[Vision2020] Czech Republic recognizes Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster

[Tom Hansen]

Hey, Carl (Westberg)!

Remember discussing the Church of the Flying Speghetti Monster years ago on the "Auntie Establishment and Brother Carl [AEBC] Show"?

I'm sure I've got it stashed somewhere in my AEBC archives. 

Courtesy of the Examiner (Denver, Colorado) at:

http://www.examiner.com/article/czech-republic-recognizes-church-of-flying-spaghetti-monster

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Czech Republic recognizes Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster


In a victory for pastafarians, the Czech Republic has recognized the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster by allowing pastafarian Lukas Novy to wear a pasta strainer in his official identification photo, according to a a New York Daily News report issued Friday, Aug. 2.

Novy, a committed pastafarian and resident of the Czech Republic, insisted that he be allowed to wear a pasta strainer on his head while being photographed for an official government ID. Czech officials ruled that the nation’s religious liberty laws required this accommodation, and in so doing implicitly recognized the authenticity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

According to a government spokesperson, Novy’s request “complies with the laws of the Czech Republic where headgear for religious or medical reasons is permitted if it does not hide the face.”Novy, a committed pastafarian and resident of the Czech Republic, insisted that he be allowed to wear a pasta strainer on his head while being photographed for an official government ID. Czech officials ruled that the nation’s religious liberty laws required this accommodation, and in so doing implicitly recognized the authenticity of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Novy is a member of the “Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster,” a satirical religionwhich teaches that the universe was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, an alien creature composed of pasta and meatballs.

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster emerged in the US in 2005 as a protest against the teaching of creationism in public schools.

The church teaches that pirates were the first Pastafarians, recognizes every Friday to be a holiday, and promotes the liberal consumption of beer. According to the church website, the only dogma allowed in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the rejection of dogma.

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Tom Hansen
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