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History of creationism Creation in Genesis This article is about the Abrahamic belief; creationism can also refer to origin beliefs in general or, centuries earlier, to an alternative to traducianism. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... The history of creationism is tied to the history of religions. ... Creation according to Genesis refers to the description of the creation of the heavens and the earth by God, as described in Genesis, the first book of the Bible. ...

Types of creationism: Young Earth creationism - Creation science Old Earth creationism Omphalos creationism Theistic evolution Neo-Creationism Islamic creationism Intelligent design - Intelligent design movement Modern geocentrism Created in Gods image. ... Creation science is a part of the creationist movement that claims to offer scientific evidence compatible with creation according to Genesis. ... Old Earth creationism is a variant of the creationist view of the origin of the universe and life on Earth. ... The omphalos hypothesis was named after the title of an 1857 book by Philip Henry Gosse in which he argued that in order for the world to be functional, God must have created the Earth with mountains, canyons, trees with growth rings, Adam and Eve with hair, fingernails, and navels... Theistic evolution, or the less common term, Evolutionary Creationism, is the general belief that some or all classical religious teachings about God and creation are compatible with some or all of the scientific theory of evolution. ... Neo-Creationism is a movement whose goal is to restate creationism in terms more likely to be well-received by the public, policy makers, educators, and the scientific community. ... Islamic creationism – While contemporary Islam tends to take religious texts very literally, it sees Genesis as a corrupted version of Gods message. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection. ... The Intelligent Design movement, which began in the early 1990s, is an organized campaign promoting a Neo-Creationist religious agenda calling for broad social, academic and political changes centering around intelligent design in the public sphere, primarily in the United States. ... The term modern geocentrism refers to a belief currently held by certain groups that the Earth is the center of the universe and does not move. ...

Controversy: Creation vs. evolution ... in public education Associated articles Teach the Controversy The creation-evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. ... The legal status of creation and evolution in public education is the subject of a great deal of debate in legal, political and religious circles, mainly in the United States. ... The following is a clearinghouse of articles which refer to terms often used in the context of the creation-evolution controversy: // Origins Main article: Origin beliefs The creation-evolution controversy often is cast as a controversy surrounding the origin beliefs. ... Teach the Controversy is a controversial political-action campaign promoted by the intelligent design movement originating from the Discovery Institute that seeks to advance an education policy for US public schools that introduces intelligent design to public-school science curricula and seeks to redefine science to allow for creationist explanations...

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (FSM) is a satirical parody religion created in 2005 to protest the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to require the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to biological evolution. The FSM was first revealed to the world by Bobby Henderson, a graduate of Oregon State University with a degree in physics. Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change. ... A recent parody religion, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism was created in 2005 to protest a decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to allow intelligent design to be taught in science classes alongside evolution. ... The legal status of creation and evolution in public education is the subject of a great deal of debate in legal, political and religious circles, mainly in the United States. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection. ... A speculatively rooted phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, as described initially by Carl Woese. ... Oregon State University Oregon State University (OSU) is a public research and degree-granting four-year university located in Corvallis, Oregon. ... Since antiquity, people have tried to understand the behavior of matter: why unsupported objects drop to the ground, why different materials have different properties, and so forth. ...

The parody religion has become an Internet phenomenon. Followers call themselves "Pastafarians" (a play on Rastafarians). An Internet phenomenon (sometimes called an Internet meme) occurs when something relatively unknown becomes increasingly popular, often quite suddenly, through the mass propagation of media content made feasible by the Internet; however, the popularity of the phenomenon usually wanes as rapidly as it was acquired: the Internets lack of... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religious movement that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former emperor of Ethiopia, as King of Kings, Lord of Lords and the Lion of Judah as Jah (the Rastafari name for God, from a shortened form of Jehovah found in Psalm...

Developments

The Flying Spaghetti Monster is typically depicted as a clump of tangled spaghetti with two eyestalks, two meatballs, and many "noodly appendages," here in a parody of Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam. Illustrated by Niklas Jansson.

In June 2005, Bobby Henderson submitted an open letter to the Kansas Board of Education in response to their scheduling a hearing debating whether to give intelligent design equal time with evolution by natural selection in biology classes. On his Web site, named venganza.org after the Spanish word for revenge, he formally requested that Flying Spaghetti Monsterism be given time in classrooms equal to that given to intelligent design and to "logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence" (evolution). He warned that if this was not done, "we will be forced to proceed with legal action." Shortly afterwards, he received sympathetic responses from three members of the board (those opposed to the creationist position of the majority); a fourth replied that "It is a serious offense to mock God." ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 227 KB) In celebration of your birth, you, JENNIFER STRANART, are entitled to one touch by His divine Noodly Appendage. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 227 KB) In celebration of your birth, you, JENNIFER STRANART, are entitled to one touch by His divine Noodly Appendage. ... Spaghetti in a bowl. ... A meatball is a generally spherical mass of minced meat and other ingredients, such as bread or breadcrumbs, minced onion, various spices or eggs, usually fried in a pan or baked in an oven. ... Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, colloquially known as Michelangelo, (March 6, 1475 - February 18, 1564) was a Renaissance sculptor, architect, painter, and poet. ... The Creation of Adam is a fresco in the Sistine Chapel, painted by Michelangelo Buonarroti circa 1511. ... An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience. ... State nickname: The Sunflower State Official languages None Capital Topeka Largest city Wichita Governor Kathleen Sebelius (D) Senators Sam Brownback (R) Pat Roberts (R) Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 15th 82,277 mi²; 213,096 km² 0. ... Board of education is the typical styling of the title in the United States of the board of directors of a local school district and generallly the statewide organization responsible for the oversight of such local boards as well. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection. ... A speculatively rooted phylogenetic tree of all living things, based on rRNA gene data, showing the separation of the three domains, bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes, as described initially by Carl Woese. ... Revenge or vengeance consists of retaliation against a person or group in response to perceived wrongdoing. ... God is the term used to denote the Supreme Being believed by the vast majority [1] [2] to be the creator, ruler and/or the sum total of, existence. ...

The site received widespread attention when Boing Boing featured it in June 2005. Traffic exploded in August, when FSM was repeatedly featured on Boing Boing and other blogs and Internet humor sites such as Something Awful and Fark.com. Articles in the mainstream media soon followed. FSMism has since received positive analysis from a number of academics.[2] Anthropologist of religion Susan Johnston, for example, argues the FSM has aspects of both male and female, "with both 'noodly appendages' and two round meatballs which clearly represent the Breasts of the Great Mother Goddess." Boing Boing (originally bOING bOING) is a publishing entity, first established as a magazine and later becoming a website. ... Something Awful front page. ... Screenshot Fark. ... Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... It has been suggested that Great Mother be merged into this article or section. ...

The "Latest News" section of Henderson's site notes that U.S. President George W. Bush ^[3] and U.S. Senator Bill Frist ^[4] have publicly supported the teaching of "different ideas" (Bush) and "a broad range of fact, of science, including faith" (Frist) on the origin of life, alongside evolutionary theory. Henderson infers that they support the teaching of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism — though neither has publicly stated a position specifically on FSM. The President of the United States (unofficially abbreviated “POTUS”) is the head of state of the United States. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ... Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... William Harrison Frist, M.D. (born February 22, 1952 in Nashville, Tennessee) is a Republican U.S. Senator from Tennessee and a cardiac surgeon. ...

In August 2005, in response to a challenge from a reader, Boing Boing announced a $250,000 challenge, later raised to $1,000,000 by other bloggers, payable to any individual who can produce empirical evidence proving that Jesus is not the son of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, though Jesus is not a part of, or worshipped in, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.[5] The challenge is modeled after a similar challenge issued by creationist Kent Hovind, which has been criticized by scientists as being logically flawed in design.[6] The FSM prize was soon raised by matching reward funds to $1 million of "Intelligently Designed currency". To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Jesus, also known as Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus the Nazarene, is the central figure of Christianity, in which context he is known as Jesus Christ (from Greek Ιησούς Χριστός) with Christ not being a name but rather a title meaning Anointed One. He is also considered a very important prophet in... Kent Hovind Kent E. Hovind (born 15 January 1953), the self-styled Dr Dino, is an American Young Earth Creationist (YEC) evangelist who is currently offering US$250,000 to anyone who can prove evolution is the only possible way, that the Universe and life arose, although some of his...

Beliefs

Images depicting the creation of the universe typically show the Monster, a tree-covered mountain, and a "midgit."

Many of the "beliefs" proposed by Henderson were intentionally chosen to parody arguments commonly set forth by proponents of Intelligent Design: Image File history File links An artist impression of Him, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, from http://www. ... Image File history File links An artist impression of Him, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, from http://www. ... In the 19th century, midget was a medical term referring to an extremely short but normally-proportioned person (e. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection. ...

• An invisible and undetectable Flying Spaghetti Monster created the universe, starting with a mountain, trees and a "midgit" (sic).
• All evidence pointing towards evolution was intentionally planted by this being.
• Global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters are a direct consequence of the decline in numbers of pirates since the 1800s. A graph showing the inverse correlation between the number of pirates and global temperatures was also provided. This component of the theory highlights the logical fallacy of correlation implying causation.
• It is disrespectful to teach their beliefs without wearing "His" chosen outfit, full pirate regalia.
• The monster continues to guide human affairs with His "Noodly Appendage".
• Prayers to "Him" are typically ended by "Ramen", instead of "Amen".
• Heaven has a stripper factory and a beer volcano.
• Bobby Henderson is the "prophet" of this religion.
• Every Friday is a religious holiday.

Mount McKinley in Alaska has one of the largest visible base-to-summit elevation differences anywhere A mountain is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... In the 19th century, midget was a medical term referring to an extremely short but normally-proportioned person (e. ... Sic is a Latin word meaning thus or so, used inside brackets [sic] to indicate that an unusual (or incorrect) spelling, phrase, or other preceding quoted material is intended to be read or printed exactly as shown, and is not a transcription error. ... Global mean surface temperatures 1856 to 2004 Mean temperature anomalies during the period 1995 to 2004 with respect to the average temperatures from 1940 to 1980 Global warming is an increase in the average temperature of the Earths atmosphere and oceans. ... Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ... This article is about weather phenomena. ... This article is about sea pirates. ... A logical fallacy may mean nothing more than a fallacy or it may mean an error in deductive reasoning, i. ... Correlation implies causation, also known as cum hoc ergo propter hoc (Latin for with this, therefore because of this) and false cause, is a logical fallacy by which two events that occur together are claimed to be cause and effect. ... A typical packet of ramen Contents of the packet The same ramen, prepared This article discusses Japanese food. ... The word Amen (Tiberian Hebrew אמן ’ĀmÄ“n So be it; truly, Standard Hebrew אמן Amen, Arabic آمين ’ĀmÄ«n) is a declaration of affirmation found in the Hebrew Bible and in the Quran. ... A prophet is a person who is believed to communicate with God, or with a deity. ... The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. ...

See also

Some websites sell shirts, mugs, and other paraphernalia in support of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism. This logo parodies the "Jesus Fish"

Screenshot from the FSM church's promotional Macromedia Flash game.[1]

• Creation and evolution in public education
• Creation-evolution controversy
• Intelligent Design
• Invisible Pink Unicorn
• Intelligent falling
• Last Thursdayism
• Open source religion
• Parody religion
• Parody science
• Project Steve
• Spaghetti
• Meatball

Image File history File links A Flying Spaghetti Monster logo parodying the common Jesus fish logo. ... Image File history File links A Flying Spaghetti Monster logo parodying the common Jesus fish logo. ... The ichthys or fish symbol represents Christianity Ichthys (Greek: ; also transliterated and latinized as ichthus, icthus, or ikhthus), is the Greek word for fish. ... Image File history File links Flyspaggame. ... Image File history File links Flyspaggame. ... Macromedia Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Macromedia Flash Player and to a multimedia authoring program used to create content for it. ... The legal status of creation and evolution in public education is the subject of a great deal of debate in legal, political and religious circles, mainly in the United States. ... The creation-evolution controversy (also termed the creation vs. ... Intelligent design (ID) is the concept that certain features of the universe and of living things exhibit the characteristics of a product resulting from an intelligent cause or agent, as opposed to an unguided process such as natural selection. ... A popular depiction of the Invisible Pink Unicorn, in the style of a heraldic animal rampant, though the nearest heraldic color to pink is purpure (purple). ... Intelligent falling (IF) is a supernatural explanation for the tendency of masses to attract each other that has its roots at least as far back as Isaac Newton. ... Last Thursdayism (sometimes Last Tuesdayism or Last Wednesdayism) is a humorous version of omphalism. ... Open source religions are attempts to use Open Source methodologies in the creation of religious belief systems. ... A recent parody religion, Flying Spaghetti Monsterism was created in 2005 to protest a decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to allow intelligent design to be taught in science classes alongside evolution. ... Parody science, sometimes called spoof science, is a parody of science. ... Named in honor of the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, Project Steve is a parody by the National Center for Science Education (NCSE) of creationist lists of scientists who doubt evolution. The NCSEs list only contains scientists named Stephen or variations thereof (Stephanie, Stefan, Esteban, etc. ... Spaghetti in a bowl. ... A meatball is a generally spherical mass of minced meat and other ingredients, such as bread or breadcrumbs, minced onion, various spices or eggs, usually fried in a pan or baked in an oven. ...

References

1. ^  Bush: "Intelligent design" should be taught
2. ^  Frist Backs 'Intelligent Design' Teaching
3. McCain Backs 'Intelligent Design', 5th down
4. Teach Science, Not "Intelligent Design"

Media coverage

• New Scientist, "The Flying Spaghetti Monster," 6 August 2005
• Hartford Courant, story, 12 August 2005
• The Guardian, "Intelligent Design and Pastafarianism," 20 August 2005
• Baltimore Sun, "Parody deity flies in face of Intelligent Design," 21 August 2005
• Der Spiegel, "Mein Gott, ein Nudelmonster!" 23 August 2005 (in German)
• Lawrence (Kansas) Journal-World, "Evolution debate creates monster," 24 August 2005
• Wichita Eagle, "Evolution Debate Spawns a Saucy Monster," 28 August 2005
• Washington Post, "Verbatim: Noodle This, Kansas," 27 August 2005 (Reproduction of the original letter; login required)
• New York Times, "But Is There Intelligent Spaghetti Out There?" 29 August 2005
• Austin American Statesman, "Another theory of creation for Kansas" 03 September 2005 (Login required)
• Daily Telegraph, "In the Beginning, there was the Flying Spaghetti Monster" 11 September 05
• Gelf Magazine, "An interview with the Prophet Bobby Henderson, the voice of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism." 18 September 05
• Gazette Times, "Flying Spaghetti Monster gains following" 25 September 2005
• Idaho Mountain Express. "Intelligent Designer or Flying Spaghetti Monster?" 12 October 2005
• Wired News, "Passion of the Spaghetti Monster" 22 December 2005

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Flying Spaghetti Monsterism

• Originating Website
• The Cook Book : The FSM Bible Project Currently not accessible; requires an account.
• SPAM, an FSM-inspired "schism" site
• Argument for Intelligent Design in support of FSM
• An alternative (humorous) point of view
• An humorous article pointing out the flaws in the reasoning used by the creators of Pastafarianism
• The Demuristic Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster Protestant Religion of The Flying Spaghetti Monster