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Tripper11

(4,338 posts)
Sun May 18, 2014, 03:26 PM May 2014

Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register....

as a religion in Poland.

A church that worships an invisible flying spaghetti monster can now apply to be registered as an official religion in Poland, after a 2013 court ruling was overturned on Tuesday.

A Warsaw court rejected a ruling by the Regional Administrative Court because the it had not allowed the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) a two-month extension for submitting outstanding documents, Polskie Radio has reported.

A group of Pastafarians who gathered outside the court shouting "pasta" during the hearing on Tuesday welcomed the ruling.

In January, Pastafarian minister Christopher Schaeffer was sworn into the Pomfret New York Town Council this week with a colander on his head throughout the ceremony to represent his unique religious beliefs.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/weird-news/pastafarians-rejoice-as-church-of-the-flying-spaghetti-monster-is-granted-permission-to-register-as-a-religion-in-poland-9248689.html

A step in the right direction!!

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Pastafarians rejoice as Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is granted permission to register.... (Original Post) 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

pablo_marmol

(2,375 posts)
6. Ha ha ha!
Sun May 18, 2014, 05:02 PM
May 2014

Send me the cornerstones of your faith via private message and you might make a convert out of me.

lastlib

(23,312 posts)
18. "Pastafarian minister"--would that be a pasta-r?
Sun May 18, 2014, 06:21 PM
May 2014

"Thy Noodle and Thy Sauce, they comfort me, my colander runneth over." Or something like that.....

tekriter

(827 posts)
5. But what about the God-Biscuit?
Sun May 18, 2014, 04:50 PM
May 2014

The Nuclear Platypus Church, under the leadership of Pope Gus, protests this diversion of attention from the All-Knowing God-Biscuit!

erronis

(15,371 posts)
9. Don't be stupid. Does God-Biscuit allow garlic and mussels?
Sun May 18, 2014, 05:18 PM
May 2014

As far as I am concerned only the pasta's have the wherewithal to accept any delectable ingredients into their dishes. Admittedly a biscuit with some proscuitto could be accepted into the congregation, but only as a side dish.

I'm looking forward to some of us colander-wearing nuts to be allowed to do the swearing during the opening ceremonies for the town councils/whatevers. I think most of us have very good swearing capabilities and I would guess after a minute or two, so would the rest of the commisses.

 

Demeter

(85,373 posts)
19. Maybe, If I Knew What They Are....
Sun May 18, 2014, 06:27 PM
May 2014

Okay, I read through Wikipedia.....

Since the Cult of Demeter is officially defunct, (although in the pattern of the neo-Druids and neo-pagans, there are still practitioners, especially this time of year in the Northern hemisphere, including me)

I am willing to affiliate with the Pastafarians, especially since pasta is made of wheat, Demeter's symbol.

Also, as a Unitarian-Universalist, I find nothing is incompatible.....and as a Pollack, I approve of the kluski!

 

seveneyes

(4,631 posts)
13. Much better than stoning, beheading and mutilation
Sun May 18, 2014, 05:31 PM
May 2014

Now to get it spread across the wastelands of bigoted religion.

nyabingi

(1,145 posts)
16. While this I'm sure is all being done to prove a point...
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...

Mbrow

(1,090 posts)
20. Never mind the pasta, all hail the Winslow! and the church of Slag-Blah!
Sun May 18, 2014, 06:28 PM
May 2014

Check Phil Foglio Graphic novels for details...

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