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Inmate wants to worship Flying Spaghetti Monster F Recommend Tweet ! 16 8+1 2 PrintEmail Share September 12, 2014 6:00 am By RILEY JOHNSON / Lincoln Journal Star 쿠64 An imprisoned "Pastafarian" has sued Nebraska prison officials, saying staff violated his civil rights by denying him the chance to worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster Stephen Cavanaugh, 23, filed the federal civil rights lawsuit against the Department of Correctional Services and Nebraska State Penitentiary officials, saying penitentiary staff repeatedly discriminated against him by not allowing him the right to meet for worship services and classes, or to wear religious clothing and pendants. "The only reason (my) requests were denied is that (my) religion does not conform to the 'traditional' Abrahamic belief structure," said Cavanaugh, who claims he isn't the only Pastafarian at the prison. Adherents believe the Flying Spaghetti Monster created the world and pirates were its initial followers, according to the church's website. They are known to wear colanders on their heads. Stephen Cavanaugh Enlarge Photo An Oregon man who brought the so-called religion to prominence in 2005 said more than 10 million people "have been touched by His Noodly Appendage." Members claim Pastafarianism isn't anti-religion but rather the rejection of dogma. Religions accommodated by Nebraska prison system Asatru Buddhism Catholicism Community of Christ House of Yahweh Islam The Nebraska prison system recognizes 20 different religions, including Rastafarianism and Satanism. Officials claim the Flying Spaghetti Monster is a satirical movement, which Cavanaugh calls insulting. "The founder of Pastafarianism stated that it was a parody of religion," a prison official wrote in denying one of

humansofnewyork "It's a Spaghetti Monster pin How would you describe the Spaghetti Monster? It's a semi-serious, semi-parody religion. If you substitute the word Spaghetti Monster for the word God, it exposes religion to critical thinking Because of the cultural reverence for the word 'God,' so much of religion flies under the radar of critical thinking. But if you think about it-the word 'God is just a noise we make, just like 'Spaghetti Monster is a noise. Both are placeholders for a concept, and neither is more valid than the other. The whole point of the Spaghetti Monster is not necessarily to say that God isnt real, but to point out the flaws in our conceptualization of him. 864 notes

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