Pastafarianism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs. uncountable

    "One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence."

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flying spaghetti monsterismflying spaghetti monsterism

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"My friends think Pastafarianism is a joke."

Etymology

Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.

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flying spaghetti monster

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