Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Crossville: Crossville Spaghetti Monster in Rolling Stone Magazine? What?

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Crossville Spaghetti Monster in Rolling Stone Magazine? What?

It is not the cover, in fact it is very very very small but yes, a picture of the Flying Spaghetti Monster made it to the April Rolling Stone--- flip through the one with Mick Jagger, Jack White and Keith Richards on the cover, put on your glasses and if you squint real hard you'll see it somewhere in the middle.

Also click here to check out the details from the Crossville Chronicle on the closing of the court house lawn's free speech zone.

8 comments:

Gary said...: Very nice! You should still by 5 copies for your mother - even though it isn't on "The Cover of the Rolling Stone." This is by far the most impressive display of government reaction to the FSM! Kudos to you :); April 16, 2008 at 10:24 AM
Anonymous said...: Ariel, I'm so proud. I am glad that a true separation of Church and State will now occur. But, it is sad that displaying diversity caused such a knee-jerk reaction from the government officials of our community.; April 16, 2008 at 6:47 PM
Anonymous said...: A true piece of art , or statement worth saying is exampled by the mural painted on the wall of a main street building. It was not that you were trying to make free speech,open forum, or to express yourself aside from the norm. That is not what the problem was. The problem was that the piece you did reperesents the gross neglegence and moral of yourselves. It is a direct and open expression of your inner ids. " MAy It's noodley appendages touch you?" Which sick mind thought that up? You or your sister? MAybe a mysterious third party? Whether you are an Atheist, Christian,Buddhist, or Hindu, even Mooney for that matter, you have shown that you have no respect for anything by the way that you art was portrayed. Your piece was more tasteless then the mutt toilet of the dada movement. But, you got your month of fame. And you made an impact. You added a piece of culture, but decidely took away more. Thanks.This town was bad enough before. And I really feel sorry for these people makeing 'pilgrimages' from distant towns to see your trash. Gas is to expensive to drive that far to see a steaming pile of 'whatever' you want to call your abomination. Also any 'real' Christians who find delight in this abhorrence,obviously, don't know much about what they preach. Have A nice day. And please take your garbage out on the first of the month. Your Spaghetti monster is starting to stink.....; April 23, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Momma Imp said...: I have been watching the progression of this since a little after you put it up. I am glad that you had the guts to put this up. It is also still amazing to me that in the year 2008, we still have people that are so close-minded that they only see things one way. If I was still religious I would not have seen the FSM as a blow to my faith or religion I would have laughed and thought that is was a witty idea. And it seems that while the end result is saddening you did indeed prove a point. Parts of the US are still closed minded when it comes to anything that is not the typical faith to them. I am sure that if someone had put a pentacle statue or a walking fish (darwin) statue there, the board would have made the same decision. It just shows to me even more what bigots some followers of the Christian faith are. They are so throughly offended by anyone else who happens to speak openly about their beliefs or lack thereof, but never once do they themselves stop to think that maybe they are being offending by thrusting their beliefs upon everyone else. It is still amazing to me that a religion that is supposed to promote love and understanding is filled with such hateful people.
But to Ariel, I think you did a wonderful thing. You made them realize that people that believe differently from the norm are out there and we are starting to stand up for ourselves and our freedoms that this country has given us. We must at all cost stand up to such people who would choose to promote one faith over another and protect our rights as Americans. That is the biggest problem right now, some christians see things like this as a personal attack upon their religion, it is not that. It is merely us standing up to protect our own religions and beliefs, that are always being infringed upon. Though they(majority of christians)do not see it that way.
And to all the hatefilled anonymous commenters, is this really what Jesus would want you to do?? To vehemently attack others?? I remember being taught that Jesus was love and he loved all people and that the best way to get people to see how truly wonderful loving God was that they needed to be loving themselves. It seems like the tides have turned and the (some)christians are the hateful spiteful ones and the people that believe other things have become the peaceful protesters, saying to to the hateful ones "Can't we all just get along?"
And to those that feel that anyone who is not christian do not have morals? Look at yourself, at least I don't need a book with a list of rules in it to tell me how to live without killing my neighbor to take his wife and property, it is not some belief and fear in a God that keeps me from cheating on my husband. I live my life with mutual respect and love for all people, not just for the ones who think like me, but for all.
Maybe we could all learn something from the church of the FSM.
Great job of showing that people are still willing to stand up for freedom of speech and religion.; April 23, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Anonymous said...: What you have showed is one, if you trully do believe the spaghetti monster created the universe' Mockasin bin is never to far away. If you really believe that,which I hope you don't, we have enough loony sickos here with adding you to the list. The other thing proved is that people are too open minded. It is good to keep your mind closed to some things. If your head is an open hole that can let anything into it, then you are gonna have a lot of problems. There are a great many things in this world looking for a doorway. I ,personally, will not play medium to anything someone feels justified to do. I bet alot of people are open minded to homosexuality too. And drugs, and drinking piss as a vitamin. Or maybe even sticking popsicle sticks in their ears and running around naked singing yankee-doodle dandee' all in the name of expression or proveing a point. If you are one of those people, Iam sure you will be the next to comment.And to Nathaniel's Mom, Jesus said have no god's before me. He went into the temples and smashed all abhorrences there. So, I don't think if he was here that he would go and pet the spaghetti monster on his head.; April 24, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Anonymous said...: Mainly, what I have been trying to say is that creating up a graven image of something, whether you are religous or not, and presenting it as a idol, is not the best thing for you to do. That is if you believe in the sowing of seeds, or Karma if you will, which I don't know if you do. I get the point that you don't want any certain idealism shoved down your throat. I understand the subject matter you were articulateing on. I just believe the way that you presented it as a jokeing kult thing was a 'little' grosse and uneccessary.But, you felt it would work, and it did bring the worm from wood.Didn't it? So kudos. What's next? Hopefully something more tastefull. But, we won't be seeing it on the courthouse lawn anymore,will we?; April 25, 2008 at 3:05 PM
Jimmy Kalimari said...: I BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN TOUCHED BY HIS NOODLY APPENDAGES!!!; April 16, 2010 at 9:43 AM
Anonymous said...: Why ????? Was it taken down. I guess no Pastafarins in the area....; November 21, 2010 at 3:19 PM

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Why is displaying the Flying Spaghetti Monster important?

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster represents many things to many people and yet it is a faith that is often neglected by the general public. When Bobby Hendersen, a devoted Pastafarian, patriotic American, and concerned citizen of Kansas, realized that local students would never even learn about the Spaghedeity in public schools, he was gravely upset. Mr. Hendersen wrote to the school board immediately:

I am writing you with much concern after having read of your hearing to decide whether the alternative theory of Intelligent Design should be taught along with the theory of Evolution. I think we can all agree that it is important for students to hear multiple viewpoints so they can choose for themselves the theory that makes the most sense to them. I am concerned, however, that students will only hear one theory of Intelligent Design.

Just as Mr. Hendersen was concerned when Pastafarianism was neglected in public schools, I worry when our courthouse lawn is absent of the Spaghetti Monster's holy image. Many would argue that no type of religious symbols should be put on government property. Those few would say that worshipping should be the decision and act of an individual, and not the government. But I disagree. I am thankful that that is not how it is in Crossville. I believe all of us should share our beliefs on that nicely cut piece of grass on Crossville's Main Street. My only concern is that as it stands now, the Spaghetti Monster and others are absent. By displaying only one type of symbol on our great town's communal property, an atomsphere could be created in which other faiths and ideas are stifled.

I would like to be a voice to spread the love of It and It's teachings. Hunter Thompson stated, "Freedom is something that dies unless it's used." Please follow me on my two month journey to understand more about It's Holy Pilgramage from the Heavens to Crossville and back again.

The Vision

Tonight at dinner as I was staring down at my spaghetti and meatballs I was startled to discover that the remains of spaghetti sauce took the shape of It, the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

It came to me then, that in only a few short weeks, on March 21, is Day of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, followed by six weeks of spaghetti fasting. The six weeks ends with huge festivities on May 1, the Day of National Prayer. It occured to me looking at the holy image of It that stared up at me from my plate that this is indeed a Sign. I sense that I am supposed to build the image of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and display its holy appendages on the Courthouse lawn of my hometown, Crossville Tennessee. There its blessed presence can help all the world celebrate Day of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and the six week fast.

Tomorrow I will begin the build. I do not have long to build this sculpture...nor much money to buy the necessary tools to make it worthy of It. Time is also racing...in only a few short weeks is that sacred Friday, March 21.

If you would like to make a donation to help purchase the materials for me to follow my holy vision.

Why March 21?- What is Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Day?

March 21, a Friday on the first day of Spring, is the day the Flying Spaghetti Monster appeared from the giant pasta pot....or so the the Cook Book says. The monster had to cook up the universe because nothing yet existed. As the Flying Spaghetti Monster created everything, there was no food. It created light, and plants, and monkeys, and much much more. However, It began to get hungry. It was almighty and powerful, so It refused to let hunger stop creation. It continued creating butterflies and the ocean, and the sky. The Book describes that the hunger increased, It became dizzy...It tried to continue and just as the Flying Spaghetti Monster was about to create the first Pirate, It passed out from hunger. It realized it did not have the strength to finish creating. It had not eaten since the creating had started several hours before. With the last of Its strength the Flying Spaghetti Monster created a sturdy pot and put on some water to boil from the ocean. The Flying Spaghetti Monster then dropped angel hair pasta into the boiling water. Every moment as It watched the boiling water consume the spaghetti noodles, the Flying Spaghetti Monster felt weaker and weaker. 1 minute passed....then 2...3.....4.....5.....and then just as the Flying Spaghetti Monster was passing into unconciousness the sixth minute passed, and It saw that the spaghetti was perfect. It ate and it ate...and had enough food to share with all of Its creations. The monkeys ate, and the butterflies ate. The Flying Spaghetti Monster threw the perfectly boiled spaghetti into the ocean, into the sky, and into the rich soil where flowers immediately bloomed. Now the Spaghetti Monster sat up strong and with Its new energy It created Women and Men pirates at the exact same time.

And so you see, Spring is the time of the birth of Pirates, the birth of butterflies and monkeys. It is a time to be grateful for creation and life and spaghetti. We fast from ALL spaghetti products for six weeks to represent the six minutes that the Flying Spaghetti Monster waited in hunger and pain without food, and then we celebrate the creation of Pirates in the form of men and women when the fast ends.

The story is told in many ways by many tellers. But as a person of faith this is the version I choose to believe. And so, renewed by the struggle of It, I will not complain that I have been chosen for this building task. Somehow I will find the strength and continue.