burden, and it may offend just as many people, but Henderson, described elsewhere as a 25-year-old "out-of-work physics major," puts satire to the same serious use that Swift did. Oh, yes, it is very funny.

EDITORS OF SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Villard (March 28, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0812976568
  • ISBN-13: 978-0812976564
  • Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 0.4 x 9.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (201 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,577 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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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.

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236 of 248 people found the following review helpful
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Let me start by saying that The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a great read in a less than steller book. The quality of the paper and the cover a more like a grade school workbook than anything else I can compare it to. That said, reading the words as written by the Prophet, Pasta be upon his plate, Bobby Henderson is a riot! There are jokes throughout this book that are genuinely Laugh-out-loud funny, like the evolution of the tail bone for fighting or the War of Aggression against pirates wages by the Harri Christnas...

The book is comprised mostly of a satirical look at the ID movement and claims of the religious kooks out there. There are some rather brilliant passages that are really just ID transposed as FSMism, making one think quite often "how do they believe this crap?"

There are some other aspects of the book that read more like "Genesis" than the "open letter" that The Prophet, pasta be upon his plate, is famous for. These are entertaining and serve as a solid foundation for faith in his Noodly presence. But it's the revelation of the FACTS that truly reveal the Glory and prove the existence of our Noodly Master.

Oh, and BTW, DO NOT fall for the review of Mr. John Smith. He's trying to shill his book "God Speaks! The Flying Spaghetti Monster in his own Words."
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83 of 86 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars RAmen January 1, 2007
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The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is one of the funniest things I have come across in a while. Bobby Henderson, a physics grad student, has ingeniously crafted a mock religion that effectively parodies the fundamentalist aspects of western religions (especially Christianity) that mainstream Christians and non-Christians find groan-worthy.

Henderson created the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, also known as Pastafarianism, in response to the recent trials over Intelligent Design and whether or not it belongs in a school's curriculum (or whether evolution has no place there). FSM claims that the world was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster, that pirates are His chosen people, and that Earthly problems, such as global warming are a direct result of the shrinking numbers of (actual) pirates in the world (Henderson has a graph that shows there is a direct correlation between the number of pirates and average global temperatures).

Using "facts" and "science", Henderson shows how evolution is wrong and that life can only have been created by the FSM, who obviously has a sense of humor due to certain things that happen in life. He also talks about how FSM heaven is so much better than Christian heaven due to the presence of a beer volcano and a stripper factory.

Other great aspects are the twists on biblical stories and places (such as why the great flood occurred or the Olive Garden of Eden) as well as the 8 Commandments (or is it Condiments) or FSM, commonly known as the "8 I'd Really Rather You Didn'ts", due to the fact that each one starts off with, "I'd really rather you didn't...".

Obviously, this book requires a sense of humor to be enjoyed, because it pokes fun at religion.
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574 of 650 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Teach the Controversy March 28, 2006
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As a science teacher, I believe that if we are to teach the controversy and let children decide, then we should teach ALL alternative theories to evolution, including FSM ideas. In that case, this gospel would provide an excellent teaching resource.
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352 of 405 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars The one true god is finally known to all !!! March 28, 2006
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As a long time FSM convert I can testify that when one is touched by the true god's noodles or tasted the bounty his Meatballness offers all free, you will forever be changed. Come forward all of you lost people and discover the truth that will set you free.

The FSM view of creation must be taught in our public schools and our laws must be changed to allow everyone to find out how the one true god created mankind - evolution is a bunch of voodoo crap, and Intelligent Design is just a branch off the same decayed tree of lies.
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42 of 45 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Henderson isn't anti-religion... March 28, 2006
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What many of Bobby Henderson's critics seem to miss is that he's not anti-religion, he's anti-teaching-Intelligent-Design in SCIENCE classes. Strangely, he also seems to have a problem with pseudo-science, wherein correlations are accepted as evidence of causal relationships.

I particularly love the people who curse him (read the site for some scary threats) and don't seem to get the meaning of the word "parody."

53% of today's Americans believe that humans were plopped down on the planet in the exact form seen today? Sheesh.......thank the beer-factoried heaven that there are bright lights like Bobby to cheer us up.

Some reviewers are discussing the flimsy workmanship: Nope--Villard is a legitimate company in the Random House family, definitely NOT a vanity press. Who knows why they couldn't spring for a better quality binding? No beer factory or strippers for THEM!
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156 of 181 people found the following review helpful
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First, I would like to thank Mr Henderson for one of the greatest spoofs of pseudo-science in history. His FSM added some fun to an otherwise truly sad and worrying phenomenon.

Then, being European, let me add that I find the success of intelligent design and (even worse) creationism in the United States a truly incomprehensible phenomenon. This being the country I live in, and a country that under many many respects I certainly respect and admire, I cannot fathom how someone can be so obtuse as to being a creationist (I have somewhat more benign thoughts for genuine supporters of ID. Evolutionism certainly IS a mind-boggling idea). The fact that millions of people do believe in the literal truth of "science" reported in a BOOK written 2000 years ago, in a country that is producing much of the best science in any discipline on this planet, is for me a source of immense and endless frustration. Then it is true that Europe still have people believing in communism... Nobody's perfect, I guess.

I am certainly aware that Evolutionary Theory is not perfect, and that Darwin and his followers's findings have been often misrepresented and misused, but for G**'s (right...) sake...

One day creationists and ID supporters will vanish as Dodos, but it's still frustrating to see that right now they are still with us (I am not hoping for their physical demise, of course: I just wish they saw the light...)... I can see why people may disagree on issues such as abortion of stem cells, but this should not be about belief, it should be about science...

For those of you who would like to know more about the Kitzmiller et al. v. Dover Area School District ruling, I highly recommend reading the whole document available at w w w.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars great point
The book has a great concept it's just too bad so many will never get it. Fun to read and not too long. A great idea and a g ood laugh for all atheists.
Published 20 days ago by lisa
5.0 out of 5 stars R'Amen
This book is amazing! I've truly been touched by HIS Noodly Appendages. Any religion that promises a stripper factory and a beer volcano is a religion I can get behind. R'Amen
Published 1 month ago by Jason
5.0 out of 5 stars Try Pastafarianism for 30 days....
This book makes so much sense you'll find it hard to believe. A well written book and for the free thinking among us, it opens eyes and doors previously blocked by the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Animalzilla
5.0 out of 5 stars Great
This is a great book, it critises religion in a comic way. Even when you're religious you should read it.
Published 1 month ago by Bas
5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
A great satirical look at religion and hilariously funny. Highly recommended for those with an open mind. Devote theists will probably want to skip it.
Published 1 month ago by J. Scudder
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Pumpkin and FSM
and The Holy Spaghetti Squash is often overlooked! The inter-relationship of the trinity is a rewarding and self-full filling belief system that must be experienced!
Published 1 month ago by M. Yates
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Arrrrgh! If ye be lost in the world, lubberin about the land so vast. Ye have to worry no more! Our fine noodly one will welcome ye in with the Cap'ns noodly apendages. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Andrew
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
Giant beer volcano and stripper factories. There can not be anything greater than getting to "heaven" and seeing that =D!!!
Published 2 months ago by Aaron
3.0 out of 5 stars An interesting bit of social commentary.
Bobby toys around with a lot of human and religious concepts here. Often it's not clear what he really believes. Is he making fun of religion or not? Read more
Published 3 months ago by P. Sawyer
5.0 out of 5 stars A good read.
For skeptics, critics, and those tired of the dogmatic arguments of organized religion. This book essentially parodies the views of Young Earth Creationism and puts into... Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. A. Faulkner
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How can the physical copy be cheaper than Kindle?
FSM would not be pleased. I do want to buy this for my Kindle but I refuse to pay more than the new dead tree price. And I'm not buying anything on dead tree anymore, so this publisher and author get none of my money, I'll instead just borrow it from a friend.
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