There is a new world religion in town and it's proponents think it could one day rival even Christianity in its popularity and explanatory power. It is thus:

The Universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster and all evidence pointing towards evolution was put in place by His Noodly Appendage.

The 'prophet' of the phenomenon of Pastafarianism one Bobby Henderson began preaching its word in an open letter to the Kansas State Board of Education in response to their decision to allow Intelligent Design to be taught in science classes alongside evolution. What started out as a reactionary joke has gone on to bring countless millions of lost souls closer to the wonder of His Noodly Appendage.

The new Religion has gained recognition by highly regarded pillars of knowledge such as New Scientist magazine and the online Wikipedia encyclopedia and this week, following recent surges in opposition to the new Faith by the Intelligent Design community, fellow blogs BoingBoing, Kottke, Sean Bonner and others have offered up a $1 Million reward to anyone who :


...can produce empirical evidence which proves that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster...
I implore you. my fellow readers. to choose your path:

• Evolution
• Intelligent Design / Creationism
• The Flying Spaghetti Monster (may meatballs be upon Him)

For there can be only one...

This is not the first Internet reaction to Religious dogma. Take the much older example of The Invisible Pink Unicorn whose followers have whipped omnipotent-like through Atheism webpages and forums for well over a decade now... Something tells me though that The Flying spaghetti Monster's Noodly followers are not fading away anytime soon.

RAmen

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