Comments on: “Pastafarian” Sent Home from School for Wearing Pirate Outfit.

By: Runa

Runa — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:22:23 +0000

The strange aspect of this history is the teacher had a wooden leg and an hook in place of the left hand.

By: John

John — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:17:59 +0000

As much as I support this kid he has to realize that he has no rights at school, most importantly he has no freedom of speech.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 14:04:31 +0000

omg, another little r-tard who thinks hes being funny. whoopdie freakin doo, its distracting to other kids around him and its not a damn religion, its just a joke that people are following cuz they think it makes them funny.

By: shecky

shecky — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 07:40:05 +0000

“Itâ€™s not a recognized religion, therefore it doesnâ€™t count for freedom of religion.”

How does one get a religion recognized? And recognized by whom? The Govt.? Is there a Ministry of Officially Recognized Religions?

By: Tom B

Tom B — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 04:24:51 +0000

“The â€œChurchâ€ of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not a religion, itâ€™s a parody; it exists only to make fun of Christianity”

The Church of FSM doesn’t poke fun at Christianity per se; it pokes fun at subset of Christians who have been hoodwinked by so-called Intelligent Design.

By: aj

aj — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 03:06:24 +0000

@Carl,
you may be right that freedom of religion doesn’t cover a religion that isn’t officially recognised, but what the hell kind of freedom is it if the government has to recognise the validity of your religion before you’re free to practice it?

By: Emmers

Emmers — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 02:20:53 +0000

I saw this guy on the FSM message boards. Anyway, Robert: Pastafarianism is not against religion. It is for the separation of church and state (and education).

I think this is somewhat idiotic on the part of the kid, but the school too- it’s just a freakin’ eyepatch. Makes my school look like we could get away with murder.

By: Carl Huber

Carl Huber — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:59:01 +0000

It’s not a recognized religion, therefore it doesn’t count for freedom of religion.

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 01:13:40 +0000

Freedom of expression & freedom of speech? Please. The kid is just being an idiot, as is anyone else using “Pastafarianism” or the “Flying Spaghetti Monster” in an attempt to make a point.

Oh, and by the way, in what way is this “neat”?

By: ted

ted — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 00:50:04 +0000

Wars aren’t caused by religions. Religions are used as the excuse for wars, by people who are full of hatred or greed.

As for this guy, it’s more freedom of expression. If he sat there with his eye patch and maybe an unobtrusive pretend cutlass, he would probably have gotten away with it. But then, he wouldn’t have proven his point, would he?

I’m all for the FSM, but that’s just the 15 minutes of fame thing.

By: Kerozene

Kerozene — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:39:31 +0000

Oh what the hell stupid. That crap is at least 3 years old now. IT was lukewarm to begin with, let the lame fad die.

If crap fads could die a little faster, the world would be 1/10000000000000000000000000′th of a percent less lame.

I feel a lot of pity for that kid. He’s not cool, hes not even “nerd cool” hes just…headed for the shortbus to stupidland.

By: biltmore

biltmore — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:04:31 +0000

Robert, like religions don’t cause conflict anyways. Do I really need to post all of the wars that have been caused by religions. Do I really need to post how completely ignorant most religions are?

By: Sandy

Sandy — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:31:01 +0000

His little “freedom of religion” spiel is complete bull****. I do, however, think his claim of “freedom of expression” has a little bit of weight.

But if the school has a dress code (or at least some sort of written rule about inappropriate attire), then they’re in the right.

By: Robert Aronson

Robert Aronson — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:21:06 +0000

The “Church” of the Flying Spaghetti Monster is not a religion, it’s a parody; it exists only to make fun of Christianity. This kid isn’t protecting his religion, he’s just being a jack— for the sake of looking cool. There may be no law against that, but it sure is bad manners. Christians can be a pain sometimes, but at least most of them are legitimately doing what they believe will ultimately help others. And I don’t care what religion you are: mocking others isn’t right, period. After all, the Golden Rule shared by just about all of the world’s major religions states, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” These so-called “Pastafarians” are just adding more fuel to the fire — they’re not making anything better for anyone; they seem to exist solely to create conflict.

By: beajerry

beajerry — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 21:21:01 +0000

I’m glad to see He of the Holy Noodly Appendage still garnering controversy.

All praise the FSM.

By: Lala

Lala — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:49:23 +0000

in our school district, a kid was asked to not wear a jesus outfit for halloween.