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nyabingi

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16. While this I'm sure is all being done to prove a point...

Reply to Tripper11 (Original post)

Sun May 18, 2014, 06:04 PM

May 2014

...I'd like to see the opinions of Rastafarians and how they feel about these people playing off of a name they hold dear ("Ras" is a title like "prince" and "Tafari" was Haile Selassie's childhood name).

When some cats in Poland start appropriating the name (and hair? Do these people put cooked spaghetti on their heads too to mock dreadlocks?) of an authentically Afrocentric religion, my spidey-sense starts tingling...

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Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register.... [View all] Tripper11 May 2014 OP

Well maybe we can have interfaith services with them. hrmjustin May 2014 #1

Ramen RGinNJ May 2014 #2

He boiled for your sins. Treant May 2014 #3

Ha ha ha! pablo_marmol May 2014 #6

Blasphemer! May the garlic overcome you. n/t A Simple Game May 2014 #7

Ramen brother tsakshaug May 2014 #4

"Pastafarian minister"--would that be a pasta-r? lastlib May 2014 #18

But what about the God-Biscuit? tekriter May 2014 #5

Don't be stupid. Does God-Biscuit allow garlic and mussels? erronis May 2014 #9

Time to welcome kluski into the fold. surrealAmerican May 2014 #8

Dear god, you guys are funny. A real Duzy of a thread Demeter May 2014 #10

Demeter, aren't you going to put in a plug for the Eleusinian Mysteries? Jack Rabbit May 2014 #14

Maybe, If I Knew What They Are.... Demeter May 2014 #19

Ramen Tribalceltic May 2014 #11

Soba you jackals!!! denbot May 2014 #12

Much better than stoning, beheading and mutilation seveneyes May 2014 #13

Ramen antiquie May 2014 #15

While this I'm sure is all being done to prove a point... nyabingi May 2014 #16

That's weird - they submit government forms for enjoyment? muriel_volestrangler May 2014 #17

Never mind the pasta, all hail the Winslow! and the church of Slag-Blah! Mbrow May 2014 #20