Pastafarian Update

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http://www.venganza.org/

http://www.venganza.org/2014/01/pastafarian-minister-sworn-into-office/



Pastafarian minister sworn into office
Published January 6th, 2014 by Bobby Henderson

Encouraging news, reported by The Observer out of Dunkirk, New York:

A unique style of headwear was present during newly-seated Pomfret Town Council member Christopher Schaeffer’s oath of office Thursday afternoon, but it wasn’t intended to keep his head warm.

Schaeffer wore a colander (a strainer typically used to drain water from spaghetti) while Town Clerk Allison Dispense administered the oath of office to him before the board’s reorganizational meeting. When the OBSERVER asked afterward why he wore a colander on his head, Schaeffer said he was a minister with an even more unique organization – the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

This may be the first openly Pastafarian sworn into office. For sure, the first to be sworn in wearing a colander.

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http://www.venganza.org/2013/12/florida-holiday-display/



Florida Capital approves Pastafarian Holiday display
Published December 22nd, 2013 by Bobby Henderson

Great news! The Florida Capitol building has endorsed our religion by allowing an FSM Holiday display on its grounds.

The Florida Capitol building just made a move that Sarah Palin is likely to interpret as a hostile affront in the so-called “war on Christmas,” approving a religious statue from the Pastafarian group of their deity the Flying Spaghetti Monster to be included in the Capitol’s holiday displays.

You can read more at Death and Taxes magazine.


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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/07/oklahoma-is-ok-with-satan-statue-for-next-years-family-photo-war-on-a-christmas-cards/



Following the ACLU’s lead, several other groups requested to erect monuments, including a Hindu group, an animal-rights organization, and the pastafarian Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Oklahoma is OK! with Satan statue for next year’s family photo War on Christmas cards
By TBogg
Tuesday, January 7, 2014 16:16 EST



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Here are the cool details:

The proposed statue depicts Satan in the form of Baphomet, Time reports, a goat-headed biped complete with horns, hoofs, and wings, sitting against a stone with a pentagram etched into it. Standing on Satan’s sides are two smiling children, and Satan’s lap will also function as a chair “where people of all ages may sit . . . for inspiration and contemplation,” said Satanic Temple spokesperson Lucien Greaves.

Late last year, the American Civil Liberties Union contested the placement of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state house, arguing that if the legislature allowed the Ten Commandments, it must allow other religious groups to put up monuments as well.

I think it was a nice touch to model the children after President Barack Obama and Future President Hillary Clinton thereby beating the rush of monuments that will be springing up in tribute to them right after we’re done re-renaming everything that was renamed after Ronald Reagan and right before we hand the country over to the Muslims. Or the Chinese. Some foreigners. Whomever.

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Other sightings of the FSM:



The attached photo is of a small, hand-held, plush creature meant to represent the bacterium E. Coli. I obtained this little guy at a science fair in Corvallis Oregon. I believe the creature looks a lot like Him and I think that the fact that it was obtained at a science fair is no small coincidence…




Jinnger spotted this Japanese manhole cover. Could this be the FSM? What’s the significance?




At the Olympics


And lastly:

http://www.venganza.org/2012/02/the-fsm-is-protecting-your-children/

The FSM Is Protecting Your Children
Published February 29th, 2012 by Bobby Henderson



My wife and I returned from Target to apply our new child safety lock on our under-the-sink cabinet when i thought "Whoa Its the FSM!"


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May you be touched by his noodley appendages.