Pastafarianism en · NOUN
Etymology
Blend of pasta + Rastafarianism. By surface analysis, Pastafarian + -ism. Popularized by Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a satirical protest against the teaching of intelligent design.
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(uncountable) A parody religion centered around the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a creator deity who resembles spaghetti and meatballs.
One third time for Intelligent Design, one third time for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (Pastafarianism), and one third time for logical conjecture based on overwhelming observable evidence.
2005 January 14, Bobby Henderson, “Open Letter To Kansas School Board”, in spaghettimonster.org, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023:
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pl pastafarianizm (parody religion) · bg пастафарианство (parody religion) · es pastafarismo (parody religion) · fr pastafarisme (parody religion) · de Pastafarianismus (parody religion) · eu pastafarismo (parody religion) · fi pastafarismi (parody religion) · pt pastafarianismo (parody religion) · ru пастафариа́нство (parody religion) · nl pastafarianisme (parody religion)