Das Fliegende Spaghettimonster (englisch Flying Spaghetti Monster, kurz: FSM) ist die Gottheit einer im Juni 2005 vom US-amerikanischen Physiker Bobby Henderson gegründeten Religionsparodie. Ihre Glaubenslehre beabsichtigt eine reductio ad absurdum der Pseudowissenschaft Intelligent Design, die auf Betreiben der Intelligent-Design-Bewegung an Stelle der Evolution im Biologieunterricht mehrerer US-amerikanischer Schulbezirke gelehrt werden soll.

The Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM) is the deity of the parody religion the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster or Pastafarianism. The „Flying Spaghetti Monster“ first appeared in a satirical open letter written by Bobby Henderson in 2005, protesting the decision by the Kansas State Board of Education to permit the teaching of intelligent design as an alternative to evolution in public school science classes. In the letter, Henderson parodied the concept of intelligent design by professing belief in a supernatural creator that closely resembles spaghetti and meatballs. Henderson further called for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism to be allotted equal time in science classrooms alongside intelligent design and evolution.

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Wikipedia – Fliegendes Spaghettimonster
Wikipedia – Flying Spaghetti Monster