Anyway, to get back to the title since by now you’ve probably been wondering if I am ever going to get there. As a response to all this push for the ID (even from unexpected people such as a few high-class scientists- no, no, no politician would be a surprise here, Bush the least), some people came with alternatives that are indeed more “scientifically sound” and make at least as much sense as ID. One of the them is the “Pastafarianism” or the Church of the Flying Spagheti Monster, which claims that the universe was created by a Flying Spagheti Monster. Bobby Henderson had little idea of the fact that his open letter to the Kansas Board of Education in the beginning of this year would be soon thereafter featured and talked about in newspapers like the US New York Times and Washington Post, the UK Guardian and Daily Telegraph, the German Der Spiegel and Die Welt or CNN, all these making a VIP from 25 years old unemployed physics graduate, over the night. Henderson “built” his Church propaganda on his site venganza.org. Silly as it may seem, the Flying Spagheti Monster-ism is an excellent parody of the ID ideas and many top scientists have already taken seriously its justification, should ID get more ground (should there be more than one Kansas…). Below’s a glimpse into the real beginning of the world, I must say he convinced me much more than the ID adepts did. Or, better stated in the words of Steven Unwin, the author of “The Probability of God : A Simple Calculation That Proves the Ultimate Truth“: if supernaturalism be called for, the pasta family of theologies seems the most plausible, and unquestionably the tastiest with cheese. Amen!
Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.
It is for this reason that I’m writing you today, to formally request that this alternative theory be taught in your schools, along with the other two theories. In fact, I will go so far as to say, if you do not agree to do this, we will be forced to proceed with legal action. I’m sure you see where we are coming from. If the Intelligent Design theory is not based on faith, but instead another scientific theory, as is claimed, then you must also allow our theory to be taught, as it is also based on science, not on faith.
Some find that hard to believe, so it may be helpful to tell you a little more about our beliefs. We have evidence that a Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe. None of us, of course, were around to see it, but we have written accounts of it. We have several lengthy volumes explaining all details of His power. Also, you may be surprised to hear that there are over 10 million of us, and growing. We tend to be very secretive, as many people claim our beliefs are not substantiated by observable evidence. What these people don’t understand is that He built the world to make us think the earth is older than it really is. For example, a scientist may perform a carbon-dating process on an artifact. He finds that approximately 75% of the Carbon-14 has decayed by electron emission to Nitrogen-14, and infers that this artifact is approximately 10,000 years old, as the half-life of Carbon-14 appears to be 5,730 years. But what our scientist does not realize is that every time he makes a measurement, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is there changing the results with His Noodly Appendage. We have numerous texts that describe in detail how this can be possible and the reasons why He does this. He is of course invisible and can pass through normal matter with ease…
I’ve recently found out about this excellent weblog that records many of the evolutionism vs. creationism (aka ID) happenings. It is at http://www.pandasthumb.org