Flying Spaghetti religion lands in Oxford
One of the church's religious paintings depicting man being touched by the monster's "noodly appendage".
A new religion which worships an invisible monster made out of spaghetti is formally establishing a new branch in Oxford this Friday. The group has been set up by Jamie Boyle, a third year Engineer at LMH. Weekly meetings will be held in an Oxford pub. One founder member told The Oxford Student they had set up the group because it was “damn funny”. “It’s more of a drinking society than anything... there’s not really any political or religious message,” he added.
The Flying Spaghetti Monster group was originally the brainchild of Bobby Henderson, a physics graduate from Oregon. It was established in June 2005 as a reaction against the inclusion of the theory of Intelligent Design in the American science curriculum, and is now rapidly spreading across the globe.
“If the Intelligent Design theory is not based on faith, but instead another scientific theory, as is claimed, then you must also allow our theory to be taught, as it is also based on science, not on faith.” The religion believes the world was created by an invisible flying monster, which affects all humans by touching them with his “noodly appendage”. Additionally, it links increasing carbon dioxide levels to decreasing numbers of pirates.
17th Nov 2005