The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster

Thank you to all the reviewers who shared feedback on the softcover version of this book. I decided to go with the Kindle version for now. I am hoping that Bobby Henderson will find a way to publish this book along with the Loose Canon in a hardback format (with noodly ribbons, of course). I will shelve it along with copies of the Qu'ran, Torah, New Testament, Bhagavad Gita, Tao te Ching, and the Dhammapada... all smooshed together with Carl Sagan, Brian Greene, Kurt Vonnegut, Douglas Adams and a sprinkle of salt. As religious parody, this book can be thought-provoking for the openminded but ultimately (hopefully) should be taken as a bit of fun. The letter written to the Kansas School Board is brilliant. I would wholeheartedly lobby for Pastafarianism to be taught in my child's school if creationism or ID were introduced as theory, because it highlights with admirable clarity that those concepts are not good science, or indeed science at all. However seriously I would protest such a move, I'd like to hope I could keep the humor as tongue-in-cheek as Bobby manages to do within his letter. Privately, I find the rest of the FSM Gospel (and the Loose Canon) hilarious, but not good catalyst for thoughtful, kind, or productive dialogue with those who have differing worldviews. I recommend buying this book if you have a good sense of humor (download the free Loose Canon too!). I decided to buy this out of support for Bobby after finding out that Pirate Ship donations were now diverted to a truly good cause: The Church of the FSM is now a Kiva.org Lending Team (According to Suggestions, 1:7 - "Thou shalt share, that none may seek without finding." Suggestions 1:5 "Be kind unto others whether they are kind unto thou or not, for it maketh thou the better person in most situations, and occasionally it doth piss off an idiot, which is funny unto Your Lord the Sauced One." R'amen

Great book. Tells Great insight on the holy spaghetti monster. Ramen

It was a gift. Seemed well received.

This was an Amazon suggestion for me. I read it and realized it perfectly matched with my offbeat sense of humor. I was not disappointed. It is very funny with the illogical logic that I appreciate so much. I only wish that this was recognized as a real religion in all of the states instead of just a couple. If that were the case I would have signed up to become a minister. Wouldn't it be great if you could officiate your friends wedding and they could be married by someone from the church of the flying spaghetti monster. As someone else mentioned, the book is not a nice red book with the ribbon in it. What you see in the posting is what is on the cover - and that is a picture of a nice red book with a ribbon. It doesn't matter because the contents make up for it. Anyway this is 100% entertainment and if you don't think this is funny then you don't have a sense of humor. Just buy it. You'll be glad you did.

OK, I'll have to admit - Bobby Henderson's open letter to the Topeka Kansas School Board, which proposed that his "Flying Spaghetti Monster" theory be taught on equal footing with the Theory of Evolution and Theory of Intelligent Design - was brilliant, witty and great fun; and was an extremely effective and innovative way to illustrate that science must be about facts, and that facts can be proven or disproven: that science is not about one's beliefs over and above those facts. In that vein, Mr. Henderson's book-length version of that open letter is filled with lots of fun and elaborate "theories" and arguments, designed to lampoon many of Intelligent Design's arguments by showing them up for the logical fallacies that they are. On the other hand, the approach he uses in the book gets a bit repetitive and long winded, to the point of being tedious. So, like other great satires of the past, such as the 1960's TV Series "Batman", or the more recent Shrek films, the joke gets old after a while. I would say that Mr. Henderson's contention that Intelligent Design places a veneer of faith on top of flawed logic is both brilliant and humorously presented. The book length version of that satire, while providing a fair number of chuckles and deep thoughts to ponder over pasta, is best read in small doses. Though I'd give 5 stars for the concept, the execution of it in this volume is only a 2 star effort. So let's be generous and - given that it does succeed in generating chuckles at a fairly consistent pace - I'll rate the book as 4 stars overall.

J'avoue que la couverture m'a fait rire, on le voit pas sur l'image mais la couverture est basique, ne pas s'attendre à une brochure. Hormis ça, cette bible est génial. J'ai appris beaucoup de chose sur notre Dieu Nouillesque ! Gloire à toi Ô monstre spaghetti volant, Ramen

The whole book is a satire of other holy books . If you can believe any one of those, you can be persuaded by this young author to believe that god is a bundle of spaghetti and two meatballs. He even gives some very funny equations about how spaghetti was cooked in the cauldron of evolution. You don't have to know physics to understand these equations. It's all meant to be good fun. By the way people actually follow this "religion" and a couple recently got married in New Zealand in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Worth buying for a good laugh.

This is one of the most hilarious books I have ever read. Flying Spaghetti Monsterism was originally inspired by the proposal of a Kansas school board to teach pseudo-scientific 'intelligent design' in science classrooms. This book is a humorous, but also scathing, critique of the folly of organized religion, with special attention paid to Christianity. It demonstrates with impeccable logic and clarity that Flying Spaghetti Monsterism is actually a more viable, believable, and supremely awesome religion to follow than any other. I highly recommend this book. If you are religious, it will, at least, offer an interesting counterpoint to your views, and at best, it will save you from making the same mistakes that billions of others have made throughout history. If you are not religious, this book will serve as a great source of entertainment and a stockpile of ammunition to use in theological debates. If you decide not to read this book or convert to Pastafarianism, however, don't worry - unlike the Christian god, the Flying Spaghetti Monster does not threaten to kill you for not believing in Him.

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