The world is filled with a plethora of different religions, none more interesting than Pastafarianism.
“There was this guy who was trying to keep Creationism from being taught in schools,” said sophomore Josh Knoedl. “He thought that because if they were going to teach one form of it, then they’ll have to teach all of it.”
That man, Bobby Henderson, argued against the Kansas State Board of Education back in 2005 that if schools choose to teach an alternative “intelligent design” rather than evolution, then they should teach about the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
“It turns out that he was a prophet,” said Knoedl.
Knoedl, along millions of others, believe in the deity of The Flying Spaghetti Monster. In which the three beings, the noodle, the meatballs, and the holy sauce, created the world.
The religion states that pirates were the original Pastafarians, who gave out candy to little children, and that their recent decline has caused global warming.
“It is something I fond and it stuck to me. I felt like I’m a good Pastafarian because I like to talk like a pirate,” he said.
Followers of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are supposed to talk like a pirate as much as possible, as well as eat a lot of pasta or spaghetti.
“On December 25 there is ‘Holiday,’ where we generally celebrate like everybody else, and people are encouraged to talk like a pirate as often as they can, and just eat as much pasta as possible,” said Knoedl.
Pastafarianism is considered a non-violent or aggressive religion. So they do celebrate most holidays along with everyone else.
“Other religions go out and force it upon anyone else. We Pastafarians are pretty chill about it. We don’t like to force our beliefs on other people,” said Knoedl.