A person can’t really grasp Pastafarianism until they have been touched by his noodly appendage…then all becomes clear (and they start saying Arrrrg alot)
Though to many modern minds, the idea that the supreme being is a mass of spaghetti seems odd…it is really only because they are accustomed to imagining “god” to be something else. Throughout history supreme beings have come to humans in many forms…animals, celestial bodies, storms, humans, morphs of humans and animals, etc.
The point of pastafarianism is for people to be able to step back far enough to see that their religion, and it’s teachings might seem a bit odd and unbelievable to others, and even ridiculous to others.
Pastafarians find just as much hard evidence for the existence of the Flying Spaghetti Monster as they do for the deities of other faiths. They want people to understand why no particular religion, nor it’s creation “myths” belong in a science class. Because the focus of religion is not to convey hard science, but to speak to the soul. And the language of the soul can be rich in imagery and fancy, and still speak eternal truths…but science requires hard evidence.
Most people can see that they would not want their kids taught about the Flying Spaghetti Monster as the source of all creation, and maybe that can help them understand why others balk at having a thinly veiled version of a certain deity, being given credit for creation, in a science classroom.
I know very few scientists who mind evolution being taught as a theory, not as absolute irrefutable fact. There is a great deal of evidence for evolution, but not irrefutable proof of exactly how it occured. It is the best current scientific theory out there.
People can and should instruct their children religiously, and children can and should be taught how to evaluate information and question its validity. Schools should teach kids how to think, not just how to swallow information and spit it back, but how to gather and evaluate information themselves.
5,632,501