Bobby Henderson's Blog, page 18

FSM Paper Snowflake

 

My son took up his scissors and paper for the holiday and created this snow flake of the flying spaghetti monster to celebrate chrisfsmas with.

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The FSMas Holiday season is upon us

Please enjoy our fun fsm tree. the kids and I created it in honor of his noodliness! Thank you

-Bella

Team FSM on Kiva hit $800k this week

Nice work everyone. Current stats:

Number of Team Members:  2,608

Number of Loans:  27,208

Total Amount Loaned: $801,475 (as of 11/29/2011).

Pretty awesome.  I'll just mention that Team FSM is above the Mormons by a hefty $80k, or about 4000 sets of magic underwear.  Not that it's a competition. 

Please join Team FSM on Kiva if you haven't already.  It's a good cause and our team messages are highly entertaining.

Inspired artwork

This is a photo of my daughter's artwork on display at B&N in Liverpool, NY.  Not only did his Noodlyness inspire her wonderful art, but he must have touched the staff as well since her work was posted above all others.

-Brian

Spaghetti, Wenches & Metaphysics: Episode 1

Our friend Matt Tillman has finished his major design project, an introduction to the Church of the FSM. You may remember a few weeks ago when we asked if there was a sound designer willing to help. Well, you guys came through with flying colors. Enormous thanks to one of our own ordained ministers, the Reverend Dajaun Martineau, for supplying the music and sound effects.

Here's the video, it is truly amazing:

Spaghetti, Wenches & Metaphysics: Episode 1—The FSM from Matt Tillman on Vimeo.

Amazing work. I predict a bright future Matt. I hope that both he and Dajaun are flooded with lucrative work opportunities for their good work.

Is this motion blur or proof of His existence?

I snapped this picture on the road a few years ago and I just noticed the manifestation of his noodliness as I was browsing through my picture archives.
- ATXD

The question I have is, will Adobe's anti-blur technology cause people to doubt these miraculous sightings?

Ordained FSM Ministers are everywhere and our numbers are growing every day.

I'm happy to report there are now Ordained FSM ministers in 26 countries,  and most of the US states .  Quite a few of our ministers have successfully jumped the bureaucratic hurdles to receive wedding officiant licenses in their various jurisdictions.  I'll try and make a map showing all of our locations.

I know of perhaps 8 weddings coming up that will be presided over by a Pastafarian minister in full pirate regalia.  I could not be more pleased.  

Aside from a few document requests and "is this a joke?" phone calls I received from clerk's offices, there has been little resistance to handing licenses to perform weddings to Pastafarians.  I interpret this as approval – maybe even endorsement – from our government. FSM bless America.

Where will we go from here, and what other privileges do ordained ministers enjoy that we can get in on?  Someone told me there are special license plates available for members of the cloth.  That's something to look into.

If you want to be ordained, here's the link.  Price is still dirt cheap, just $20/$30 including shipping.  I think the world is better off with a huge number of FSM Ministers around.

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Halloween is coming

And it's the perfect time for FSM evangelism.  It's the one time of the year when pirates are not discriminated against.  I like to think our religion evangelizes in a classy way – everyone can enjoy propaganda pumpkins and sexy pirate ladies.  But some of those other groups, passing out candy with Bible verses on them… super lame, am I right? Why don't you just give out raisins.  Or toothbrushes.  You're ruining Halloween. 

So send me your pictures of your evangelism efforts, and I'll post them here.  Pirate ladies are especially welcome to contribute… for science.

Here's Rebecca's pumpkin:

That is one pointy cupcake. Or is it Him?

I was honored to find His Holiness turning up at a bake sale at my nursing home last week… proving that He cares about us through every stage of life.
– Scott

Pointy foods are more delicious because they have more surface area, and thus a higher flavor density.  –Science

This petroglyph is insurmountable proof of His existence

I found this petroglyph (rock carving) at Newspaper Rock in Utah. These carvings date back thousands of years, possibly even predating pirates.

-David

The evidence keeps mounting.  Nice work, David.