Last entry – promise

Looking again I see that wiki is just saying the “Pastaferians” just borrowed “ferianism” and put it together with Pasta to get the moniker and wasn’t comparing the two subjects.

Anyhow, here’s a short overview with some funny pictures of people wearing colanders.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/religion/flying-spaghetti-monster/?itm_source=parsely-api

That’s absolutely right. A “few” implies about three people, so that’s absurd considering how many exes read Tony’s blog every day, make posts, and support what he does. I could name at least 50 off the top of my head… and of course there’s more.

+1 back at ya!

On further reading of Pastafariansim I think the Wiki article linking it to Rastafarianism is incorrect. I see no direct association and I think the name Pasta-farianism is just a pun. They have some social and political views which seem to be mainly a statement or protest to governmental acceptance “recognized religions” with their “far fetched” mystical beliefs.

To make their point some of them claim wearing a colander as headgear is a “religious practice” and a few of them have been able to get a drivers license and even a political appointment here and there while wearing one and being sworn in!

That’s just my take from a bit of reading and it was a rather interesting rabbit hole to investigate. I thought the whole thing was just a joke but apparently some people take it “rather” serioiusly.

Because of its popularity and exposure, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is often used as a contemporary version of Russell’s teapot—an argument that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon those who make unfalsifiable claims, not on those who reject them. Pastafarians have engaged in disputes with creationists, including in Polk County, Florida, where they played a role in dissuading the local school board from adopting new rules on teaching evolution.[13] Pastafarianism has received praise from the scientific community and criticism from proponents of intelligent design.
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Russell’s teapot is an analogy, formulated by the philosopher Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), to illustrate that the philosophic burden of proof lies upon a person making unfalsifiable claims, rather than shifting the burden of disproof to others.
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There – Now I’m done!

UH-OH, I’m on a word chain. This is the last one I’m looking up. haha

Rastafari, also known as Rastafarianism and the Rastafari Movement, is a religion that developed in Jamaica during the 1930s. It is classified as both a new religious movement and a social movement by scholars of religion. There is no central authority in control of the movement and much diversity exists among practitioners, who are known as Rastafari, Rastafarians, or Rastas.

Rasta beliefs are based on a specific interpretation of the Bible. Central is a monotheistic belief in a single God, referred to as Jah, who is deemed to partially reside within each individual. Rastas accord Haile Selassie, the Emperor of Ethiopia between 1930 and 1974, key importance; many regard him as the Second Coming of Jesus and Jah incarnate, while others see him as a human prophet who fully recognised the inner divinity in every individual. Rastafari is Afrocentric and focuses attention on the African diaspora, which it believes is oppressed within Western society, or “Babylon”. Many Rastas call for this diaspora’s resettlement in Africa, a continent they consider the Promised Land, or “Zion”. Some practitioners extend these views into black supremacism. Rastas refer to their practices as “livity”. Communal meetings are known as “groundations”, and are typified by music, chanting, discussions, and the smoking of cannabis, the latter regarded as a sacrament with beneficial properties. Rastas emphasise what they regard as living “naturally”, adhering to ital dietary requirements, twisting their hair into dreadlocks, and following patriarchal gender roles.
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Curiosity killed the cat. Word clearing brought him back.

From Wiki:

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or Pastafarianism. Pastafarianism (a portmanteau of pasta and Rastafarianism) is a social movement that promotes a light-hearted view of religion and opposes the teaching of intelligent design and creationism in public schools. According to adherents, Pastafarianism is a “real, legitimate religion, as much as any other”.[3] It has received some limited recognition as such.[4][5][6][7][8]

The “Flying Spaghetti Monster” was first described in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005 to protest the Kansas State Board of Education decision to permit teaching intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes.[9] . . . .

yes. Also helped that Mike was Rinder. I went thru a lot of regimes. Rinder was a known and accepted quantity. I’d always been picky.

Another site for scn commentary is called “Ex Scientologist Message Board Redux”. You need to “sign up” to comment which is easy. Otherwise there are numerous topics which can be browsed.

http://www.exscn2.net

I don’t know what site that would be but Wiki has an article listing over 200 supposed “New Religious Movements”.

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (or) Pastafarianism has a “Type” listing as Parody.

Scientology has a type listing as UFO-Psychic-New Age.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_new_religious_movements

To Rip Van Winkle: Hear you on the “hollow-eyed and twitchy,” along with relief of finding a couple of reliable online spaces “so therapeutic.” Spaces, as well, I offer that provide some welcome and necessary un-programming. Coming out, it is really so helpful to encounter a mixture and an exchange of facts, current and historical observations, plus contributor commentary.