Al-Jazeera on the Flying Spagetti Monster
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patgundA Blessing for Evolution (Aljazeera.net)
"A satirical take on creation theory, but reckoned by many scientists to hold more water than intelligent design, has been circulating online for months.
Apparently, the world may have been called into being by the Flying Spaghetti Monster - whose devotees would also like their beliefs taught as scientific theory in American schools.
Bobby Henderson, a physics graduate and prophet of the Pastafarian cause, wrote to a US school board demanding equal treatment for his beliefs if intelligent design made it into science classes alongside evolution.
He put it like this: "I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world: one-third time for intelligent design, one-third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one-third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence."
"A satirical take on creation theory, but reckoned by many scientists to hold more water than intelligent design, has been circulating online for months.
Apparently, the world may have been called into being by the Flying Spaghetti Monster - whose devotees would also like their beliefs taught as scientific theory in American schools.
Bobby Henderson, a physics graduate and prophet of the Pastafarian cause, wrote to a US school board demanding equal treatment for his beliefs if intelligent design made it into science classes alongside evolution.
He put it like this: "I think we can all look forward to the time when these three theories are given equal time in our science classrooms across the country, and eventually the world: one-third time for intelligent design, one-third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and one-third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence."
